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Hey does anybody remember the online store
www.stupidcomputers.com? They've been out of business for a year and half now I think. Anyway, somebody was metioning in another post aobut problems with www.ncix.com and how its a booming business thats suffering from growing pains. I just want to say that I hope ncix.com gets back on track cause they are by far the best online retailers I've dealt with. Um.. yeah, its just a little rant. Read it, comment if you want. But there's nothing overtly important in this. Cheers
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I have a suspicion that www.mycableshop.com is run by a former stupidcomputers operator. I have no facts to back it up, just a general sense when I visit the website.
This is not to say anything negative about mycableshop. It's just this deja vu sense I get. |
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Fondly remember stupidcomputers.com. Got a few deals from them in the day....
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What was with the girls on the stupidcomputers.com web site anyway?! Last edited by RedFlagDeals.com; Mar 23rd, 2009 at 06:12 PM.. |
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ah yes.. Stupidcomputers.. I bought the Wacom Graphire from them and after a few emails and "we're shipping it tomorrow" deal.. they go bankrupt and there goes my graphire!! They could have just straight out said that they were going out of business and couldn't fulfill their orders instead of taking mine, assuring me that it will be shipped soon, taking their website offline and then running away.
Last thing I got regarding Stupidcomputers was a letter from the liquidators telling me that I had to sign some sheet and get money back from the liquidation!! I looked at the list of people that they still owed money to and it was insane! They ran off with a lot of people's money! (including some from IBM if I remember correctly). Good thing I called up MasterCard and they got the credit back for me.. hehe.. let MasterCard go after them! I had some friends who ordered stuff from them with no hassle, so I tried and got screwed. That sucked big time.. no more dealing with anyone involving those con artists!! :angry: |
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I know this is an old thread, but I just noticed some info relevant to it ("evidence", if you will)...
Further to what I posted earlier...I just saw that at http://www.mycableshop.ca/2nd_Cat/35mm.htm the link for item CSTER35-6Y - "6 Inch 3.5mm PC Speaker Y-Cable Male to Female to Female" goes to //Server1/mydocs/myron/Webwork%20on%20Mcs-bu/MCS_Canada/sku/CSTER35-6Y.htm Someone claimed in one of the newsgroups back in 2000 that StupidComputers went belly up with $170,000 in debts and $5,000 in assets. Many people were in the same boat as RendX. One would hope the money is being managed a little better this time around with myCableshop. Last edited by Ryan; Mar 12th, 2008 at 04:12 PM.. |
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I bought some cables from them and it was handled fairly quickly. But then again, I don't think they'll go bankrupt anytime soon by charging $20 for a 6-foot usb cable.
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pfft, I still have that bankruptcy letter with about 20+ pages of names. I lost my money because I didn't have a credit card at the time.
One of the guys from a Toronto computer TV show was at the financial holdings meeting. I doubt anyone got anything after their assets were liquidated.
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i think NCIX has a lot of issues that they havent solved by far, they are not the best i have dealt with it is just that we basically have no good stores to deal with right now in canada |
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I've dealt lots with MyCableshop since their inception, and have had outstanding service. Whenever I go shopping for what they have to sell, they get first dibs. If they are related to stupidcomputers, it looks like they're doing ok, perhaps have learned a few things.
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