Special Reserve Down The Pan..

[Rave]

I was a member in the early 90s so I could buy megadrive games and PC games for my 286 and 486!

[Gordy]

Originally Posted by noahhowes

agreed, they used to be cheap and they did have a local shop in bristol, but this internet thing proved to be too big a beast to handle

Drove past it earlier today and it appeared to be running as normal.

As for the internet thing, the reason they are doing poorly is that their website is quite possibly the worst I've ever seen and they've never changed it in 5years.

Add to that their prices are far from competitive and you have a very sticky wicket.

[Spud1]

well the freeola website is still up and running...and they appear to still be offering webhosting and operating as an ISP, maybe it will stay there

[bertoli]

Bought my sensi soccer from them online recently.

Always thought them to be a reliable online company!

[WoLFe]

'Tis a shame. I used to love looking at the site, free gifts and occasional leaflets you got in mags/from the post from 'em!

[Kaizen]

Originally Posted by dangerous_dom

I doubt Freeola will survive, unless someone else has taken over it. It the company that owns Special Reserve that gone down the pan (Inter-Mediates ltd) and taken all the companies they own with it, including Gameloaded.co.uk.

I've had a look at the Freeola website and can see no mention of Inter-Mediates Ltd, only Freeola Ltd. Hopefully then, since companies are separate legal entities, the Freeola books are balancing better than the Inter-Mediates books were.

[Workaholic]

By the way, is anyone here still a member of the company, i.e. gets the booklets sent through the post every month?