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  1. 08-05-2008, 02:08 PM #1
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    Headlines - Rock goes into administration

    Direct-only UK laptop maker rock has appointed administrators to sell the business as a going concern.
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  2. 09-05-2008, 06:05 PM #2
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    Re: Headlines - Rock goes into administration

    Is there any definative answer as to why this has happened yet guys?

    Ive read all sorts of things on the internets.
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    Re: Headlines - Rock goes into administration

    More details emerge about Rock's demise | News | Custom PC

    looks like theft.
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    Re: Headlines - Rock goes into administration

    I posted this link in this story a couple of hours before the above one was published.
    The feeling is, as is admitted in the official Rock statement, that the theft obviously didn't help, but it was just one factor in Rock's demise.
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    Re: Headlines - Rock goes into administration

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    More details emerge about Rock's demise | News | Custom PC

    looks like theft.
    bloomin pilock that did it, i never heard a bad word about rock
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    at the end of the day it all comes down to poor managment.
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    Re: Headlines - Rock goes into administration

    Its sad to see these type of things happen. One person's greed can have dreadful consequences... there are probably a fair amount of people who will be out of jobs now...
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