Headlines - Komplett.co.uk shuts down its UK operations!

[Gordy]

Now that I've thought about it more, I noticed last week that their UK telephone numbers had been stopped.

[Saracen]

erm... feck

i have a really good track record now - my dad's pc is an evesham (at my suggestion) and my sister's is komplett (also at my suggestion)

Please don't buy anything from Scan. I'd miss them.

[directhex]

Please don't buy anything from Scan. I'd miss them.

what's it worth?

[The Hand]

I haven't bought from Komplett for about 3 years, i just buy from scan and ebuyer now. Komplett always had trouble authorising my card details?? Never had this problem with the others.

[Agent]

I haven't bought from Komplett for about 3 years, i just buy from scan and ebuyer now. Komplett always had trouble authorising my card details?? Never had this problem with the others.

I had this too. The bank said it was because they were non UK based so additional security checks kick in.

[TAKTAK]

i got most of my PC bits from them, the only thing i didn't was my PSU

they were great too, answered queries quickly

[pow1983]

Oh dear.

Are other smaller firms going to drop like flies also?

Is this the 'credit crunch' munching hard!!!

[TAKTAK]

Oh dear.

Are other smaller firms going to drop like flies also?

Is this the 'credit crunch' munching hard!!!

komplett weren't that small a firm tho........

at least the other countrys site are still up and accepting business

[Parm]

*Update 3 - 15:34pm*

HEXUS.channel editor, Scott Bicheno, has been speaking to Vincent Hoogduijn, Komplett's European general manager. Hoogduijn describes the closing of Komplett's UK, German, French and Austrian sites as a "minor consolidation", head on over to HEXUS.channel for further details.

Read more.

[FlashHeart]

Couldn't have come soon enough - my experience of these cowboys was very frustrating - they deliberately continually flouted British consumer laws (yes - I have the written proof).

Good riddance!

[Rave]

Komplett used to be excitingly cheap, but that was 3+ years ago. The 8RDA+, Maxtor 200GB HD and 2x512MB TwinMOS w/Winbond modules I'm using right now were bargains at the time. I've been on their mailing list for years and their weekly offers just got less and less competitive. I reckon it's largely down to currency fluctuations, though I can't actually be bothered to look up the price of Norwegian Kronor over the last four years to back up my hypothesis.