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    Time / Tiny - Go into administration

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4719833.stm

    Could be a lot of potential job losses too....

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    Apparently staff have been locked in and can't leave, so that they don't steal stock, and the police have been called out! (source is a friend who went to the site to drop some stuff off)

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    was this ever a surprise this was going to happen.

    A company that rebadged weak products and was a jack of all trades....master...no wait "reasonable" of none.

    they where crap, offering crap products, with crap support.

    Just poor, hopefully a sign to bigger companies that quality does actually matter
    It is Inevitable.....


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    The website is still up and running and by the looks of it taking orders http://pcs.tiny.com/

    I almost recommended a friend to purchase a Tiny PC on Wednesday good job I changed my mind!!

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    I heard some years ago that Time computers were made by IBM. I take it this wasn't the case then.

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    More info here:-
    http://www.trustedreviews.co.uk/article.aspx?art=1698

    Just goes to show how cut throat the 'stack em high, sell em cheap' PC market is.

    PS Maybe this thread should be moved into tech news? Would be helpful to those people who have ordered or have warranties etc?

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    is this anything to do with tiny?

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    Quote Originally Posted by irishjoe
    is this anything to do with tiny?
    This looks like they are selling off the old stock.

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    It definitely is them..it says the stock will be added today, but it hasn't been yet...
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    Quote Originally Posted by magicrichard
    It definitely is them..it says the stock will be added today, but it hasn't been yet...

    SavaStore is Watford, you are wrong.

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    So www.tinyprices.co.uk is unrelated?
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    Yep - it is Savastore/Watford/Nick Smith

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    kinda sorry to hear abourt tiny going under at first, but since ive just spent 2 hours cutting my hands rotten trying to detach a hdd which they glued to the ide cable and mobo, my sympathy has kind of deteriorated

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    Oh man, no wonder they went under! Those crazy glue sniffers!
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