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| Thread ID: 37463 | 2003-09-08 02:05:00 | PC Company ceases trading | Ferris (1087) | Press F1 |
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| 173826 | 2003-09-10 21:54:00 | > I was in 5 months ago. As already alluded to by some > one else, they will probably keep one or 2 stores > open, but not as The PC Company, I'd expect to see a > smaller leaner company trade under something else. > Considering The PC Company was aka Pegasus > Electronics aka Super 5 aka Pacific Micro, I think > the track record speaks for itself. Mr Brown is a > fighter in this idustry. If I hired a contractor to do a job for me, and I knew the director of the company had a track record where the companies he ran have to be closed and "re-opened" under another company name, I would have second thoughts. His track record doesn't prove anything about Mr Brown being a fighter. If anything, I would be very worried about any company he was running or involved in. I wonder what type of company structures will be used should Mr Brown re-open the stores under a different name. Will these be completely different legal identities we are talking about, or just trading names? I suggest to you that it would be completely different legal identities. I feel sorry for all the people who have bought PC Co machines and are without support at this point in time. I know someone has pointed out CMANZ (sp??) would stand by the warranty, and I hope that is the case. To me, anyone who has been the director of 5 companies, all of which have closed down, is a cowboy in his or her industry. I am of course making the assumption that all previous companies failed. Please correct me if I am wrong. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 173827 | 2003-09-10 23:04:00 | To aroc, we got onto talking about gas turbine engines as a side issue to one of the central topics of the situation which was Quality Assurance/Quality Control. QA is just as much to do with computers as with aeroplanes, so please excuse Ted and myself reminiscing about things like swash plate fuel pumps, ACUs and BPCs and a host of other long forgotten fuel system/engine acronyms. Any guesses as to what JPT stands for :) If the PC Company had carried out proper Value Engineering analysis, (I suspect it is also a long forgotten management/design tool), they would have come up with a far better method of securing parts, and maybe even a better case that wouldnt have caused the problems in the first place, and I hazard a guess at no more cost. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 173828 | 2003-09-10 23:48:00 | > If the PC Company had carried out proper Value > Engineering analysis, (I suspect it is also a long > forgotten management/design tool), they would have > come up with a far better method of securing parts, > and maybe even a better case that wouldnt have caused > the problems in the first place, and I hazard a guess > at no more cost. The problem with QA Terry or, more importantly some peoples perception of it, is that the cost is at the front and the returns cannot be immediately put on a calculator being more subjective and requiring market analysis to get to the cost benifit. In other words, what do our customers want (a cheap PC, a competant PC), how do we deliver it, what training and systems do we need to put in place to ensure we meet the XX% of expectations and what will happen if we don't meet those expectations and at what cost to us. All the questions have to be asked and answered. And, bad news (reputation) spreads faster and talks louder than good news, short term motives are the downfall of many a company. Besides people look busy and indispensable when in crisis management mod. BTW. I found the aero/QA discussion interesting. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 173829 | 2003-09-11 00:09:00 | "Any guesses as to what JPT stands for " Jet Pipe Temperature, measured by a thermocouple in the exhaust pipe (Put very simply) |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 173830 | 2003-09-11 02:31:00 | Good oh Chris. Fly-By-Wire is one link between planes and computers. So to annoy aroc a little more....... :) What is the link between Frank Ifield the Aussie singer and Joseph Lucas and aeroplanes???? No one know? Well pin back your lug 'oles. The Lucas swash plate fuel pump which was used on the majority of jet engines, from the 40's onwards including US made ones which used a Bendix pump made under licence from Lucas, ( though the basic design went back to at least WW1 or earlier), was developed by one Richard Ifield. The pump was known as the Ifield pump. Richard Ifield was MD of Lucas Australia. His son Frank was a qualified competent graduate mechanical engineer as well as a singer, and he spent a spell at the Lucas plant at Marston Green B'ham where I also worked for about 2 years. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 173831 | 2003-09-11 07:12:00 | Hi Hannah, I don't think you made the wrong decision to buy from the PC Co. I bought my present machine from them 3 years ago after weighing up other products from other retailers. The PC Co specs won hands down, value for money. I have never had any trouble with it. It still meets all minimum system requirements for the latest games. It will be at least 2 / 3 years before I have to upgrade anything. I have steered quite a few friends in their direction when it was their time to buy. None of them have had any trouble and are very happy. Being one of NZs biggest computer assemblers, there is always going to be a couple of lemons. It happens with everything. Even brand new cars have the occasional dud. I only hope you get your machine ok. I feel confident you will be happy too. |
*Sparky* (311) | ||
| 173832 | 2003-09-11 07:28:00 | Hi Hannah, You will soon learn in this forum that people have got a snitcher against 3 things. 1: Microsoft 2: Telecom 3 PC Company Useually they are shooting from the hip and having a whinge for the sake of a whinge. In the case of the PCCo, there are probably 99 happy customers for every unhappy one. The same goes for everything in life really. Every manufacturer has its knockers. Personally I hate General Motors |
Holy Cow (4475) | ||
| 173833 | 2003-09-11 08:08:00 | Hate General Motors Shock and horror tedheath |
tedheath (537) | ||
| 173834 | 2003-09-11 08:33:00 | > Have not had a chanch to get into town since it > happened, but is that the one in Whangarei Caffy? Yep, the one on Water Street. |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 173835 | 2003-09-11 08:53:00 | To the best of my knowledge Colin Brown has had never gone out of business, they have simply rebranded their PC's. Super 5 and Tasman were sold via other shops, much like everyone else in the local market does. The PC Company was his first foray in to "Direct to Market" selling. I would doubt if he will go under, he is simply doing what any sane person would do and cutting his loss's. | grmo (4532) | ||
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