Evesham is finally dead

[Rik]

El Reg reports that the company was dissolved on January 30. I detect a whiff of something malodorous behind the scenes though...

[Ray]

El Reg reports that the company was dissolved on January 30. I detect a whiff of something malodorous behind the scenes though...

I would agree, seems to smell distinctly fishy, Rik.

[Rik]

I think Mr Austin will not have felt any pain, somehow, Ray.

[Ray]

I think Mr Austin will not have felt any pain, somehow, Ray.

Doesn't seem so, someone else seems to have done nicely out of selling their buildings and land as well. 

[Rik]

And who was linked with that company... Legal theft seems to be the best description of what's happened.

[Ray]

And who was linked with that company... Legal theft seems to be the best description of what's happened.

I can't argue with that, Rik, seems a fair assumption. 

[Sebby]

Someone in my family bought an Evesham LCD (no, I don't know why either) and had nothing but problems. It was replaced and repaired several times. No wonder they couldn't make a go of it with products like that.

Didn't a couple of ex-employees setup a support company? What's happened to that?

[karvala]

It's a shame, and yet another example of a business that tries to beat the system and fails.  I've lost count of the number of times I've seen this happen.

The first PC I bought over ten years ago was an Evesham Vale, and I bought it after a lot of research because the price was the best for that specification, plus the company had an excellent reputation, which seemed fully deserved at the time.  Bought one for a friend the following year for the same reason, and it was also good.

Then, like so many other companies (e.g. Somerfield, Jungle) that have rapidly increased their market share through a combination of good value and good service, they thought they could beat the system and increase profit margins by hiking prices and reducing service levels.  As always, the result was that they lost market share again rapidly, and no longer had the will or resources to make the investment that was required to get them back to where they were, so they just slowly died, either to the point of a rival takeover, or failing that, liquidation.

It never ceases to amaze me how many companies in a competitive market place, completely reverse the behaviour that worked so well for them, and then appear surprised that things turn bad.

[Rik]

Didn't a couple of ex-employees setup a support company? What's happened to that?

It's still around Sebby.

[Rik]

It never ceases to amaze me how many companies in a competitive market place, completely reverse the behaviour that worked so well for them, and then appear surprised that things turn bad.

I had a few Evesham machines and, at one time, would highly recommend them to others. As you say, though, greed set in and the machines became poor quality.

[Noreen]

My first laptop computer was an Evesham, it was very good and the company were good too (then). I had a three year warranty and it ran out just about when Evesham's troubles started. Eventually the computer died and I had to change supplier.

[Rik]

Same here, Noreen, I also had a couple of desktops from them before that. The last one, you may recall, though, was a disaster.

[Lance]

As was Scott's I recall!

[Rik]

It was, Lance. (Everyone else is probably saying "Who?" )