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- From: gnome@mag-net.co.uk (John Marchant)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re:WTS (was DOn't order from BETTER CONCEPTS!!!)
- Date: 19 Feb 1996 01:28:27 GMT
- Organization: Gnome's Steamware
- Sender: gnome@mag-net.co.uk (John Marchant)
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- In a message on 15-Feb-96 08:41:50, Paul Chan wrote:
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- >>What happened to WTS? They sucked me in for a 4000/030 in '94, needless to
- >>never got it :-(. I was in contact with their local Trading Standards peopl
- >>the local fraud squad, but I have not heard anything since last year.
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- > I think that if they weren`t put out of business (they were even investigate
- > on BBC Watchdog!) then the Amiga press agreed to not run any of WTS`s advert
- > So lack of advertising for their Amiga products (if they had any in stock)
- > would have meant that they wouldn`t last long....
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- Well they're not in the phone directory now. I heard rumours that one or
- more of the ex-directors are trading under a different name, and have at
- least one retail shop under the new name. But it's all rumour, and I
- can't be more specific without risking legal action.
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- There was quite a lot about WTS in the local (Bedford) papers during the
- fraud investigation, and no apology of any kind. Just a factual report, I
- think.
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- John
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