VisionTek dead....

[shathal]

First ELSA, now Visiontek. Geez ... not good news at all that ... .

They shall be missed.

- Shathal.

 

[glen]

Article back up?!?!?

 

[Cid]

Whoa. I just received a rebate check in the mail today.

Is this thing safe to deposit?

 

[GT1999]

Originally posted by: Cid
Whoa. I just received a rebate check in the mail today.

Is this thing safe to deposit?

I'd cash that check ASAP

 

[RGN]

hmm, I live 3 miles from VisionTek. I'll have to drive by there later. I wonder if there will be a clearence sale? :Q

 

[bluemax]

Originally posted by: RGN
hmm, I live 3 miles from VisionTek. I'll have to drive by there later. I wonder if there will be a clearence sale? :Q

Swallow your pride, put on some sweats and go dumpster diving! They may well throw out dozens of cards (as is often done with write-offs) they'd rather send them to the crusher than sell at a loss. IBM works that way too.

I'd do it in a heartbeat.... If you find a whole bunch of cards, please send me one.
This 16-colour mode is driving me nutzo. :Q Sold the Radeon to get something new... wasn't expecting conflicts that force me to use 16-colour 640x480. Ugh....

 

[GT1999]

Gurnee, IL is also right by Six Flags Great America -- so you can make a vacation out of it for those of you thinking about checking out their HQ. I think there's a huge mall in that area as well; it's a 2 hour trip from where I'm at.

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: bluemax

Originally posted by: RGN
hmm, I live 3 miles from VisionTek. I'll have to drive by there later. I wonder if there will be a clearence sale? :Q

Swallow your pride, put on some sweats and go dumpster diving! They may well throw out dozens of cards (as is often done with write-offs) they'd rather send them to the crusher than sell at a loss. IBM works that way too.

I'd do it in a heartbeat.... If you find a whole bunch of cards, please send me one.
This 16-colour mode is driving me nutzo. :Q Sold the Radeon to get something new... wasn't expecting conflicts that force me to use 16-colour 640x480. Ugh....

its stupid to trash em. if you sell at a loss, you recoup SOME of the money.

 

[RGN]

Originally posted by: bluemax

Originally posted by: RGN
hmm, I live 3 miles from VisionTek. I'll have to drive by there later. I wonder if there will be a clearence sale? :Q

Swallow your pride, put on some sweats and go dumpster diving! They may well throw out dozens of cards (as is often done with write-offs) they'd rather send them to the crusher than sell at a loss. IBM works that way too.

I'd do it in a heartbeat.... If you find a whole bunch of cards, please send me one.
This 16-colour mode is driving me nutzo. :Q Sold the Radeon to get something new... wasn't expecting conflicts that force me to use 16-colour 640x480. Ugh....

I already thought of that...

 

[bluemax]

its stupid to trash em. if you sell at a loss, you recoup SOME of the money.

That's thinking like a rational human being. I thought the same thing at IBM.... but apparently for stuff like taxation, etc (??) they seem to do better financially by WRITING THEM OFF for full value (and destryoying them at zero profit) than they would by selling at a loss.

Keep checking those dumpsters.

 

[Tates]

from ardocp.com:

UPDATE!

VisionTek has responded this afternoon (Monday, August 19, 2002) with the following statment.

Here is our official statement in reaction to HardOCP.com's recent post:

"An Assignee / Trustee has been appointed, and will attempt to maximize the value of the company's assets. His belief is that the assets have a higher value as a "turn-key" operation than in a liquidation. The Trustee is continuing to operate the company to determine if a sale is a viable alternative to a liquidation, and he is currently talking to interested parties. The company is continuing to take orders, ship products, and honor rebates."

John Malley
Director of Marketing & PR
VisionTek

 

[dkozloski]

As Mark Twain said,"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated".