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Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga News and Community Announcements => Topic started by: amigakit on June 23, 2014, 07:12:21 PM
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Way back in June 2004, AmigaKit.com (http://www.amigakit.com) opened it's doors to its first customers. We are very pleased to reach the 10th anniversary of the launch and would like to make a special thank you to all who has supported us through the last decade!
The small remaining Amiga market is not an easy place to trade and there have been many challenges over the last 10 years. We hope to achieve even more for the Amiga and our customers in the next 10 years.
A Special Message To Our Long Standing Customers
There is a core group of customers worldwide that have ordered from us regularly since 2004 to the present day. This seems a good occasion to express our sincerest gratitude. We would like to thank them for their orders and keeping AmigaKit going through the good times and the more challenging times. As a celebration of this event, we would ask any of these customers to contact us if you are placing an order in the very near future so we can offer you a loyalty discount on any items you may need.
A Brief History of AmigaKit
In 2004, the Amiga reseller scene was going through a lot of change, several retailers across the world either closed down or faded away. Store website inventories were no longer being updated or domains being renewed, and slowly one by one, the choice for consumers dwindled away.
AmigaKit was established as a full time business to help in some way buck the trend and provided a professional reliable service to Amiga users worldwide where they can obtain their Amiga products and services without paying over inflated prices in well known auction websites. We established a full time technical support service to provide after sales support and help customers with installation queries.
We started developing our own software in-house such as OS-Install, EasyNet and EasyADF and continue to produce software to this day, including the new AMIStore for A-EON Technology.
In 2006, AmigaKit purchased the remaining inventory from Eyetech and the Amiga product range grew in size, so we moved into new offices in Cardiff. For the very first time, we visited the famous Amiwest show in California and met the many customers there that were up to that point, just names on our system and not faces and personalities. Exhibiting at shows became a long standing tradition for us from this point. Attending conventions and shows always is costly but at the same time it is rewarding to personally speak to our customers and build friendships on many occasions.
In 2008, the remaining inventory of High Street Micro was also acquired. One of the problems we found was that there were no new product being manufactured so we had to re-invest our revenues into sponsoring hardware and software projects and encouraging hardware development. Several products were a result of this scheme including the popular products such as the ZorRAM and MAS Player evolution. Most recently we have diversified into manufacturing Amiga joysticks such as the Arcade Evolution joystick.
In 2009, we took on another full time technician so that we had more capacity for Amiga repairs, servicing and in-house hardware projects. One of the first tasks of the year was to prepare for the AmigaONE X1000 project which we were only involved in from a reseller point of view. Later on in late 2010, our role changed and we had to help get the project back on track.
By 2012, it was clear we needed a large building and the opportunity came around to buy a property a mile away from our offices. It required a lot of renovation to meet our requirements and the building work presented many challenges during the six months. Once this was complete we slowly migrated our operations and inventory from old building to the new during the summer months.
What is next for the AmigaKit project?
Our business would not exist without our loyal customers, so the most important relationship is with all the Amiga fans out there. We will continue to support them with technical help and visit computer shows around the world putting faces to names.
Our continued partnership with many hardware suppliers and partners will produce new Classic Amiga and Next Generation Amiga projects. If customer continue to vote with their wallets and buy these new products, our suppliers can continue to expand their resources for many more new exciting products in the future.
We have already made plans and are committed to producing and sponsoring more software projects and working together with other companies in the Amiga market to make the Amiga a more successful computer platform. Here's to another decade!
Messages from our business partners:
I would like to congratulate Matthew and AmigaKit for 10 years of service to the Classic and Next-Generation Amiga community. I was customer of AmigaKit and Matthew long before we became friends and business partners. In 2005 AmigaKit built my first A1-XE AmigaOS 4 system and shortly after my first Pegasos II MorphOS system. Although I used other suppliers, Amigakit was always my first port of call for all my Amiga spares, consumables and repairs. We even collaborated on several special Classic Amiga projects which included an experimental multi-booting Amiga 4000 tower system which at the time supported AmigaOS3.9, a pre-release beta version of AmigOS4.0 Classic and MorphOS PowerUp. In my experience AmigaKit's service and reliability has always been first class and I had no hesitation in selecting Matthew and his team when we were looking for distribution partners for the new AmigaONE X1000 back in 2010. All that remains to be said is congratulation on reaching your 10th anniversary, here's to the next ten years.
Trevor Dickinson, co-founder, A-EON Technology
AmigaKit has been a reliable partner from the very start. They don't just move boxes, but provide real added value with their service. I've gotten to know the people behind AmigaKit at a number of Amiga shows, and I also met their families. We've always had a great time, and I'm looking forward to more meetings and continued solid business. Here's to the next ten years!
Jens Schoenfeld, Individual Computers
E3B has been in business relationship with Amigakit now for over five years now. Several projects, like the ZorRAM or the new PRISMA sound card, were developped and produced in close cooperation, always with the goal in mind to get customer tailor made solutions for the Amiga community. Of course, things were not always easy, and working together while being separated by some thousand kilometers, with beta tester sitting all around the world, can be demanding - all project so far did suceed, and this seems to prove we are on the right way. We hope to continue this relationship also for the future and congratulate for 10 years in business!
Michael Boehmer, E3B
Congratulations on your 10th anniversary! AmigaKit and its team always stood for Competence and Trust, and I look forward to the next 10 years of activity.
Mike Battilana, Cloanto
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As one of those customers who has purchased thousands of dollars of gear and software from AmigaKit for many years, first for my huge Classic Amiga collection, and now for my X1000 system, I can only repeat what others have said about your excellent selection and customer service. AmigaKit is always the first place I look to when trying to fill any of my Amiga hardware or software needs.
Congratulations on your first 10 years and here is hoping that you will enjoy many more successful decades of sales and support for the Amiga community.
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Got my SAM from you folks in 2008 I believe it was, and had pretty good luck with you since - grats and best wishes for the future.
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AmigaKit, congrats! It's very helpful to have you supporting the Amiga community, don't plan on retiring soon :)
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Hi Matthew,
Well done mate.
Lincs Amiga User Group aka LAG have shopped with you and had no complaints.
Best wishes and happy trading from LAG
Regards, Michael
aka rockape
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Congrats!
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seriously has 10 years already passed ?? big time congrats guys:pint: :banana::pint::banana::pint::drink: :banana:
the few times new hardware let me down you guys fixed it and got my miggies back up & running happily:knuddel:
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Congratulations on making it through the first ten years.
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Congrats !!! and THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Congrats AmgaKit...we love you :)
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Congratulations AmigaKit! And a very sincere thank you from a very happy customer!
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Cheers! Have a few more dancing bananas! ;)
:banana::banana::banana::banana:
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Party on Rock Lobster-Heads! If it were not for AmigaKit and Amiga.org I wouldn't be listening to Blue Oyster Cult on CD right now on my A1200 - CheerZ! Now where did I set down that Monday night PINT?! :pint:Here's to another 10 years!
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Wow! I can't believe it's been 10 years already. Congratulations. It's so good to see some people make a living off of Amiga. I wish you many more years of success!
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@AmigaKit
Congrats!! :)
:pint:
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Simply Awesome!
The decade is an obvious reflection of the quality of your business and your genuine interest in the Amiga community. I've had many dealings with you over quite a few years I believe and in recent years that activity has increased quite a bit.
I sincerely hope only the best for you on the future to come and can pledge my continuing support for you as you support me in turn.
Congratulations for reaching this milestone, it is indeed very significant in the times we now live with our Amigas.
Niiice One! :hammer::hammer::hammer::hammer:
hmm, I wish to contact you in regards to a pending purchase ;) :banana:
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All I can say is if I wasn't for your services I would be a rich man :)
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Hah, checked my ordering history and I actually did place an order in 2004!
Anyhow, great service and hopefully it will continue to prosper.
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Thank you for the years of serving the small Amiga community.
Amiga life would have been so much harder without Amigakit and vesalia, so thank you again!
Something I would like to see more of at Amigakit is loose connectors, all from 40/44 pin PATA and other internal connectors to all kinds of DSUB ones etc for people like me that build our own cables to get exactly the right length and specs, saves time from online scouting :) Otherwise great work!
Edit: Also I bought a used SAM440ep-Flex motherboard but I am missing the backplate, ive wanted one forever but you only sell to people who have ordered the motherboards from you? I am quite sure the previous owner bought it from you (he bought two from you and the latter one is the 800MHz one which I bought from him) but since I don't have the invoice etc I can't order a backplate :( Why don't you sell backplates to others?
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Congratulations on 10 years Amigakit!
Long may you continue. I always look to you guys first when I need a specific amiga part/upgrade, and you've always given me exemplary service.
Cheers,
Graham C
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Congratulations Amigakit:)
sincerely wish you the best and thank you for supporting the Amiga community.
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Has it really been that long? :shock:
I've usually had excellent service from AmigaKit from the very start.
Here's to the next 10 years. Congrats! :pint:
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What I'd really like to know is; When are Mr Hermans & Mr McEwen going to sell/license you the IP so you can change your name to Amiga Ltd? ;)
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Congradulations AmigaKit, thanx for giving customers a great place to buy Amiga solutions. May you have many many more years of success.
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These days, staying in business at all for 10 years is no mean feat, but surviving in the Amiga market... that's something pretty special!
Congratulations AmigaKit!
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@amigakit
just to add to the jubilant mood of the thread, i'd also like to extend my heartiest congratulations to matthew and the entire amigakit crew. the selection and the service is unparalleled, and everyone that works there has always been helpful and friendly. here's to the next 10 years!
-- eliyahu
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Congratulations are surely in order. I'm not a big buyer, but a am a customer, and I appreciate your the way you firm handles orders.
Thank you for all your hard work! We would be lost without you.....
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Happy Ten!
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Congratz!!! You guys have always been good on delivery AND support! Best of luck to your future.
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Having purchased several small items over the years I think, for a 'niche' supplier, prices have been remarkably low (but don't put them up!). This year I'm giving my A1200 some TLC with a with new ACA card, Keyboard and RGB-SCART lead. Still can't believe a machine from 1992 works flawlessly in 2014!
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Yes like others have said. The guys at Amigakit are fantastic. Fantastic service.
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Congratulations on your 10 years may you have many more :)
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Congratulations and thanks for the great service!