Abou27 wrote:
Hi there,
Just a quickie! Online and mail order firm "Special Reserve" went into liquidation yesterday. Read the story here:
http://www.mcvuk.com/newsitem.php?id=607&ss=3
I feel really sad at their passing. I bought my first Amiga from them, followed a few years later by my second. I also purchased my PCs from them. They were a company very supportive of the Amiga in its early days - partly due to founder Tony Rainbird running the software company "Rainbird" (bet some of you saw that one coming). He was also involved with Magnetic Scrolls, the company that produced "Corruption" amongst other titles. I found them to be a wonderful company who retained a family firm atmosphere even as they expanded and expanded through the nineties. Part of the blame had been apportioned to supermarkets now selling new games at low prices - ie stomping through their territory. Oh well, these things happen. However, I have never before felt this kind of loss at the demise of a trader...
Cunningly, they recently made sure that their ISP business: Freeola.net was registered as a separate company, so the spirit lives on...
Another indie bites the dust, however...
Quite shocked to hear, they always seemed to be doing well! Remember seeing their ads in the old Playstation and Amiga magazines... quite sad to see them go actually, I never personally had any problems with their service!
I was a member for a year around 2001/2002. Had some of their "Reddie" tokens until not so long ago!
