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I've been seeing rumblings that NCIX, a Canadian (and also US) PC parts shop, is currently in significant trouble in that sort of way that may lead them to be not exist anymore |
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wp494 |
and DirectCanada too, which is apparently owned by the same people |
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trying to acquire more details but it don't look good |
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wp494 |
oh, I should mention that one of their "flagship" YouTube shows, Netlinked Daily, is going on hiatus, potentially permanently, as of yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkTFn9F2VPQ |
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I'll probably post some testimonials from people saying things have taken a nosedive in -BS, will mention it when I do |
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/u/exncix claims that Hardware Canucks (a Canadian hardware reviews site) is also owned by the same guy that owns NCIX/DC, which might or might not open it up to risks of downfall (but it's reportedly black-boxed from the rest of it): https://www.reddit.com/r/bapcsalescanada/comments/746b9f/metancix_the_last_ncix_tech_tips_no_more/dnwm8o3/ |
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already, I think the biggest pain points are going to be NCIX Tech Tips on YouTube and the main NCIX site |
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wp494 |
Oafah (a Canuck indie YouTuber that I personally respect) has a source that claims that they will not last to the end of the year: https://www.reddit.com/r/bapcsalescanada/comments/746b9f/metancix_the_last_ncix_tech_tips_no_more/dnw1pu6/ |
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Frogging |
wp494: oh fuuuuck |
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Frogging |
yeah can confirm they closed all but one of their Ontario locations |
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Frogging |
NCIX, that is. I was confused at first because you mentioned a number of names |
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wp494 |
all but one? which one? |
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wp494 |
because their site shows a completely clean slate when it comes to anything involving Ontario (http://www.ncix.com/contact/), and I don't think people are mentioning any survivors either |
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Frogging |
I thought I read they kept their Markham showroom open |
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Frogging |
http://www.redflagdeals.com/latest-news/17/07/19/ncix-closes-three-stores-in-ontario/ |
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Frogging |
Maybe that has since changed |
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wp494 |
if Google Maps is any indication, it has |
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Frogging |
eh, I've known google many times before to say places are "permanently closed" when they certainly are not |
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Frogging |
such as my place of employment :p |
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Frogging: oh wait nvm there's https://www.reddit.com/r/bapcsalescanada/comments/6vvbbo/other_markham_ncix_showroomwarehouse_closing_down/ which confirms it, and it has /u/exncix posting new stuff in it even a month after the thread was posted |
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Frogging |
all right |
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wp494 |
tbh this feels a lot like Canwest before a majority of people realized Canwest was going to go under |
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wp494 |
sure it was known that Izzy and the rest of the Aspers racked up more than a motherfucking shitload of debt with their various buyouts through the early 2000s, but since it was still presumed serviceable everything was more or less fine |
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wp494 |
and then the 08/09 recession happened, and suddenly Canwest was in a mad scramble to liquidate a lot of stuff, and then by mid to late '09 they had to go file their bankruptcy papers |
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xcalibur |
WHAT FORSOOTH, PRITHEE TELL ME THE SECRET WORD |
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xcalibur |
let’s try this again… |
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xcalibur |
WHAT FORSOOTH, PRITHEE TELL ME THE SECRET WORD |
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PurpleSym |
It’s not automated. Please give it some time until someone who knows the secret word sees this, xcalibur. Thanks :) |
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xcalibur |
sure, I’m happy to wait. |
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Nemo_bis |
yahoosucks no more? |
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PurpleSym |
No, it was changed at least two times since. |
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Sanqui |
I know the secret word. Does anybody responsible want it? |
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Asparagir |
Meeee! |
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Asparagir |
(with great power comes great responsiblity) |
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Sanqui |
you didn't ask properly XP |
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Ceryn |
You guys are impressively inactive. |
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Darkstar |
https://www.pearson.com/us/retired/openclass.html Pearson is shutting down OpenClass. Probably not much we can do about it since an account is required to access specific learning material |
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but if there was a way to find out all the unique IDs of the e-Books, there's no authentication when trying to download them. It's just too large a number space to completely scan it... https://www.reddit.com/r/opendirectories/comments/73o0a9/turn_any_pearson_etext_20_ebook_into_an_open/ |
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Asparagir |
Ceryn: We purposely keep this channel really quiet except for OMG THIS SITE IS ABOUT GO DOWN announcements. Check out #archiveteam-bs for more chatter. |
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Ceryn |
Asparagir: Cool. Thanks for the information. What about discussions about archiving data? They go into the bs channel too? |
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Asparagir |
General discussions about it, yeah |
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And all of us whining about this or that :-) |
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And of course there's #archivebot where we act like Pac-Man gobbling up websites. |
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Asparagir |
Sometimes some discussion leaks into there too. |
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Ceryn |
Alright. This looks promising. |
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wp494 |
I can attest to what Asparagir is saying, -BS does contain general chatter, particularly from the likes of godane documenting his adventures |
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Asparagir |
godane is an archiving machine. His specialty is archiving old radio shows and old videotapes of TV shows, including their commercials. |
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It's really impressive. |
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zino |
Getting a bit -bs in here. Move to #archiveteam-bs maybe? |
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