Rebel Tech is shutting down

Sorry to hear this. I used to collect from him (both in Bryanston and when he was out further west), and with one of the last PCs I built, he didn't have one of the components when I went to collect. He couriered that to me, for nothing, when it was available. That is service.
 
Thor said:
Writing must have been on the wall before COVID.
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Yeah must've been. Also their hard stance on only shipping to essential staff with letters.
 
R/$ is big factor as many SA tech retailers will not survive
 
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And curiously Evetech can now sell everything online? Hows this possible? Are eCom now eligible under the relaxations to sell anything they want?
 
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And curiously Evetech can now sell everything online? Hows this possible? Are eCom now eligible under the relaxations to sell anything they want?
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Yes, it is now allowed. Takealot have also opened their electronics which are allowed under level 4. Wootware have been selling these items since level 5. I guess many more, who is capable, will be opening up these inventories.

Rebeltech said they are going to have a clearance sale.
 
Many more to follow. Riots too. And looting and burning of shops. Then I expect Cele will go on tv and scowl and the Fried Chicken twins will show a PowerPoint slide banning all people.
 
Azg said:
I support the intentions behind the lockdown. Blame the Chinese or whoever started this coronavirus.

I sympathise with Rebel Tech, although I don't remember ever buying anything from them. I assume you were a consistent customer over the last 13 years.
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Didn't "God" or evolution start the virus? Long before we evolved? Apparently there are a few thousand coronaviruses in bats around the world.
 
cmmackem said:
Exactly, also a healthy company does not go bust after one month of lockdown.
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They haven't necessarily "gone bust". It might just be a savvy business decision not to throw good money after bad. Computer hardware retail is a low margin business - it's not going to be business as usual for a long time, and rather than burn through retained profits (or even recapitalise the business), it might make more sense just to move onto something else instead.
 
JayM said:
They haven't necessarily "gone bust". It might just be a savvy business decision not to throw good money after bad. Computer hardware retail is a low margin business - it's not going to be business as usual for a long time, and rather than burn through retained profits (or even recapitalise the business), it might make more sense just to move onto something else instead.
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Also seen some small business owners say rather than rebuild here they will emigrate and start again on the other side, take a break, try something different, etc, etc.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
Yes, it is now allowed. Takealot have also opened their electronics which are allowed under level 4. Wootware have been selling these items since level 5. I guess many more, who is capable, will be opening up these inventories.

Rebeltech said they are going to have a clearance sale.
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Queue the typical entitled attitudes trying to get anything and everything for next to nothing
 
reactor_sa said:
Also seen some small business owners say rather than rebuild here they will emigrate and start again on the other side, take a break, try something different, etc, etc.
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I'm taking same approach.
 
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