We bring you some sad news:
“As of today, Lik-Sang.com will not be in the position to accept any new orders and will cancel and refund all existing orders that have already been placed. Furthermore, Lik-Sang is working closely with banks and PayPal to refund any store credits held by the company, and the customer support department is taking care of any open transactions such as pending RMAs or repairs and shipping related matters. The staff of Lik-Sang will make sure that nobody will get hurt in the crossfire of this ordeal.”
Well thanks Sony, really thanks a lot. I see you’re finding lots and lots of ways to endear yourselves with the gaming public.
Correct me if I’m wrong here, but unless we buy lots of PS3s you’re kinda screwed financially what with all those exploding laptop batteries, constant delays in producing a Blu-ray player, PS3 “worldwide release” farce and all those UMD films that you’re not selling.
Well, I live in the UK and have had dealings with Lik Sang in the past so just how do you think I feel about Sony right now? Grrr….
Actually, I love this press release extract from Lik-Sang in light of their closure:
“Sony have failed to disclose to the London High Court that not only the world wide gaming community in more than 100 countries relied on Lik-Sang for their gaming needs, but also Sony Europe’s very own top directors repeatedly got their Sony PSP hard or software imports in nicely packed Lik-Sang parcels with free Lik-Sang Mugs or Lik-Sang Badge Holders, starting just two days after Japan’s official release, as early as 14th of December 2004 (more than nine months earlier than the legal action). The list of PSP related Sony Europe orders reads like the who’s who of the videogames industry, and includes Ray Maguire (Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Alan Duncan (UK Marketing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Chris Sorrell (Creative Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Rob Parkin (Development Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited), just to name a few.”
Related links:
The full press release on Lik-Sang.com
Sony screws Europe
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October 25th, 2006 at 6:43 pm
Sony (and other game companies for that matter) need to get a clue. There wouldn’t be a market for importation if they didn’t charge such high prices for Europeans. Setting higher prices for certain regions will create the need in some people (e.g. harccore, early adopters, savvy consumers) to try to source their electronics from the cheapest stores. As someone pointed out elsewhere, if big companies are allowed to go to the countries with the cheapest labour to produce their products, then why shouldn’t consumers be allowed to use the global market to buy products from the cheapest places?