All affiliates and trading partners received the following email over the last few days. The appropriate "changes" section is also in GAME/Gamestation store fronts in the stores that have remained open.
---- GAME Group plc (the parent company of GAME in the UK) is now in administration. We want you to know that the Administrators aim at this time is to continue trading while they seek to find a new owner for the business. In the meantime, we?ve had to make some changes. We?ve summarised them below. Some of them are temporary, some are permanent.
GAME Changes 1.Online Sales: We expect some disruption to our online services over the next few days while we make some changes. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes. 2.Refunds and Exchanges: Until further notice, we will not be able to offer refunds or exchanges for products purchased either before the administration or for products purchased from the date of the administration. 3.Pre-Orders: No new pre-orders can be taken until further notice. No refunds can be given for any pre-order deposits which have been paid. We are reviewing this over the next week. 4.GAME Reward card: We have had to suspended use of GAME Reward Cards. This means that points can be earned but NOT redeemed until further notice. 5.Gift cards: We have also had to suspend GAME gift cards. The value on these cards cannot be redeemed. If this changes, we will let you know. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes. 6.GAMEWallet: the value stored in GAMEwallet accounts will be suspended until further notice following the appointment of administrators. 7.Pre-owned Software: You can still buy pre owned products at great prices in your local store or online. If you trade in a pre-owned software item then you will still be able to accrue reward points and use your trade in to exchange for another item. You will not be able to trade in pre-owned software for cash. If this changes, we will let you know. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes. 8.Pre-owned Hardware: We have had to suspend trade in for pre-owned hardware at this time. If this changes, we will let you know. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes. 9.Click and Collect titles: We have had to suspend this service. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes. MJA Jervis and SD Maddison have been appointed as Joint Administrators of The GAME Group plc, Game Stores Group Limited, Gameplay (GB) Limited, Game (Stores) Limited, Games Station Limited, Game (Retail) Limited and Gamestation Limited on 26 March 2012 to manage their affairs, business and property as their agents and without personal liability. MJA Jervis and SD Maddison are licensed in the United Kingdom to act as insolvency practitioners by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
GameStation Changes
1.Online Sales: We expect some disruption to our online services over the next few days while we make some changes. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes. 2.Refunds and Exchanges: Until further notice, we will not be able to offer refunds or exchanges for products purchased either before the administration or for products purchased from the date of the administration. 3.Pre-Orders: No new pre-orders can be taken until further notice. No refunds can be given for any pre-order deposits which have been paid. We are reviewing this over the next week. 4.gamestation Elite card: We have had to suspended use of gamestation Elite cards. This means that points can be earned but NOT redeemed until further notice. 5.Gift cards: We have also had to suspend gamestation gift cards. The value on these cards cannot be redeemed. If this changes, we will let you know. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes. 6.Pre-owned Software: You can still buy pre owned products at great prices i
I like how the Iranian gov't is running a national e-mail service but can't stump up for an SSL certificate.
mail.ir = localhost.localdomain, apparently.
The normal 2channel isn't built for phones. But there is a version for keitai at http://c.2ch.net/.
Having accessed c.2ch (and posted) from a FOMA handset, it's much less painless as it is posting on an English-language textboard (4ch) from a similarly-specced UK NEC handset. The input system takes a lot of getting used to, but is more consistent and much quicker to write with than the finger-killing hackjob that is T9.
BTW, I'm somewhat surprised nobody has come out with "wwwwwww" and "orz" in these comments yet.
They'll have to be careful how they go about this. If they start filling in forms with bogus data on blogs, forums etc., there are going to be a lot of pissed off website owners out there. Just imagine the number of admins who'll have to update their robots.txt for this. Just my 2c.
Slashdot Mirror
All affiliates and trading partners received the following email over the last few days. The appropriate "changes" section is also in GAME/Gamestation store fronts in the stores that have remained open.
A list of closed stores is here: http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2012/03/27/game-closes-277-stores/1
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GAME Group plc (the parent company of GAME in the UK) is now in administration. We want you to know that the Administrators aim at this time is to continue trading while they seek to find a new owner for the business. In the meantime, we?ve had to make some changes. We?ve summarised them below. Some of them are temporary, some are permanent.
GAME Changes
1.Online Sales: We expect some disruption to our online services over the next few days while we make some changes. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes.
2.Refunds and Exchanges: Until further notice, we will not be able to offer refunds or exchanges for products purchased either before the administration or for products purchased from the date of the administration.
3.Pre-Orders: No new pre-orders can be taken until further notice. No refunds can be given for any pre-order deposits which have been paid. We are reviewing this over the next week.
4.GAME Reward card: We have had to suspended use of GAME Reward Cards. This means that points can be earned but NOT redeemed until further notice.
5.Gift cards: We have also had to suspend GAME gift cards. The value on these cards cannot be redeemed. If this changes, we will let you know. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes.
6.GAMEWallet: the value stored in GAMEwallet accounts will be suspended until further notice following the appointment of administrators.
7.Pre-owned Software: You can still buy pre owned products at great prices in your local store or online. If you trade in a pre-owned software item then you will still be able to accrue reward points and use your trade in to exchange for another item. You will not be able to trade in pre-owned software for cash. If this changes, we will let you know. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes.
8.Pre-owned Hardware: We have had to suspend trade in for pre-owned hardware at this time. If this changes, we will let you know. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes.
9.Click and Collect titles: We have had to suspend this service. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.
MJA Jervis and SD Maddison have been appointed as Joint Administrators of The GAME Group plc, Game Stores Group Limited, Gameplay (GB) Limited, Game (Stores) Limited, Games Station Limited, Game (Retail) Limited and Gamestation Limited on 26 March 2012 to manage their affairs, business and property as their agents and without personal liability. MJA Jervis and SD Maddison are licensed in the United Kingdom to act as insolvency practitioners by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
GameStation Changes
1.Online Sales: We expect some disruption to our online services over the next few days while we make some changes. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes.
2.Refunds and Exchanges: Until further notice, we will not be able to offer refunds or exchanges for products purchased either before the administration or for products purchased from the date of the administration.
3.Pre-Orders: No new pre-orders can be taken until further notice. No refunds can be given for any pre-order deposits which have been paid. We are reviewing this over the next week.
4.gamestation Elite card: We have had to suspended use of gamestation Elite cards. This means that points can be earned but NOT redeemed until further notice.
5.Gift cards: We have also had to suspend gamestation gift cards. The value on these cards cannot be redeemed. If this changes, we will let you know. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes.
6.Pre-owned Software: You can still buy pre owned products at great prices i
I like how the Iranian gov't is running a national e-mail service but can't stump up for an SSL certificate. mail.ir = localhost.localdomain, apparently.
The normal 2channel isn't built for phones. But there is a version for keitai at http://c.2ch.net/. Having accessed c.2ch (and posted) from a FOMA handset, it's much less painless as it is posting on an English-language textboard (4ch) from a similarly-specced UK NEC handset. The input system takes a lot of getting used to, but is more consistent and much quicker to write with than the finger-killing hackjob that is T9. BTW, I'm somewhat surprised nobody has come out with "wwwwwww" and "orz" in these comments yet.
I, for one, welcome our robotic, war-waging insectoid ov... aw, forget it.
They'll have to be careful how they go about this. If they start filling in forms with bogus data on blogs, forums etc., there are going to be a lot of pissed off website owners out there. Just imagine the number of admins who'll have to update their robots.txt for this. Just my 2c.