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#30678 - 07/05/2001 09:30 empeg/rio car and accessories availability
smu
old hand

Registered: 30/07/2000
Posts: 879
Loc: Germany (Ruhrgebiet)
Hi.

Is there any timeline for the hopefully upcoming relaunch of empeg store (as part of the rio store)?
I mean, when will we europeans be able to buy a carry-case or a new faceplate, or an upgrade for the harddiscs or a spare mounting cage again? (Let alone the AM/FM tuner module.)
And I would really like to buy a "Boostaroo Personal Amplifier" as well (as I guess this would make "big" headphones work on the empeg line-out). Its a real shame that the rio/sonic blue online store only sells to USA and Canada.

cu,
sven
(proud owner of a MkII 12GB blue now green, #080000113)

Edited by smu on 07/05/01 05:31 PM.

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#30679 - 07/05/2001 09:32 Re: empeg/rio car and accessories availability [Re: smu]
smu
old hand

Registered: 30/07/2000
Posts: 879
Loc: Germany (Ruhrgebiet)
Cool, the BBS software says I posted at 6:30PM (which is correct), and afterwards edited the post at 5:31PM on the same day. Time travelling made easy?

cu,
sven
(proud owner of a MkII 12GB blue now green, #080000113)
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#30680 - 08/05/2001 00:38 Re: empeg/rio car and accessories availability [Re: smu]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
We couldn't be doing more than we are doing to move this forward. In particular, Steve (who now appears to be a rather senior business development type person at Rio, way to go ) has been pressing for the European store to open for the last several months.

Everyone at Rio wants the store open - the problem appears to be logistical with the company that will run the store. I know we're hopeful for a resolution around the end of this month, but you know how dangerous is it to start quoting dates so I'll just say watch this space and I'll post updates from time to time.

Rob



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#30681 - 08/05/2001 16:20 Re: empeg/rio car and accessories availability [Re: rob]
Henno
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Registered: 15/07/1999
Posts: 568
Loc: Meije, Netherlands
has been pressing for the European store to open for the last several months.

Why would the European store need to be separate? You (empeg) handled all orders from a single location, and so do most suppliers. Any idea why Rio wish to have a dedicated US site and a site for the rest of the world?

Henno
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#30682 - 08/05/2001 17:22 Re: empeg/rio car and accessories availability [Re: Henno]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
Logistics, import duty (twice), shipping costs, payment processing security, currency options and a host of business decisions I have no desire to understand.

Rob



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#30683 - 09/05/2001 14:30 Re: empeg/rio car and accessories availability [Re: rob]
Henno
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Registered: 15/07/1999
Posts: 568
Loc: Meije, Netherlands
Logistics, import duty (twice), shipping costs,

Thus you'll continue to manufacture these things in the UK !!!

Not that it matters, but will this imply that non-US orders will continue to ship from Cambridge??

Henno
mk2 6 nr 6
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