NCIX Bankruptcy Auction - Day 1

[nicklmg]

Buy PC components on Amazon: http://geni.us/Amoerya

 

RIP NCIX - press F to pay respects. Let's see what kind of deals we can score from the bankruptcy auction...

 

 

[yungblood]

Its confusing how companies like this end up bankrupt. They had online presence and they also had famous people that do/did work for them.

[Daniel644]

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1 minute ago, yungblood said:

Why did they end up bankrupt?

 

Because they where horribly managed and failed to adapt, did you ever see how shitty there site was, it looked like 1998 website design.

[Thermosman]

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[iRileyx]

When you're too early so the only resolution option is 360p  

[Tech_Dreamer]

it's yer fault Linus, why'd you have to leave em?

 

/s

[DexterSmythe]

10 minutes ago, Tech_Dreamer said:

it's yer fault Linus, why'd you have to leave em?

 

/s

He talked all about it in a Wan Show. Basically he knew they were going under, proposed a solution and was ignored. So he left to work on his own company. (LMG)

[samcool55]

1 minute ago, CapedCrusader21 said:

He talked all about it in a Wan Show. Basically he knew they were going under, proposed a solution and was ignored. So he left to work on his own company. (LMG)

Well, i'm glad at least crazy russian managed to leave NCIX and started working for LMG, but i am disappointed we don't see him more often on LMG.

[The Gaige]

That's just sad but I wish I could go to the auction to see how much the current gen hardware goes for!

[3 Lions]

Wow watching the part where he talks about Irene is just heartbreaking, I've never seen Linus get emotional like that before. 

[The Gaige]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Wow watching the part where he talks about Irene is just heartbreaking, I've never seen Linus get emotional like that before. 

I have but you have to watch his older videos when he talks about his Wife & kids.

[Bsmith]

just looked at the cattips channel and it's subs are nearly at 90k already, is linus gonna break the barrier by just mentioning the thought?

that's stupidly effective marketing and awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL81YHgzH8tcrFfOJJwlSQw

 

edit:
While making this post it broke the 90,000 subs barrier

[AnonymousGuy]

You know they're fucked when they can't even manage their inventory well enough to make sure they're not stuck with 100 Galaxy Note cases, years after the phone became obsolete.

[YaBoiWill]

It must be devastating to see old colleagues stuff up for grabs

[Ezzy-525]

1 hour ago, Bsmith said:

just looked at the cattips channel and it's subs are nearly at 90k already, is linus gonna break the barrier by just mentioning the thought?

that's stupidly effective marketing and awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL81YHgzH8tcrFfOJJwlSQw

 

edit:
While making this post it broke the 90,000 subs barrier

92k now ?

[YaBoiWill]

2 hours ago, samcool55 said:

Well, i'm glad at least crazy russian managed to leave NCIX and started working for LMG, but i am disappointed we don't see him more often on LMG.

Do you know the wan episode it was in? cheers 

[themctipers]

imagine the amount of miners gamers dying for cheap graphics cards

[Guest The Viking]

1 hour ago, Ezzy-525 said:

92k now ?

94K now

[aisle9]

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I've got $50 Linus bring me back a GPU. 1080 Ti please, but 1080's ok if you can't swing that kind of deal.

 

Can't get that kind of deal? No, dude, it's ok, it's American money. It's worth, like, a million of your Canadian monies.

 

 

3 hours ago, AnonymousGuy said:

You know they're fucked when they can't even manage their inventory well enough to make sure they're not stuck with 100 Galaxy Note cases, years after the phone became obsolete.

Those cases probably cost them $5-7 each, at most. That's not what brought them down.

 

Keep in mind that the OG Note was kind of a weird phone. By today's standards, it's downright normal, but by the standards of the day, it was huge, and it was more niche than mainstream. Lots of companies were stuck with unused Note accessories, and NCIX just appears to have never written theirs off.

[Canada EH]

Notice how the gpu's were guarded LOL

I hope it doesnt turn out to be a The Liquidator repeat, where the warehouse gets broken into and the good merch stolen.

[Pyth]

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Its actually kind of sad, they had great prices, delivery and the like, along with great stock. I have no idea why they thought investing in physical stores would be a good idea when people are switching more to online, you have a lesser selection in store, and many other physical stores are failing.

I wonder what will happen to their youtube channel?

[Canada EH]

Yeah

Great prices for you

But no meaningful profit for ncix

their website was circa 1998 coming from a computer store

physical store debate - yeah who knows why people are stupid and do things

YT Channel - you want to buy it? if not, who wants to buy it. Who would even want it.

[Zodiark1593]

Just added my sub for Linus to get another silver Play button 

[Majinhoju]

NCIX used to be awesome.   It was my go to computer shop whether I just needed to load up on some cables, get a new graphics card or put together a full build.  I remember placing an order for a full PC build and getting an email the next day telling me all my parts were ready for pickup at the store.  

 

It's a shame my last experience with them was spending $1800 then having them close down before they could process my refund.  Thankfully my bank finally credited me my money back (3 months later).

[Rune]

I bought some noctua ppc fans from them a few years back because it was cheaper than newegg (loltax). Still work.

 

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