Vantage shuts up shop

 

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By Barry Collins

Posted on 26 Jan 2007 at 10:00

Vantage Computers has gone into liquidation following weeks of unanswered calls at the Kent-based PC maker.

Doubts were raised over the company's future when it was expelled from the Professional Computing Association (PCA), for repeatedly failing to respond to the Association's attempts to solve customer disputes. It has also reportedly failed to refund at least one customer's pre-payment.

But this morning, in an email to PC Pro, the company's managing director, Andrew Carter, confirmed the company had effectively ceased trading at the beginning of January. "With regards to customers warranties, if customers have purchased an onsite or extended warranty with their PCs or are still covered by
24 hour a day software support lines, these warranties will still be valid and will continue until their completion. Details of customers' appropriate support packages will have been included with each PC," Carter claimed.

The company's website also claims that "no orders taken on the website have had any monies taken since the beginning of 2007."

Vantage's Sniper GT Gaming System won a Labs recommended award in our current issue (see issue 149, p91). Our new Recommended award winner is the Scan 3XS VP6 (also found on p91), which offers a great balance of performance and features.