Despite your inane and irrational dribble criticising Humax at every opportunity, you'll be annoyed to know they're just having a bit of a revamp of the website and will be back shortly.
Despite your inane and irrational dribble criticising Humax at every opportunity, you'll be annoyed to know they're just having a bit of a revamp of the website and will be back shortly.
Ah thanks very much for that information Mickey, I thought it was my browser playing up!
Looking to purchase an additional box - always a bargain to be had there!
Despite your inane and irrational dribble criticising Humax at every opportunity, you'll be annoyed to know they're just having a bit of a revamp of the website and will be back shortly.
What is the source of that guess or is it down to Humax simply operating to lower standards in not having information of to that effect on their Humax Direct web site?
So you're suggesting that Humax UK are LYING on their Facebook page then?
If they're just revamping the website, why not put up an explanatory page rather than a 404 error? Why aren't they accepting orders by phone? Why aren't they fulfilling existing orders? Why are they telling people to buy from regular dealers?
Some people just have to think it's all just some sort of conspiracy, but myself I'm perfectly happy with what I've seen Humax post and see no reason to not believe them.
Humax UK
Humax Direct to be re-vamped! Our sales site is now off-line & will be back soon with a new look and features. For customer support or product issues please call 0344 318 8800 or email uksupport@humax-digital.co.uk.
Humax UK
To all our Trade Customers, we are suspending our Trade web site today and will be back online with an all new exciting version very soon! Please place orders on 0844 6690460 or by email Tradesales@Humaxtrade.co.uk
If they're just revamping the website, why not put up an explanatory page rather than a 404 error? Why aren't they accepting orders by phone? Why aren't they fulfilling existing orders? Why are they telling people to buy from regular dealers?
The closure of the Humax Direct website is a temporary move and we look forward to re-introducing new and dynamic replacement soon, that better reflect our Brand values and enhance customer satisfaction. [my emphasis]
In the Victorian sense, it seems that you've prematurely ejaculated.
I wonder who (if anyone) will honour Humax Direct's 1 year warranties on their 'Grade A' machines.
I've just had a 'Grade A' HDR-FOX T2 replaced. I emailed customer services and got a reply from the repair centre in Belfast, who organised the swap. Incidentally there was less than two weeks left on the warranty.
David.
Are you an expert on the subject ... from personal experience?
If you look at my profile you would have learned that was an inappropriate comment. or perhaps you are in need of some basic primary school sex education?
2+ weeks between allowing a link to go dead and the addition a simple announcement that should have in place from day ONE is pathetic.
Standards at Humax have dropped since their move to Poland.
www.humaxdirect.co.uk ... now plus the redirect ... almost 5 weeks since CLOSURE and counting ...
Are you an expert on the subject ... from personal experience?
If you look at my profile you would have learned that was an inappropriate comment. or perhaps you are in need of some basic primary school sex education?
You have a profile? Maybe I'll click on it one of these days...
Anyway, best go and read up on some Victorian novels to increase your lexicon. There is another definition of "ejaculated" that's not the one that sprang to your mind.
2+ weeks between allowing a link to go dead and the addition a simple announcement that should have in place from day ONE is pathetic.
Standards at Humax have dropped since their move to Poland.
www.humaxdirect.co.uk ... now plus the redirect ... almost 5 weeks since CLOSURE and counting ...
Well, as has been said, temporary doesn't mean permanent. You said "confirm closure", suggesting that they have confirmed closure, when all they've confirmed, for now, is that it's temporary. Maybe they will close for sure, but there hasn't been any confirmation for now.
It may well still be temporary, but usually you don't close a revenue-generating website to work on launching a new version. You keep the old site running and build the new site silently on a dev machine and then when you're ready to launch, you kill the old site, move the staged dev site to production and launch it. So my gut instinct says Humax Direct isn't coming back.
So my gut instinct says Humax Direct isn't coming back.
Yeah, I think after three months, it shows that something is truly amiss. A few weeks might be understandable, but this "temporary" is taking a bit of an age. Still, who knows for sure, seeing that the site isn't a 404.
Oh look, humaxdirect is back again after undergoing a revamp, just as they said it would be.
I guess ds_whiner and the other know-it-all naysayers will have to eat their words again.
Took hell of a long time though - obviously it wasn't a 'revamp' - something must have gone badly wrong somewhere
If you're 'revamping' a website you don't take it down at all, you test the new site alongside the old one, them seamlessly (as far as possible) switch them over.
I suspect 'revamp' was just an excuse, and something serious had happened (like they lost the domain name?).
Yeah, I think after three months, it shows that something is truly amiss. A few weeks might be understandable, but this "temporary" is taking a bit of an age. Still, who knows for sure, seeing that the site isn't a 404.
So it took almost 6 months to make a simple Web site update, even I didn't really think it would take that long!
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Ah thanks very much for that information Mickey, I thought it was my browser playing up!
Looking to purchase an additional box - always a bargain to be had there!
What is the source of that guess or is it down to Humax simply operating to lower standards in not having information of to that effect on their Humax Direct web site?
They also emailed all their dealers about it a bit back, 16th Jan.
Discussion here
Strange Mr Mouse didn't turn up on that thread....
Seems like Humax changed contractors and the new one failed in it's preparations to takeover in time... ;-)
http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/humaxdirect.html
Says the closure is temporary.
You do know what temporary means, right?...
From the link you've posted:
In the Victorian sense, it seems that you've prematurely ejaculated.
I've just had a 'Grade A' HDR-FOX T2 replaced. I emailed customer services and got a reply from the repair centre in Belfast, who organised the swap. Incidentally there was less than two weeks left on the warranty.
David.
Are you an expert on the subject ... from personal experience?
If you look at my profile you would have learned that was an inappropriate comment. or perhaps you are in need of some basic primary school sex education?
2+ weeks between allowing a link to go dead and the addition a simple announcement that should have in place from day ONE is pathetic.
Standards at Humax have dropped since their move to Poland.
www.humaxdirect.co.uk ... now plus the redirect ... almost 5 weeks since CLOSURE and counting ...
If you had read all the posts on this thread you would have realised how silly a post that was.
Temporary yes ... my post confirmed that FACT ... ;-)
2+ weeks to add the announcement and now almost 5 weeks since the CLOSURE...
How long are they going to take to build a new site judging by these time scales ... will the answer be months or years...
You have a profile? Maybe I'll click on it one of these days...
Anyway, best go and read up on some Victorian novels to increase your lexicon. There is another definition of "ejaculated" that's not the one that sprang to your mind.
Well, as has been said, temporary doesn't mean permanent. You said "confirm closure", suggesting that they have confirmed closure, when all they've confirmed, for now, is that it's temporary. Maybe they will close for sure, but there hasn't been any confirmation for now.
As anyone who saw the relevant episode of QI should know.
It may well still be temporary, but usually you don't close a revenue-generating website to work on launching a new version. You keep the old site running and build the new site silently on a dev machine and then when you're ready to launch, you kill the old site, move the staged dev site to production and launch it. So my gut instinct says Humax Direct isn't coming back.
Yeah, I think after three months, it shows that something is truly amiss. A few weeks might be understandable, but this "temporary" is taking a bit of an age. Still, who knows for sure, seeing that the site isn't a 404.
I guess ds_whiner and the other know-it-all naysayers will have to eat their words again.
Took hell of a long time though - obviously it wasn't a 'revamp' - something must have gone badly wrong somewhere
If you're 'revamping' a website you don't take it down at all, you test the new site alongside the old one, them seamlessly (as far as possible) switch them over.
I suspect 'revamp' was just an excuse, and something serious had happened (like they lost the domain name?).
So it took almost 6 months to make a simple Web site update, even I didn't really think it would take that long!
Did you enjoy Mr Mouse's evacuation?