smart and friendly is gone...

[Mday]

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2597858,00.html

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=46&threadid=193234

 

[LarryJoe]

They join Hal Val as another rebranding company that couldn't cut it.

 

[Mday]

 

[SUOrangeman]

Clearance dales, anyone? Best Buy has cleaned house. Who's next?

-SUO

 

[MadRat]

Another "RAPING OF AMERICA" story. Form a shell company. Produce third tier merchandise the big boys have proven is dependable, producible, but most of all works. Sell cheap WITH a REBATE SCAM. Collect the rebates and spend the cash ASAP. Rack up the debt, all the while pay yourself massive amounts as CEO, protecting your personal butt at the expense of your company. Close the doors when the rollercoaster comes to an end. Go home and sulk in your multi-million $$$ mansion.

 

[PowerJoe]

Based on the few units I've seen, I'd say "good riddance"

-PJ

 

[damocles]

From what i saw they were usually pretty good, although i didnt think much if their JVC based stuff.

Most retailers had to market it as S&F because Smart and Friendly sounds like it came out of a dodgy Taiwanese Warehouse