lik-sang gone,, THX Sony.

[ulaoulao]

http://www.lik-sang.com/

For any of you that shopped there, they had bigs plans for lots of cool toys. (i.e. the ultimate controller) was said to offer 10 controllers in one adapter. R.I.P Lik-sang CO

Lik-Sang.com Out of Business due to Multiple Sony Lawsuits
Tue Oct 24 2006 21:58:51 Hong Kong Time - Corporate Info

OUT OF BUSINESS NOTICE

Hong Kong, October 24th of 2006 - Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Sony claimed that Lik-Sang infringed its trade marks, copyright and registered design rights by selling Sony PSP consoles from Asia to European customers, and have recently obtained a judgment in the High Court of London (England) rendering Lik-Sang's sales of PSP consoles unlawful.

As of today, Lik-Sang.com will not be in the position to accept any new orders and will cancel and refund all existing orders that have already been placed. Furthermore, Lik-Sang is working closely with banks and PayPal to refund any store credits held by the company, and the customer support department is taking care of any open transactions such as pending RMAs or repairs and shipping related matters. The staff of Lik-Sang will make sure that nobody will get hurt in the crossfire of this ordeal.

A Sony spokesperson declined to comment directly on the lawsuit against Lik-Sang, but recently went on to tell Gamesindustry.biz that "ultimately, we're trying to protect consumers from being sold hardware that does not conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards, due to voltage supply differences et cetera; is not - in PS3's case - backwards compatible with either PS1 or PS2 software; will not play European Blu-Ray movies or DVDs; and will not be covered by warranty".

Lik Sang strongly disagrees with Sony's opinion that their customers need this kind of protection and pointed out that PSP consoles shipped from Lik-Sang contained genuine Sony 100V-240V AC Adapters that carry CE and other safety marks and are compatible world wide. All PSP consoles were in conformity with all EU and UK consumer safety regulations.

Furthermore, Sony have failed to disclose to the London High Court that not only the world wide gaming community in more than 100 countries relied on Lik-Sang for their gaming needs, but also Sony Europe's very own top directors repeatedly got their Sony PSP hard or software imports in nicely packed Lik-Sang parcels with free Lik-Sang Mugs or Lik-Sang Badge Holders, starting just two days after Japan's official release, as early as 14th of December 2004 (more than nine months earlier than the legal action). The list of PSP related Sony Europe orders reads like the who's who of the videogames industry, and includes Ray Maguire (Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Alan Duncan (UK Marketing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Chris Sorrell (Creative Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Rob Parkin (Development Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited), just to name a few.

"Today is Sony Europe victory about PSP, tomorrow is Sony Europe’s ongoing pressure about PlayStation 3. With this precedent set, next week could already be the stage for complaints from Sony America about the same thing, or from other console manufacturers about other consoles to other regions, or even from any publisher about any specific software title to any country they don’t see fit. It’s the beginning of the end... of the World as we know it", stated Pascal Clarysse, formerly known as the Marketing Manager of Lik-Sang.com.

"Blame it on Sony. That's the latest dark spot in their shameful track record as gaming industry leader. The Empire finally 'won', few dominating retailers from the UK probably will rejoice the news, but everybody else in the gaming world lost something today."

[onewecallgod]

You posted this 11 days shy of their 1 year anniversary of being shut down.

[ulaoulao]

Making the assumption that your post was to question my reasoning in the post.... If I have violated some sort of rule then I am sorry. I didn't see another post about it? Any way I don't get a change to visits there site to often and found it rather sad news, just figured others may also missed it. Funny Seems only yesterday I was buying from then, guess not...

[Robert]

Thought I was in a time warp when I saw this... it's old, very old.

[ulaoulao]

Thought I was in a time warp when I saw this... it's old, very old.

- Yes the point was made. I apologize for phenixing old news and sounding redundant. Yet you're posting the same point as the previous poster and sounding redundant your self. bravo..

[onewecallgod]

If I have violated some sort of rule then I am sorry.

No you haven't, but you don't need to be a smartass about it, either. Lose the attitude.

[TchuBacha]

Yeah it was sad news.

I never bought anything from them but I did visit their website now and then to see what goodies are out there. Maybe they will reform one day but without selling sony products, failing that there's always your trusted online auction sites like eBay and...

[FatTrucker]

As already pointed out, Lik-Sang died ages ago. However you can still get most of the products they provided from Play-Asia.com.

[ulaoulao]

I never bought anything from them but I did visit their website now and then to see what goodies are out there. Maybe they will reform one day but without selling sony products, failing that there's always your trusted online auction sites like eBay and...

- Yes they certainly had a lot of goodies, I'm sure that was not that last of them, but as FatTrucker said there are a lots of other sites out there and yes ebay..

[Zach]

I'm pretty sure there was a thread on this at some point, but I can't find it either. I think we've had this problem before, but that's beside the point.

Yeah it's pretty old news.. No real rule saying you can't talk about it, not real sure what there is to talk about at this point however. As long as the thread stays civil and relevant to the topics, it'll stay open however.