On Apr 4, 2013, at 1:18 PM, mc68010 <mc68010 at gmail.com> wrote:
[JT Computers]
Their website
http://www.jtcomputer.com/index.asp is what always made me wonder what
their backstory was. It is such a generic off the shelf e-commerce site that makes them
seem more like a PC servicing business not a big DEC parts shop. It really makes it look
like they are a really small firm. Like two people in a office somewhere and a storage
locker full of old DEC parts.
I'm sure they had a website consultant build it for them. Lots of
computer stores don't have a clue how to build a website, and it's
easier to hire someone to make one. That someone then builds it
from a template that makes it look like any other
e-commerce site
(as you described). Two people in an office somewhere and a
storage locker (or warehouse, more likely) of computer parts is
probably exactly what it is; you don't need a whole lot of staff
to do what they do, and they do it fairly well.
Website builders like that are responsible for this atrocity:
http://www.baynesvilleelectronics.com
Baynesville Electronics is one of the few remaining "real"
electronics stores in the Baltimore area. It's pretty much the
only place I know where I could go and buy resistors, diodes,
ICs, transformers, etc. for the past decade or so. But from
the website, you wouldn't have a clue what they really were.
- Dave