back to article Dabs founder Dave Atherton returns to techland

Dave Atherton, the founder, one-time CEO and owner at Dabs has returned to the IT industry as chairman of distributor Entatech, with a turnaround mission in mind. Atherton, who sold his online tat bazaar to BT for £24m a decade ago, has since worked on numerous projects including property development and more recently a site …

  1. TheTick

    Cheers

    Cheers for letting us know, I'll stick that one on the avoid list for any future purchases.

    (Dabs under that bloke was the first company I ever had to sue via small claims - successfully of course).

    1. Gotno iShit Wantno iShit

      Re: Cheers

      I came here to say I'd be watching for just the opposite reason, I always got good service from Dabs. However...

      I just had a look at their web site, everything is 'Log in for pricing'. They can poke that where the sun doesn't shine. They'll only learn about me when I decide to buy and without pricing I will never decide to buy from Entatech.

  2. Roj Blake Silver badge

    "I just had a look at their web site, everything is 'Log in for pricing'. They can poke that where the sun doesn't shine. They'll only learn about me when I decide to buy and without pricing I will never decide to buy from Entatech."

    That's because they're a distributor not a retailer. If you're not a trade buyer, they're not the supplier for you - but if you are a trade buyer their pricing is actually not too bad.

  3. andy gibson

    "online tat bazaar"

    Why does anyone who owns a web shopping outfit have to have it branded an "online tat bazaar" by The Reg? Once it just referred to Ebay, now its anything that sells.

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