Backplates

"Nigel Hewitt" <news@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.co.uk> wrote...

> After several years in the backplate business it no longer seems
> sense for Combro, purveyors of fine micro electronics, to still be in
> the heavy metal trade. Woz at http://www.kitfondle.co.uk/ is
> producing a selection of finished plates and I haven't the heart
> to push another batch onto our sales/supply team when it is so far
> from our key business.
>
> The end of an era with the UKRS plate? It has run it's course and
> nobody will charge 200 quid again unless it has magic properties
> and is blessed by the most high.
>
> Thank you for using them. It gave me a good feeling to be encouraging
> something I knew was a good idea and seeing them so often was a
> bonus. Also thank you for never complaining that I labelled a Combro
> product with the groups name even if we didn't ever price it to make
> money.

[FX: Sob!] Indeed, the end of an era

But a =HUGE= vote of thanks to Nigel for doing it in the first place. I
think that you can be proud and will go down in UKRS (and elsewhere) history
as being the man who broke the £100+ cartel and brought high quality,
affordable backplates to the masses. How many have you produced over the
years Nigel? How many countries have you shipped them to?

The Combro/UKRS plate goes back many years, when Nigel started doing them a
standard, simple backplate was well over £100 in your local LDS. My plate
actually pre-dates a Combro, mine came from a batch that Gregg Roach had
made some years earlier. But it was Nigel who did it properly, established
the market to a wider audience and has kept on producing them.

So THANK YOU Nigel, and I feel that it will be many, many years before you
can visit a major dive site and NOT come across a Combro plate somewhere!

Keith L

"Nigel Hewitt" <news@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.co.uk> wrote...

> After several years in the backplate business it no longer seems
> sense for Combro, purveyors of fine micro electronics, to still be in
> the heavy metal trade. Woz at http://www.kitfondle.co.uk/ is
> producing a selection of finished plates and I haven't the heart
> to push another batch onto our sales/supply team when it is so far
> from our key business.
>
> The end of an era with the UKRS plate? It has run it's course and
> nobody will charge 200 quid again unless it has magic properties
> and is blessed by the most high.
>
> Thank you for using them. It gave me a good feeling to be encouraging
> something I knew was a good idea and seeing them so often was a
> bonus. Also thank you for never complaining that I labelled a Combro
> product with the groups name even if we didn't ever price it to make
> money.

[FX: Sob!] Indeed, the end of an era

But a =HUGE= vote of thanks to Nigel for doing it in the first place. I
think that you can be proud and will go down in UKRS (and elsewhere) history
as being the man who broke the £100+ cartel and brought high quality,
affordable backplates to the masses. How many have you produced over the
years Nigel? How many countries have you shipped them to?

The Combro/UKRS plate goes back many years, when Nigel started doing them a
standard, simple backplate was well over £100 in your local LDS. My plate
actually pre-dates a Combro, mine came from a batch that Gregg Roach had
made some years earlier. But it was Nigel who did it properly, established
the market to a wider audience and has kept on producing them.

So THANK YOU Nigel, and I feel that it will be many, many years before you
can visit a major dive site and NOT come across a Combro plate somewhere!

Keith L

"Nigel Hewitt" <news@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.co.uk> wrote...

> After several years in the backplate business it no longer seems
> sense for Combro, purveyors of fine micro electronics, to still be in
> the heavy metal trade. Woz at http://www.kitfondle.co.uk/ is
> producing a selection of finished plates and I haven't the heart
> to push another batch onto our sales/supply team when it is so far
> from our key business.
>
> The end of an era with the UKRS plate? It has run it's course and
> nobody will charge 200 quid again unless it has magic properties
> and is blessed by the most high.
>
> Thank you for using them. It gave me a good feeling to be encouraging
> something I knew was a good idea and seeing them so often was a
> bonus. Also thank you for never complaining that I labelled a Combro
> product with the groups name even if we didn't ever price it to make
> money.

[FX: Sob!] Indeed, the end of an era

But a =HUGE= vote of thanks to Nigel for doing it in the first place. I
think that you can be proud and will go down in UKRS (and elsewhere) history
as being the man who broke the £100+ cartel and brought high quality,
affordable backplates to the masses. How many have you produced over the
years Nigel? How many countries have you shipped them to?

The Combro/UKRS plate goes back many years, when Nigel started doing them a
standard, simple backplate was well over £100 in your local LDS. My plate
actually pre-dates a Combro, mine came from a batch that Gregg Roach had
made some years earlier. But it was Nigel who did it properly, established
the market to a wider audience and has kept on producing them.

So THANK YOU Nigel, and I feel that it will be many, many years before you
can visit a major dive site and NOT come across a Combro plate somewhere!

Keith L

"Nigel Hewitt" <news@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.co.uk> wrote...

> After several years in the backplate business it no longer seems
> sense for Combro, purveyors of fine micro electronics, to still be in
> the heavy metal trade. Woz at http://www.kitfondle.co.uk/ is
> producing a selection of finished plates and I haven't the heart
> to push another batch onto our sales/supply team when it is so far
> from our key business.
>
> The end of an era with the UKRS plate? It has run it's course and
> nobody will charge 200 quid again unless it has magic properties
> and is blessed by the most high.
>
> Thank you for using them. It gave me a good feeling to be encouraging
> something I knew was a good idea and seeing them so often was a
> bonus. Also thank you for never complaining that I labelled a Combro
> product with the groups name even if we didn't ever price it to make
> money.

[FX: Sob!] Indeed, the end of an era

But a =HUGE= vote of thanks to Nigel for doing it in the first place. I
think that you can be proud and will go down in UKRS (and elsewhere) history
as being the man who broke the £100+ cartel and brought high quality,
affordable backplates to the masses. How many have you produced over the
years Nigel? How many countries have you shipped them to?

The Combro/UKRS plate goes back many years, when Nigel started doing them a
standard, simple backplate was well over £100 in your local LDS. My plate
actually pre-dates a Combro, mine came from a batch that Gregg Roach had
made some years earlier. But it was Nigel who did it properly, established
the market to a wider audience and has kept on producing them.

So THANK YOU Nigel, and I feel that it will be many, many years before you
can visit a major dive site and NOT come across a Combro plate somewhere!

Keith L

"Keith Lawrence" <false@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:4186b8cc$0$233$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk...
> "Nigel Hewitt" <news@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.co.uk> wrote...
>
> [FX: Sob!] Indeed, the end of an era
>
> But a =HUGE= vote of thanks to Nigel for doing it in the first place. I
> think that you can be proud and will go down in UKRS (and elsewhere)
> history
> as being the man who broke the £100+ cartel and brought high quality,
> affordable backplates to the masses. How many have you produced over the
> years Nigel? How many countries have you shipped them to?
>
> The Combro/UKRS plate goes back many years, when Nigel started doing them
> a
> standard, simple backplate was well over £100 in your local LDS. My plate
> actually pre-dates a Combro, mine came from a batch that Gregg Roach had
> made some years earlier. But it was Nigel who did it properly, established
> the market to a wider audience and has kept on producing them.
>
> So THANK YOU Nigel, and I feel that it will be many, many years before
> you
> can visit a major dive site and NOT come across a Combro plate somewhere!

Yep - seconded! My first backplate was a Combro and I still have fond
memories of deburring it with a Dremmel power tool...

Thanks again, Nigel!

"Keith Lawrence" <false@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:4186b8cc$0$233$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk...
> "Nigel Hewitt" <news@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.co.uk> wrote...
>
> [FX: Sob!] Indeed, the end of an era
>
> But a =HUGE= vote of thanks to Nigel for doing it in the first place. I
> think that you can be proud and will go down in UKRS (and elsewhere)
> history
> as being the man who broke the £100+ cartel and brought high quality,
> affordable backplates to the masses. How many have you produced over the
> years Nigel? How many countries have you shipped them to?
>
> The Combro/UKRS plate goes back many years, when Nigel started doing them
> a
> standard, simple backplate was well over £100 in your local LDS. My plate
> actually pre-dates a Combro, mine came from a batch that Gregg Roach had
> made some years earlier. But it was Nigel who did it properly, established
> the market to a wider audience and has kept on producing them.
>
> So THANK YOU Nigel, and I feel that it will be many, many years before
> you
> can visit a major dive site and NOT come across a Combro plate somewhere!

Yep - seconded! My first backplate was a Combro and I still have fond
memories of deburring it with a Dremmel power tool...

Thanks again, Nigel!

"Keith Lawrence" <false@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:4186b8cc$0$233$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk...
> "Nigel Hewitt" <news@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.co.uk> wrote...
>
> [FX: Sob!] Indeed, the end of an era
>
> But a =HUGE= vote of thanks to Nigel for doing it in the first place. I
> think that you can be proud and will go down in UKRS (and elsewhere)
> history
> as being the man who broke the £100+ cartel and brought high quality,
> affordable backplates to the masses. How many have you produced over the
> years Nigel? How many countries have you shipped them to?
>
> The Combro/UKRS plate goes back many years, when Nigel started doing them
> a
> standard, simple backplate was well over £100 in your local LDS. My plate
> actually pre-dates a Combro, mine came from a batch that Gregg Roach had
> made some years earlier. But it was Nigel who did it properly, established
> the market to a wider audience and has kept on producing them.
>
> So THANK YOU Nigel, and I feel that it will be many, many years before
> you
> can visit a major dive site and NOT come across a Combro plate somewhere!

Yep - seconded! My first backplate was a Combro and I still have fond
memories of deburring it with a Dremmel power tool...

Thanks again, Nigel!

"Keith Lawrence" <false@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:4186b8cc$0$233$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk...
> "Nigel Hewitt" <news@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.co.uk> wrote...
>
> [FX: Sob!] Indeed, the end of an era
>
> But a =HUGE= vote of thanks to Nigel for doing it in the first place. I
> think that you can be proud and will go down in UKRS (and elsewhere)
> history
> as being the man who broke the £100+ cartel and brought high quality,
> affordable backplates to the masses. How many have you produced over the
> years Nigel? How many countries have you shipped them to?
>
> The Combro/UKRS plate goes back many years, when Nigel started doing them
> a
> standard, simple backplate was well over £100 in your local LDS. My plate
> actually pre-dates a Combro, mine came from a batch that Gregg Roach had
> made some years earlier. But it was Nigel who did it properly, established
> the market to a wider audience and has kept on producing them.
>
> So THANK YOU Nigel, and I feel that it will be many, many years before
> you
> can visit a major dive site and NOT come across a Combro plate somewhere!

Yep - seconded! My first backplate was a Combro and I still have fond
memories of deburring it with a Dremmel power tool...

Thanks again, Nigel!

A sad day indeed.

But before they go - have you got any of the last batch left? If you have,
stick my name on one and I'll pick it up at Icebreakers.

Cheers

CAS

A sad day indeed.

But before they go - have you got any of the last batch left? If you have,
stick my name on one and I'll pick it up at Icebreakers.

Cheers

CAS