Talex Technology Ltd Dissolved

talexuser123 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 24, 2012 Posts: 1

Just been shown this article by a friend who is thinking of buying a Talex on my recommendation.

As far as I can see the original post is proven to be wrong and the resulting discussion is from a obviously disillusioned and vengeful ex-employee?

If I was Adam Blair I'd be speaking to my solicitors as this is nothing more than a very poor attempt at character assasination based on nothing but lies.

For the record I've dealt with XXXX XXXXXX on two occasions, both times he has been beyond helpful and much better than people I've had the displeasure of speaking to in the past (off the top of my head the email address 'SW@' who was rude and arrogant). To bring names of current employees who have nothing to do with it into a discussion like this is very low.

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Kremmen · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:40 am Post subject:

The bottom line for me was that Talex had a superb product and the database was actually quite accurate. I also thought that the 'proximity' distances for initial warning and subsequent overspeed warnings was also spot-on.

The new camera I reported here (when it was being erected) only took Talex a few weeks to catch up on. Novus only posted it about 18 months later when I told them. This was during a phase when I downloaded the then free Novus update to see how good it was, or wasn't as it turned out.

With this hole in the market wouldn't it be superb if Steve's knowledge and the PGPSW database could somehow meet and a new dedicated device was marketed with directional warnings.

I know there are other devices out there but for a commuter a monthly subscription is inappropriate for me. Plus I know that this database is the most accurate I've used.

I still occasionally see a new shiny yellow camera on routes I don't use that often but as I approach it "bong bong bong" someone else has already beaten me to it.
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MalT · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:02 am Post subject:

All very interesting... and FWIW here is a bit more info.
I have had a Talex since 2006 ish.... very good then, very impressed. I even purchased a new one 12 months ago for my other car & was happy-ish to pay the subscription. But...... I got fed up with Blair filling my email box with marketing crap & pictures of him with Orville... I cancelled last year as the database was very poor (and they stopped doing the lifetime support for the original customers) & despite me writing to customer services I got a very poorly written email back (I guessed English wasn't her native language but I didn't know they were in India) they just wanted to keep me & offered a deal... which I declined. It's a real shame as the concept & the product was excellent.
Let's hope Blair goes back to talking to green birds & gives up his Talex business... then get someone clever to get the code & reprogram it with the database from here... Very Happy

ATB

pillboxman · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:37 am Post subject:

alanmcgibbon · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 10, 2006 Posts: 1

My check on Companies House records show that Talex Technology Ltd lodged only one set of accounts covering a seventeen month period from the date that it was set up (10 December 2007) to 30 April 2009. These showed the company to be insolvent. Mr Blair mentioned that Talex was a holding company (meaning that it owned other companies) which I find a bit confusing as the official records say that it did not own any subsidiary companies.

So far as Speedcam Systems Ltd is concerned the official records show that this company was only set up on 24 August 2011 - some 28 months after the last recorded transactions of Talex. Mr Blair's posting would appear to infer that there has been no break in trading - just a change in company structure. This therefore begs the question: "What happened to all the financial transactions in the twent four month period from 1 May 2009 and 24 August 2011?" For example has the income been declared to H M Revenue and Customs?

Incidentally, Speedcam has only one director - Mr Adam Blair, and, as yet, there are no records of anyone owning shares in the company.

clark5 · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:28 pm Post subject:

OK, I think we are all in agreement that the Talex / Novus units are a really good, but are being let down due to the quality of the database.

So on those basics has here been any future outcome on using PWGPS data base on the Talex / Novus units? See link below

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=65288&start=120&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight

This could lead to a massive increase in the membership of PWGPS

Mark

Disappointed Talex and Talex Lite owner

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