> Lesro Models were produced in the Christchurch, Bournemouth area (UK). But
> now their website www.lesromodels.com is permanently down. Anyone know if
> they have closed down? Or are they just having web problems? I've emailed
> their local Westbourne Models for info but had no reply.

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> > Lesro Models were produced in the Christchurch, Bournemouth area (UK). But
> > now their website www.lesromodels.com is permanently down. Anyone know if
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> Given they ae in the UK, you should have tried
> <http://www.lesromodels.co.uk>, but would have found that gone too.
Just a small point but this may have never been a usable site. Problem is
that it does not matter what country you are based in, as to what extension
is given to your website address. Thus is due to how much you pay, and how
or who you register with.
If you are only a small business and or funding is tight, and you do not
envisage exporting goods, paying for just a 'co.uk' extension will in some
respects limit your hits to only those searching the UK, or possibly Europe
address. Using the dearer '.com' extension will allow more search engines to
find your site, and so possibly more customers, but this site will have to
be registered in many countries, or you may find that some other company in
another country has already been using this site address, and demand
compensation, hence the more cost.
This I found when setting up a site for a colleague, nothing to do with
modelling.
> You could try and make telephonic contact (I'm in Oz, so I'm not going
> to do that!)
Here ten out of ten, no one seams to call anymore, just text or email.
Cheers Vaughn
Gary R. Schmidt - 08 May 2004 07:06 GMT
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> Just a small point but this may have never been a usable site. Problem is
> that it does not matter what country you are based in, as to what extension
> is given to your website address. Thus is due to how much you pay, and how
> or who you register with.
Agreed, but I go ogled for Lesro first, and found the .co.uk address.
And I have a tendency to go through the various domains when I'm
looking, usually because I've gotten it totally wrong and should have
hit a search engine first. (By "various domains" I mean .com, .net,
.biz, .com.tw (shows that I do a lot of computer stuff), and so on,
usually leading me to hit a search engine and go, "Oh, it's "abc.xyz,
not def.xyz, silly me!"
Cheers,
Gary B-)

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Vaughn - 08 May 2004 16:32 GMT
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> Agreed, but I go ogled for Lesro first, and found the .co.uk address.
point taken, and hopefully my apology will suffice.
> And I have a tendency to go through the various domains when I'm
> looking, usually because I've gotten it totally wrong and should have
> hit a search engine first. (By "various domains" I mean .com, .net,
> .biz, .com.tw (shows that I do a lot of computer stuff), and so on,
> usually leading me to hit a search engine and go, "Oh, it's "abc.xyz,
> not def.xyz, silly me!"
quite agree, far too many dam extensions, but I guess who are we to wonder,
but just to ponder?
All the best
Vaughn