Guest Geneb Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 EDITED but sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaveriK Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Not good news buddy, hope it pans out ok. My ex left me with 35k of debt so i know the feeling well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 What exactly happened or am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geneb Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 What exactly happened or am I missing something? I own an IT Comapny and supplied a lot of equipment to a company which i cant disclose at this moment due to the way i am going to get my money back. basically they bounced a cheque on me and now they have shut the doors and folded, thing is i have all there personal address's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I own an IT Comapny and supplied a lot of equipment to a company which i cant disclose at this moment due to the way i am going to get my money back. basically they bounced a cheque on me and now they have shut the doors and folded, thing is i have all there personal address's Ah right ok. Can you get your equipment back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geneb Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 nope its against the law for me to enter the premises unless allowed in by the owner and that tw*ts attitude is not a favourable one, he's in for a shock though the Company my family use for collecting things and resolving issues is coming down from up north to end the problem. just hope i dont after sell my supe now after only just telling a buyer i dont wanna sell:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Was he an established client? No way would I supply anything over a couple of hundred quid on credit to an unknown company. Best of luck mate. I sometimes think what I would do to a non paying client, and it's generally along the lines of walking in and cutting all the network cabling and taking computers out, but that's only any good if the company is trying to continue trading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I had a similar thing with a member on here recently. Hope you get it sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eve Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Geneb, do you not still have title to the equipment? I expect you would if they have not paid for it. Technically, you are only getting your equipment back. Admittedly you can't break into their premises but surely the police could?! Sucks mate - I would want to kill them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Its a horrible situation to be in, and I hope you manage to get your money out of the ba----ds:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Sorry to hear this Andy!! What a c*nts trick!! We had this a couple of years ago with one of our clients. We supplied a big £15K industrial water pumping system to a contractor who then went bust about a week later. They set up the following day under a similar name........ Luckily we were able to dial into the equipment and f@ck everything up so there was no water coming into the building!! They eventually paid us cash to sort the problems as they would not have been paid by their client, who owed then £100K's. Hope you get it sorted mate. Time to distribute some pain me thinks!! H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uzthedentist Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 can you go to county court and sue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eve Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I'm pretty sure this is a straight forward claim for breach of contract. You agreed to supply, they agreed to pay and they haven't done that. Although suing someone who's bankrupt is never gonna be easy cos you are suing the receivers and you will be on a long list of creditors. Should still get your equipment back though. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geneb Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Geneb, do you not still have title to the equipment? I expect you would if they have not paid for it. Technically, you are only getting your equipment back. Admittedly you can't break into their premises but surely the police could?! Sucks mate - I would want to kill them! unfortunately they have folded and the liquidators have to go in ,and sort everything thats why he and his are going to be personally visited to either let my retrieval company take the stuff out or he is going to lose everything in his house and a lot more. can you go to county court and sue? the sod already has 3 CCJ's and he dont give a stuff if he gets more the git:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 If it's a limited company you can't do that though right? The Ltd bit means his personal possessions are protected by law and can't be used to clear the business debt..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geneb Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 If it's a limited company you can't do that though right? The Ltd bit means his personal possessions are protected by law and can't be used to clear the business debt..... yeah he's Ltd but that dont wash with me, thats why i brought in my own collection company to see him personally. he fucked with the wrong guy this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Wouldnt it be good idea to get this moved into members only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 good luck with it, I'd be careful, that's all I say, the law can be an arse to cross... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Really feel for you mate... The most I've been taken for (in 25 years) is about £1,500.00 and that still smarts now (about three years later). As I understand it, everything goes into the liquidators pot now and they will dish any money left over after they get paid, to secured creditors, tax, VAT, banks, etc before you get your bit. I've often wondered how good these "rough" debt collecting companies are - hope he gets what he deserves, and you get most of the money back. Good luck mate.. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Bounce checks and fold...it does happen, and by law you are pretty low in the priorities of the liquidators. It sucks, especially when you know that they did it on purpose (and feel like a sucker because you fell for it) Be careful on how you use their personal addresses, someone with 3 CCJs might have solid defences for angry wannabe vigilantes. Think what would hurt him most, then focus there. Let nobody else know what you're doing, if the cops round people up they will sing and you'll be in trouble for 'conspiracy' or similar. Dodgy debt collectors have a special relationship with the police (due to frequent contact) and may rat you out quicker than you think (to avoid revisiting the big house) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Bastards. I hate dishonest people. It goes all the way to the top of big companies as well. Remember Tiny anyone? Advertised laptops and LCD tellies one monday in all national papers (I went for a laptop) and folded on Thursday. Now them feckers knew they were going under as there was no stock to cover the orders when the liquidators went in. They were just trying to push the company debt over to the credit card companies. I just thank my lucky stars I pulled my credit card out before my debit card or I would have been knackered. Big job agency in my business went under on a Friday after taking in all of their employees wages and not paying them out, well over a thousand people owed over a grand each. Bunch of thieving gits around in this world. I do have to say though when dealing with people you know have CCJ's putting in place measures to ensure you don't get shafted is an idea when giving them credit, especially that much. If they have proper seen it coming then your gear probably isn't even still in the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico2006 Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 yeah he's Ltd but that dont wash with me, thats why i brought in my own collection company to see him personally. he fucked with the wrong guy this time Be careful... I know guys who run business in this way, work with a set of known liquidators, buy the stock back and carry on trading under a new name. they aint nice guys, and any 'collections' agents would be sent packing by more nasty people.. Im speaking from experiance , see the thread in members chat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 ..I know guys who run business in this way, work with a set of known liquidators, buy the stock back and carry on trading under a new name. .... Ha ha, I've seen this from the inside. A company I worked for aaaages ago, based outside Slough. One of the directors bought the whole lot at 1/10 of the price (minus the debts;)) and continued the company from another base with a slightly different name. Shafted everyone, apart from me. I saw it coming, the idiots thought that their emails were private. I had setup all the IT systems from scratch, so nothing could work afterwards. He had to swallow his pride and pay me a consulting fee to get them up and running again in the new premises (the others would kill to know where he was, they'd lynch him) If in doubt --- keep an insurance policy, I say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambertpig Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 sort it your own way . i would for sure but best not post any more detail here you just never know. the internet is huge yet can also be sooo small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 ... the internet is huge yet can also be sooo small Very true. Sometimes just a google search away;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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