Jim@sea
Well-Known Member
I was at Dickies in Bangor the day before they went bust and in hindsight there seemed to be a lot of staff in a rush to get a small speedboat out from round the back and parked by the converted toilet block which they used as an office. (sorry thats probably a bit unkind, but no using the Head Office building for ordinary Boat Salesmen) Anyway they towed the boat from somewhere round the back, stuck it by the Sales Office, quickly jacked it up removed a wheel and put a Lock on the Towing Hitch.
I am reminded of a Volkswagen/Audi dealer who went bankrupt in Warrington a few years ago. Many un-registered cars dissappered "overnight".
Small boats of course have no registration.
I am also reminded of when "International Marine" went Bankrupt in Salford even longer ago. I had been looking at a boat, may have been a Sigma 33, went back 3 days later and the liquidators had been in and all the boats had signs on, identifying ownership, and the sigma had a sign which identified it as belonging to a customer, (which it did not as they had taken it in PX) and a week later it had gone.
Having worked for an Auction where we would collect cars on behalf of liquidators and run them through our auction I always wondered if the Liquidators jst walk round a site to be told , "Thats ours" "Thats a customers"
There were certainly a couple of boats at Bangor which in "Auction Speak" appeared to be "On their toes" Perhaps PX stuff, but you have only made the profit on what you have sold when you have sold the "swapper"
I feel sorry for anyone who has supplied them with goods and wont be paid, but our insolvency laws are far too lax.
I am reminded of a Volkswagen/Audi dealer who went bankrupt in Warrington a few years ago. Many un-registered cars dissappered "overnight".
Small boats of course have no registration.
I am also reminded of when "International Marine" went Bankrupt in Salford even longer ago. I had been looking at a boat, may have been a Sigma 33, went back 3 days later and the liquidators had been in and all the boats had signs on, identifying ownership, and the sigma had a sign which identified it as belonging to a customer, (which it did not as they had taken it in PX) and a week later it had gone.
Having worked for an Auction where we would collect cars on behalf of liquidators and run them through our auction I always wondered if the Liquidators jst walk round a site to be told , "Thats ours" "Thats a customers"
There were certainly a couple of boats at Bangor which in "Auction Speak" appeared to be "On their toes" Perhaps PX stuff, but you have only made the profit on what you have sold when you have sold the "swapper"
I feel sorry for anyone who has supplied them with goods and wont be paid, but our insolvency laws are far too lax.
