Just heard that Jimboomba campers have gone bust

[Paul (SA)]

String em up by their goolies....

[Rumpig]

Yeah but if you build a house you pay progress payments......same as a ct or caravan generally.

when we bought our KK all that was required was the deposit, rest paid on pick up

[luke07]

I have got my wife to start a facebook page up. I know its a long shot, but I want to try and get in contact with other customers that are going through the same thing we are so that we can all pass on any information we have from talking to authorities etc etc.

I cant seem to paste the link to this, but if you type in Jimboomba Campers Closing Down.  Please try and promote this page as much as yous can, it may not be any help in the long run but we are trying everything we can.

Thanks everyone for all your help.

So far the police have been involved but nothing as yet but fingers crossed. We wont go down without a fight, no one takes $10000 of my families hard earned savings and gets away with it. I have a wife and two kids to support, Im extremly disapointed at this point. I was giving them the benefit of the doubt at the start of the week thinking the family had some tragedy. Wasnt I wrong.

[bushbandit]

I have got my wife to start a facebook page up. I know its a long shot, but I want to try and get in contact with other customers that are going through the same thing we are so that we can all pass on any information we have from talking to authorities etc etc.

I cant seem to paste the link to this, but if you type in Jimboomba Campers Closing Down.  Please try and promote this page as much as yous can, it may not be any help in the long run but we are trying everything we can.

Thanks everyone for all your help.




So far the police have been involved but nothing as yet but fingers crossed. We wont go down without a fight, no one takes $10000 of my families hard earned savings and gets away with it. I have a wife and two kids to support, Im extremly disapointed at this point. I was giving them the benefit of the doubt at the start of the week thinking the family had some tragedy. Wasnt I wrong.

Luke my wife is furious about this to think they were going to take our deposit 3 weeks ago and not even build our CT .Something must have been adrift then because the owner of the secondhand one i purchased tryed to get info from them by email many times and they didnt respond.

[Malcolm Tugless]

This isn't a dick swinging competition.
Its not how  ner-ner-nee-ner-ner paid or did not. Its about the situation at hand.
Its not what's in anyone's hand at any given moment when they want to toss off on the intranet to all and sundry with their ex-spurt-tease.
Keep your holier than thou attitude for the electrical section, or the how kick arise is my four wheel dribble diatribe.
There a people hurting here, financially, on a lot of levels. Think about it, and tuck your wee willys in.

Luke and co may have a long road ahead, the last thing they need is nuck-nucks telling them it their fault, its not their fault, emphatically so not their fault.

[heath74]

Luke, that's heartbreaking mate. I hope you have some luck chasing your camper or a refund.

[firefox]

Luke,
PM sent with some assistance..

It's really disappointing to hear people do this. I own a number of businesses, some of which (my restuarants) which are struggling, but never in my right (or wrong) mind would i ever consider grabbing and running.. Just have to think about staff, reputation and trust me when karma does exist and people will get caught out..

Let me know if i can help.
Cheers
Justin

[ewwreckers]

How devastating for you and your family Luke   Really hope you can get something sorted, whether it be a not completed camper, or your money back.
My husband went under many many moons ago, but even when him and his dad ended up out here in the bush, trying to live off the dole, they still made regular payments and cleared all there debts out of their dole payments.  Not everyone has the same standard though....but you do have to wonder how some people can sleep at night

[nbd73]

This isn't a dick swinging competition.
Its not how  ner-ner-nee-ner-ner paid or did not. Its about the situation at hand.
Its not what's in anyone's hand at any given moment when they want to toss off on the intranet to all and sundry with their ex-spurt-tease.
Keep your holier than thou attitude for the electrical section, or the how kick arise is my four wheel dribble diatribe.
There a people hurting here, financially, on a lot of levels. Think about it, and tuck your wee willys in.

Luke and co may have a long road ahead, the last thing they need is nuck-nucks telling them it their fault, its not their fault, emphatically so not their fault.

I don't think any of the previous posts were intended the way you have taken it. This is an information web site, people don't join looking for sympathy. It's great that we can get behind others with kind words, but I think the points being made were as much about learning and warning others about pitfalls when buying CT's. Granted that some may take this the wrong way, but you would find EVERY member who has posted here feels deeply for Luke and wishes him all the best.
It's his choice whether he reads the opinions and thoughts of others, and personally I have found the discussion topical and relevant.

[cruisindub]

There was a post above about how a local business is now employing one of tvvere old employees.  Can you contact them and get some further info from someone who was there at the time. Maybe they were there right up till the last moment. They might have some info in where the trailers went, what happened, further info etc.
worth a try.

Best of luck Luke07, we are, like many on here, feeling g for you right now.

Best of luck and keep us all informed.

[Jeepers Creepers]

This isn't a dick swinging competition.
Its not how  ner-ner-nee-ner-ner paid or did not. Its about the situation at hand.
Its not what's in anyone's hand at any given moment when they want to toss off on the intranet to all and sundry with their ex-spurt-tease.
Keep your holier than thou attitude for the electrical section, or the how kick arise is my four wheel dribble diatribe.
There a people hurting here, financially, on a lot of levels. Think about it, and tuck your wee willys in.

Luke and co may have a long road ahead, the last thing they need is nuck-nucks telling them it their fault, its not their fault, emphatically so not their fault.

I agree with this 100%.

Luke, i hope it all works out to a good finish for you. Most times, is this situation, the business owner will take the gear back to their own home or residence or a friends place.

See if you can find out where they live and report it to the cops.

Keep an eye out in the classifieds, IN CASE they try to unload stuff quickly and report it to the cops.

When i saw this story from the first post, it bought back really poor memories when we were zipped out of $35,000 in our prvious business on the Sunshine Coast. Long story, so won't go into it, but we fought a good honest fight, with barristers, solicitors, the works and won the initial case, only to then lose it on an appeal.

Add $9,000 worth of legal fee's, less $6,000 we were lucky enough to win by judgement.

All up, lots of heartache, wasted hours, the odd barney to be out of pocket $39,000. 

Mate, i hope you have a better outcome than i did. 
 

[luke07]

yeah we have started legal proceedings but it is going to one hell of a long road and expensive one. But why should we give up and let them get away with ripping people off. So sad that this can happen to people and also sad for the owners that they believe they had no other way but to run. They will never be able to have a business in camping again! And Jimboomba campers had such a good name and anyone who owns one cant say a bad thing about them, I truly do hope someone takes the business on, but the owners have made it hard now that they have cleared off with everything. They havent even given anyone the chance of looking after the business. Our horrible gut feeling is that they will be selling everything off cheap. But because we dont live in brisbane area we live up In FNQ we have no way of going to there house or business . Just have to keep hoping for the best.

Dont forget to promote the facebook page....Jimboomba Campers closing down. Anything will help I guess. We still keep trying to ring the owners in a last hope they will answer.

[jetcrew]

This isn't a dick swinging competition.
Its not how  ner-ner-nee-ner-ner paid or did not. Its about the situation at hand.
Its not what's in anyone's hand at any given moment when they want to toss off on the intranet to all and sundry with their ex-spurt-tease.
Keep your holier than thou attitude for the electrical section, or the how kick arise is my four wheel dribble diatribe.
There a people hurting here, financially, on a lot of levels. Think about it, and tuck your wee willys in.

Luke and co may have a long road ahead, the last thing they need is nuck-nucks telling them it their fault, its not their fault, emphatically so not their fault.

Everyone is entitled to there own opinion and perspective.

 I can only see one holier than thou post in this thread and it,s quoted above..



We all feel for Luke and family ..but some of us will have to stay on the low road without a horse...


Back on track

Would by them not going bust but running off monies constitute a criminal offence , where as going into receivership being a legal process, this would mean their personal asserts can be sized by police in order to refund monies ,as they have committed a criminal offence and may face criminal prosecution,

Maybe a my swagger with the relevant exp can comment as I may be totally wrong , but what they have done is not going bust it,s taking off with others money , I think they are 2 different things with the 2nd one giving people like Luke greater options for legal action . Receivers would have meant a small % of your monies back ,maybe this way you can get more.

Jet

[macca]

Well  said Jet

[kiva]

If the business you are dealing with wants progress payments, find another one to deal with.

I buy a car, Im pay 10% deposit.
I buy a house, I pay a 10% deposit.
I buy a CT, I pay a 10 % deposit.

If the business asks for more, or progress payments,  that is a sure sign they are under financial stress.  Ive been in business, I know the signs.

Find someone else to do business with in those circumstances.

That's a bit of a sweeping generalisation don't you think?

Our first camper required a fixed dollar amount as the deposit, not a percentage. A month before delivery required a second fixed dollar amount (same as the first), and upon delivery the balance was due.

Our second camper that is currently on order required a 30% deposit with the balance due upon delivery.

Both are reputable CT manufacturers and yet they didn't follow the "10% rule". Based on your advice I should have gone elsewhere!

[luke07]

I just want point out that all the information I have posted on here is all just hear say and has not be confirmedas as we live in FNQ and have not personally been to there house nor business. I have had another source tell me that the shed they work from is still full of campers. And that they haven't taken off with everything, at this point they are still not in contact with there customers nor gone into official receivership.

[firefox]

Hi Everyone,
So i am the point of source.. I spoke to Luke and was heading out that way to look at some boats this morning. So i rang luke to stop past there facilities. If you drive past the street factory, its got a small chain across the driveway but thats it.

The factory has tinted/reflective windows. Photo's are useless. However...
If you look closely the shop is still full of gear. I saw electronic GME radios etc..
There is a car in the factory, plus i could make out some campers.

So they definitely haven't grabbed everything and run. The mailbox is full, so i am betting no one has been their for a week.
There is no notice on the door of receivership or changing hands, but the place is probably like you left the previous night as nothing is happening.

At the moment looking at the place, i don't believe there is anything untoward about the factory. However they could still have skipped, just left the place as is.. More likely it looks like they've had a serious emergency and have had to go and deal with it. I would probably have left a message on the answering machine or web site about the emergency so people don't get stressed.

I think the formal request in that luke placed with relevant authorities is the best approach currently. They will probably re-appear in the coming week or so, and apologize for the disappearance. But they certainly haven't grabbed and run. The showroom is full of camping gear.

Either way i think once everything settles down, i would bet the fact the showroom is full, and there are campers and cars Luke and others will see something. If you've paid for goods, then they are being stored on premises. If you can prove to the cops you own the goods (receipts etc) you will probably get them.. But i do think at the moment, there is a strong possibility that they have just had to go deal with something.

I'd give them the benefit of the doubt currently.. But certainly lodge details with Fair Trading and the Police..

[areyonga]

A glimmer of hope, fingers crossed and we will see what the new week brings

[macca]

Well done FireFox, hope it gives Luke some chance of getting his camper

[dazzler]

Good luck to all who may have lost some money if this goes downhill any further.

And lets try not to smash each other around.  I understand where Lost was coming from, delivered in his style that for those who have been around the swag a while would understand is blunt and to the point but not personal.  (He drives a Patrol - imagine the stress he's under  )

I think this should be a warning to us all with paying for stuff.  Unless you are having a one off custom made jobbie done then progress payments are not necessary.  A deposit is all any of us should.

The CT world is flooded with new and used trailers.  I would proceed with caution.

Best wishes.

[Bird]

I just want point out that all the information I have posted on here is all just hear say and has not be confirmedas as we live in FNQ and have not personally been to there house nor business. I have had another source tell me that the shed they work from is still full of campers. And that they haven't taken off with everything, at this point they are still not in contact with there customers nor gone into official receivership.

Luke.
From left field.
Have you thought of contacting the local police, and suggested a "Welfare Check" on the owners...
say some Shit like "they were to meet up with me, but never showed... and now nothing happens when I call them"

Maybe something *has* happened.. theres been plenty of suicides/robberies/murders of business people in last several years.

At least this will find out if they are around or not. Surely someone around there must know the owners address'...

[luke07]

I have contacted police and so far nothing has come up as anything bad happening to them. The other thing that doesn't help our thoughts of them leaving is that there Facebook page as a business and the personal Facebook page got deleted on Thursday? Why would they do this if they were planning on coming back or if something had happened personally in the family? Too many different stories going around at the moment which is making it very hard for us to make any sense of it all.

Thanks all who are helping us it is just so overwhelming.

Luke and Melissa

[Kit_e_kat9]

Until anyone has the Full Story ... I think it's a bit over the top for all this speculation.    

Luke - no offense intended - but how can you be "screwed over" if you don't even know if you are?     I understand your uncertainty, but I think we should all just wait until we know for sure before we draw and quarter them.  I hope you gave the  your name and number to pass along just in case.  As for FB, a lot of people cancel their accounts and give no reason.  I've De-Friended a few people and haven't bothered to explain it ... I think they might know why though.

You never know, but they are probably at the CTA Camper of the Year thing down south and given the hired help a well deserved holiday?  Yes, that's pure speculation on my part.   

Kit_e

[dazzler]

You never know, but they are probably at the CTA Camper of the Year thing down south and given the hired help a well deserved holiday?  Yes, that's pure speculation on my part.   

Kit_e

I think they were abducted by young hot single female swedish backpackers. Lot of that going around...

[bushbandit]

Luke you said that "I spoke to the paper and they confirmed they have gone bust" what paper is this?