Just heard that Jimboomba campers have gone bust

[McGirr]

Being an established business surely a message should be left on their phone system. Also has any one gone past their business to see if they are closed.

Hopefully things will work out for them.

Mark

[bushbandit]

There is at least one on there facebook page who has payed half his money

[griz066]

The post is in their Yahoo membership site. Do you think I made it up?

Nope just don't do Yahooooooooo is all.

[Black Diamond]

Not good if its the case, all too common these days in this economic climate.

BD

[Jasman]

Looks like their Facebook page has disappeared overnight.....I checked it last night and it was these but now it's gone.

[dazzler]

Nothing is confirmed.  People really shouldn't be commenting, judging, or making assumptions until a statement or similar is made by the company, a representative, or its receivers.

Surely they deserve that level of respect at this point.

A sign on the door.  A message on the phone.  Not hard really.

[jetcrew]

Totally agree Spargo. All this speculation and no real proof. What if there is some other explanation?
All this hype could now cost them sales. Business is tough enough these days without rumors costing sales as well.

I see your point but I have to disagree with you guys , if the reputation is being damadged they could have left a message on the phone or thier facebook page, website etc ..there really is no excuse these days to just dissapear when you are holding peoples money , yes it may be a family emergeny or the like but a simple post or recorded message could have explained that.

I'd say this will spread like wildfire and the damage is already done, people use social media to advertise but you have to except it's a doubble edged sword, the fact it is even being disscussed is the damage done..

If the doors opened next week would you race in with a 5K deposit ??

Still sad

Jet   

[luke07]

We are a customer or jimboomba who has paid half of our camper off and was expecting to pick up in 2 weeks. No phone call or notice to tell us what was going on. Spoke to them on Monday and got obviously a heap of lies. So for those people saying they deserve better then to be spoken about when nothing has come out yet, we'll try being one of the people they owe money or a camper too! We spoke to the paper and they confirmed they have gone bust!

[luke07]

$10000 paid and no camper no communication. I know it's tough out there with this economy but come on people this was a family owned business they should have more consideration for the people that they were taking there money from. We are a young family that have saved for ages for this and we were planning a trip for Christmas! Now we don't even know who to contact to get our money back or should I say try to get our money back.

[luke07]

Just heard that Jimboomba campers have gone bust
« on: Yesterday at 09:03:55 PM »
There is an announcement on another forum that says that the gates are locked and people who had paid deposits and others need to discuss with the receivers.



Who are the receivers then? Does anyone know?

[dav]

Sorry to here that this has happened to you Luke. I hope you get your money back.

[bushbandit]

$10000 paid and no camper no communication. I know it's tough out there with this economy but come on people this was a family owned business they should have more consideration for the people that they were taking there money from. We are a young family that have saved for ages for this and we were planning a trip for Christmas! Now we don't even know who to contact to get our money back or should I say try to get our money back.

Luke mate so sorry to hear that hope it turns out for you as i explained earlier today i was just about to pay deposit 3 weeks ago only my wife found the second hand one while i was on the phone so we immediately changed our minds  we are now thinking our lucky stars,Good luck

[nbd73]

What is a surprise is that there is not more of this happening. A quick look at the poll on what CT members own, not to mention the various shows around the country, reveals far too many manufacturers for our population and market. Compare to cars which EVERYONE has and there would be a quarter of the sellers out there. Applying basic maths to this means the number of sales for most companies (excluding jayco and one or two others) is so small that it would only take a very small drop in sales to kill a business.
Feel very sorry for any people who have deposits to recover, and as stated there is no excuse for continuing to take money for orders> all at the business would be well aware of any financial crisis.

[ozbogwam]

Just heard that Jimboomba campers have gone bust
« on: Yesterday at 09:03:55 PM »
There is an announcement on another forum that says that the gates are locked and people who had paid deposits and others need to discuss with the receivers.



Who are the receivers then? Does anyone know?

Sorry to hear you've lost out on this.

If receivers are involved I believe they should be in touch with you soon with the proposal of what will happen

[McGirr]

Regretfully no one knows how bad the debt will be.

Naturally the tax man and banks are first for what they are owed and then creditors last.

Contact the receivers once you find out who they are with your receipts etc.

Mark

[Bird]

Spoke to them on Monday and got obviously a heap of lies.

what exactly were you told??

And why on gods earth would you pay more than BARE MINIMUM deposit?

[luke07]

We were told it will be ready in two weeks and the hold up had been because the canvas makers had changed as the old company went bust.

We paid the minimum deposit and then 2 progress payments as they told us too! Thanks for making us feel even worse!

[Bird]

Thanks for making us feel even worse!

obviously that was my sole intentoin 

[GU Rich]

We were told it will be ready in two weeks and the hold up had been because the canvas makers had changed as the old company went bust.

We paid the minimum deposit and then 2 progress payments as they told us too! Thanks for making us feel even worse!

Sorry to hear that Luke, 10k or 1k it's still a lot of money that know body can do without. I hope it works out for you. Keep us informed of how it goes.

Cheers
rich

[luke07]

Thanks, I'm sure there is more people out there just like us.

[DannyG]

luke07 it must be a horrible feeling. If I was you I would be a very squeaky wheel with the owners/receivers/administrators whoever is handling the businesses affairs. It may not help but id still be trying to be sqeakier than anyone else.

I hope everyone who has paid a deposit gets it back before the banks

[Paul (SA)]

Luke... Get in touch with your bank pronto if you paid by credit card and lodge a dispute of transaction. If you paid by bank cheque try that as well. We have done this successfully when a similar thing was done to us some years ago.

[jeb1900]

This is terrible news, I hope that it is a misunderstanding and that it will resolve itself. 

[BJ76]

Luke, if you paid by credit card, you should be able to stop the transaction. The banks are pretty good with those. If you paid by other means I hope it all works out for you. You never know what may happen. Look at trackabout... They got bought out and I believe orders were honored. You never know. Just hope for the best. Good luck.

[griz066]

obviously that was my sole intentoin 

And yet you still said it without knowing all the facts.  
I hope it all works out for you luke.