Very true Killy. Especially as the majority now use (myself included) an iPhone for everything and no, I wouldn't want it any other way :) Maybe they could bring back the magic with bluetooth docks with motorised ALT tweeters like on the Audi A6/A8?  Certainly, things do change a lot and when a teenager  who has been brought up with an iPhone sees the sheer huge size of say a 9000 that only plays 6 discs compared to the 100,000 of their 128gb iPhone then you realise :)

We can all analyse until the cows come home, but at the end of the day it's another store closed in a location where one should thrive...

I don't know the details so can't comment - but I'm genuinely saddened when a store is closed down, for whatever reason.

I wish Mike and his staff well in the future and always enjoyed doing business with the Bath store.  I'll miss visiting the town too!

Lee

9 LEE wrote:

I wish Mike and his staff well in the future and always enjoyed doing business with the Bath store.  I'll miss visiting the town too!

I had a personal phone call from Mike yesterday, which was great of him. He didn't need to do that.

9Lee, you can always come and visit me :)

Paul W - I used to work for Future (circa 2003). Now, that's truly an odd company. Either on an incredible high or in a terrible low!

Yes Moxxie, I had a feeling that you may of worked there :) I visited the guys at the mountain bike magazine section. Awesome crowd of people. An office full of mountain bikes and MacBook Pro's - BLISS!

Just received my creditor's form from the solicitors handling the liquidation. There's a meeting in Cheltenham about store assets.

It's a very odd way to handle business. B&O is a worldwide brand, but they 'allow' one of their retailers to go bust with customer's having active pre-paid orders on the system, which they won't and can't fulfil. Then the customer's of the brand have to go to a creditor's meeting and/or chase their credit card company to retrieve a refund.

However we debate the future of the brand, this cannot be a good way to treat loyal and long-standing customers of your brand?

moxxey wrote:

Just received my creditor's form from the solicitors handling the liquidation. There's a meeting in Cheltenham about store assets.

It's a very odd way to handle business. B&O is a worldwide brand, but they 'allow' one of their retailers to go bust with customer's having active pre-paid orders on the system, which they won't and can't fulfil. Then the customer's of the brand have to go to a creditor's meeting and/or chase their credit card company to retrieve a refund.

I used to live in Bath, and I loved that store, I bought my BV3 32" from them after the very helpful replies to my query of which TV to buy from the wonderful Beoworld forum members, who rightly suggested that TV for my movies!

Now 10 years later, i am looking for a replacement, and I would dearly love an Anvant, but it is too big at 55" and also too expensive, but I also have an 42" LG in teh bdroom, and it is a remarkable set, but the sound bar I got is a bit chunky, but it is wireless and it does a great job!  I am now thinking the easiest would be to simply relapce the B&O TV (keeping the beautiful motorised 3 drawer stand, I know it wont motor, but it has all my boxes in!) with another LG TV, if only B&O allowed theiir £999 speakers to atach opitcally or worelessly, it would work for me, but I may simply have to save the £5k over a few years and buy an Avant as it is stunning, but wish it was smaller.

Sorry for Bath sotre team they were a great bunch and nothing was too much trouble all the times I simply popped in over my lunch hours to admire the stuff they had, they were never pushy or annoyed that I didn't buy anything simply happy to chat, oh how things have chaged, recently emailing the Hanover Square store, they didn't bother to reply!

moxxey wrote:

Just received my creditor's form from the solicitors handling the liquidation....... this cannot be a good way to treat loyal and long-standing customers... 

Is this the normal way of treating loyal long lasting customers in this Bath shop? I have for myself, never payed anything in advance with my dealer. Its a matter of mutual trust.