w5bno123 wrote:

As the owner of the Ealing showroom we thank you all for your comments and concerns. Thankfully we had laminated glass which could not be penetrated and there was no major damage to the stock or showroom. We will remain open during these times and hope to get back to normal soon.

 

 

Stuart & Helen Melville

 

Owners

Best of luck

Stuart and Helen,

So glad to hear your shop is OK. I hope things get back to normal for you guys soon. That glass is fantastic! I bet it's expensive but seems like an amazing safely feature.

Good luck!

folkdeejay wrote:

King Street shop in Manchester has been looted this evening.  Not sure how badly, but damage has ben done :-(

Just saw that on the BBC...

"It was reported that cheers went up from the crowd of about 200, some of whom carried sticks, as the window was smashed of the Bang & Olufsen store, off King Street, in Manchester.

'Completely looted'

Looters carried out a widescreen TV while others took smaller electrical items."

I saw the news tonight on the BBC that a B&O shop in Manchester had been looted :( I hope the King Street staff are ok and that they can get back to normal as soon as possible.

Let's hope the looters burn in Hell >:(

The owner of the B&O King Street store is on the BBC News channel right now, being interviewed live, fuming. And rightly so. He must have lost thousands of pounds of stock :(

I think it was Ian?

He's saying his shop is finished. I hope he doesn't mean permanentely. Good lord :(

I hope not Moxxey. Ian has been a ve voice here helping local and national B&O owners for several years.

I always thought (and hoped) stock levels were low in stores, so hopefully Ian will be ok. If all the big ticket items are PIN protected, then they'll surely be worthless anyway to the cnuts who stole them??

Gutted :(

j0hnbarker wrote:

I hope not Moxxey. Ian has been a ve voice here helping local and national B&O owners for several years.

Yep, it was Ian. The reporter (doing the interview) mentioned his name after I posted. He also said that Ian's shop was wrecked. Sounds like it's been looted and trashed :(

Yeah, I guess it was display stock they took and probably struggled with a lot of it (too heavy), so I guess gave the stuff they couldn't take a kicking. I hope people who know Ian and his store can volunteer some help.

That is terrible, terrible news.

I for one would be happy to travel over and help clear up if that would be of any help? Such an incredibly shocking time we're going through - lame :(

Absolutely gutted for Ian. Thankfully our insurance policies are there to protect us but that is not the point. It would take weeks to turn it around but the support we had locally today from Ealing residents, colleagues and clients was amazing. There is an old fashioned radio shop in our street the Luftwaffe couldn't hit but these thugs last night ripped out the windows 30 seconds.

I cannot believe this is happening in England.  I'm ashamed to be British as the world watches.. disgusted.

Total force should be used, no holding back.  I'm sick of do-good beardies on the radio defending the rioters and looters, blaming the government for their anger etc etc.  If you break the law and violate other peoples human rights, then you completely forfeit your own in my opinion.  Shoot them for all i care, you won't hear me grumble as they throw them in a body bag.

Out of all of this came some superb irony..  The reporter was filming a Currys Digital (Electronics Store) being looted to a shell, whilst expressing total surprise Waterstones right next door (a book shop) was totally untouched.  Welcome to the UK today.

I sound old here (well, i'm 40.. so I am) when i say scum breeds scum.  Bad parenting has a lot to answer for in the UK - and the standard of parenting has plummeted.  Slack jawed spongers are allowed to have babies, creating a vicious circle of fecklessness.  If they were animals, they'd be neutered immediately - but basic human rights are basic human rights, I can't contest that.

I hope the glass of the window in Ealing contained high amounts of asbestos - and the Manchester store had Ebola in the carpets.  

End of rant.  My sincere sympathy to the above two store owners. I hope you get it all sorted quickly.

Lee