Colin Collins Down

I've just heard that the Motorcycle chain Colin Collins have gone into
administration. They have been going for 40 years and have/had 4 branches.
The Letchworth branch is still trading but the other three, Harrow, Watford
and Kenton have closed. The administrators are trying to sell it as a going
concern.

No wonder I got a great deal on my bike.

 

There's nothing on the website yet.

My 9R came from the Harrow branch - it's only 15 mins walk from my gaff.
Damn! I'm going to have to find somewhere else to MOT/service it now.

I'll go past on the way home and see if there're any notices up, etc.

 

It seems like it's just happened.

Lloyd Cooper in Watford?

All used bikes have 15% off and the new ones they own also.

 

It's probably the best option. I work in Slough now and can get a
service done at the place down the road from work but they don't do
MOTs unfortunately.

It was handy being able to drop the bike off and wander home for an
hour or two while they worked on it, too.

Stop it!

 

that's odd, because you'd think the very first thing a bike
dealership would do if it went into receivership is update it's
fucking website.

 

Well **** me, looking to get a new lids harder than i thought!!
First the J&S i was going to visit burnt down last october, now Colin
Collins is going tits up, I better get to the letchworth one tomorrow if i
wanna helmet eh?
--
Donegal Paul
Eibar Li186 Series II
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.glitterbydesign.co.uk
Getting into racing for 2007!!

 

Who can't be bad ...

they have given me an MOT pass for the past 3 years

Time for a bimble down Whippendell road then ...

 

Heh. It may not be the first thing on their minds, but they're
continuing to trade on ebay without any notice that they're in financial
difficulties. Which isn't a good thing.

 

lol...."its" btw you illterate paddy.

 

If not illegal,

 

Yeah, fair point.

I went past the Harrow branch tonight and there was a notice on the
door saying something like "Closed Wednesday 17th for stocktaking -
open as usual Thursday 18th"

 

It is.

 

IIRC it's illegal to take on credit, sell goods not belonging to you under a
retention of title, give credit to customers. Knowing the way the merchant
services work they are probably owed money so trading with credit cards
might pose a problem if they are insolvent. Don't forget, they are not in
liquidation even though administration could be seen as a precursor. Trading
under administration is OK providing the administrators are controlling it.
My guess is they don't know about the website yet.

 

In the Farepak case, and Escom years ago IIRC, the banks held onto cash in
the credit card clearing system once they became aware of the trading
situation. This was then refunded to customers under the Consumer Credit
Act protection.

In another place, a UKRM denizen has posted about paying a 50% deposit on a
KTM to C Collins by debit card. Ouch.

 

I was told about that, it could be a problem since he now becomes another
unsecured creditor.

 

You could try painting the scooter, then you might be able to sneak up
on the shop before they spotted you and closed down.

It might also stop people trying to destroy it [1].

[1] Judging from the photos of the scooter, it has already been
destroyed, so I really should say "get it off the road, permanently".

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Molly belched forth and ejected the following:

And no wonder I got such a crap trade-in for my R1!

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, CT belched forth and ejected the following:

This lot:
http://www.motorcycleservicecentre.co.uk/

Been using them since Noah was a boy.

They rock.

I didn't notice anything on Monday.

 

Name and shame. Which total fucking idiot did that?

 

Any new auctions started since the closure? If it's older auctions left
running, I'd suppose nobody's remembered them or the bloke who was
responsible has gone orf.