Goods bought online discontinued but company not given refund

Tozer

Entered Administration 6 October 2008 (Note this is for MFI Retail Limited)

Case Type:
IN ADMINISTRATION
Practitioner name:GRAY, FRASER JAMES
Practitioner address:
KROLL LIMITED
ALHAMBRA HOUSE
45 WATERLOO STREET
GLASGOW
G2 6HS
Practitioner name:MACKELLAR, STUART CHARLES EDWARD
Practitioner address:
KROLL
3RD FLOOR
WELLINGTON PLAZA
31 WELLINGTON STREET LEEDS
LS1 4DL
Practitioner name:APPELL, SIMON JONATHAN
Practitioner address:
KROLL
10 FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7RB

Quentin

Curiouser:

MFI are no longer "MFI Retail Ltd", but:

MFI GROUP LIMITED

Registered office:
333 THE HYDE, EDGWARE ROAD
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
NW9 6TD

This changeover seems to have taken place on 6/10/08.

Whatever, warn anyone who is about to shop there that things may be about to come to a head according to the Guardian online:

Furniture and kitchens specialist MFI is expected to collapse into administration within hours

Full story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/nov/26/mfi-high-street-retailers-recession

Tozer

Quentin wrote: »

Curiouser:

MFI are no longer "MFI Retail Ltd", but:

MFI GROUP LIMITED

Registered office:
333 THE HYDE, EDGWARE ROAD
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
NW9 6TD

This changeover seems to have taken place on 6/10/08.

Whatever, warn anyone who is about to shop there that things may be about to come to a head according to the Guardian online:



Full story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/nov/26/mfi-high-street-retailers-recession

Agreed. That's who apparently owns the website (although the terms talk about MFI Retail being the cotnracting party.

Just to add more confusion, MFI Group is "NON TRADING".

Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 21/04/2006

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7499 - Non-trading company

Optimist

Parts of MFI were taken over by a buy out in October these are the parts that continued trading. However it would now look like they owe quite a lot in rent and the landlords have decided that enough is enough and it seems like the parts of MFI that continued trading will be in administration in a very short time if not already unless a agreement can be worked out

Tozer

I think they have no chance. Sounds as though the bits that continued trading couldn't even be bothered to tell Companies House that it was a trading company.

Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.

Optimist

Further to previous comments MFI will actually go into administration this afternoon

MCR will be the administrators in a probably vain hope to try and sell the company

Another 3000 jobs gone !

savemoney

My MIL has just paid them £1200 deposit for a kitchen thankfully she paid by cc. If she pulls out now she looses the deposit and has to pay the remainder before fitting in Jan 09

Tozer

savemoney wrote: »

My MIL has just paid them £1200 deposit for a kitchen thankfully she paid by cc. If she pulls out now she looses the deposit and has to pay the remainder before fitting in Jan 09

I would suggest she waits just a while until they are fully in administration.

savemoney

Yes thats what I thought she cant do anything at mo, silly Indian credit card call centre said they hadn't paid MFI, but when she eventually spoke to a English person that was not the case

wilf55

dont know if this is any use to anyone

have £71 outstanding on an order from aug 2007 which i paid with tesco vouchers for a bathroom

just went in after speaking to mark two the deliveries for their bathrooms dept

the staff in altrincham store are saying they have been told business as usual!!

they changed bathroom suppliers 2 weeks ago due to a fall out ( deliveries apparantly)

i need to chase up order with them
mark two telling me and everyone else to get a refund from mfi due to not being able to supply goods within a reasonable time space use this as your refund reason

i was told only manager could deal with refunds and he was in a meeting i said i would wait suddelnly the meeting had finished LIE

i was told that they couldnt access systems but they found out pretty quick i had paid with clubcard deal vouchers so another LIE

Told they are not aware of anything other than business as usual another LIE

Told that they will no more by saturday whats happening on saturday I dont know

all im trying to say is they are telling some big fat stinking fibs so do what you can to get a refund asap

good luck guys

waiting on hold to mark two which is the bathroom section of MFI deliveries
The old one apparently

if anyone needs the usual 01 number it is


01204 350700

they are suggesting anyone with a bathroom query to get refund and they will do what they can to give them a better deal

they are based in bolton lancashire

will up date as i know anything