Courts Closing Down Sale...be quick

Fozzie_bear_3

I think thats because its a Visa Debit Card - other DCs don't have the same Visa protection. You're protected by Visa whether its a DC or CC. Bet you breathed a sigh of relief! ::)

That kinda confirms what the Nationwide told me - she said to wait a few days until our promised delivery date has gone (6 Dec) then call back and they'll hopefully be able to chargeback under Visa's terms and conditions. 8) Phew!

Edit: Going down tomorrow to see if we can pick up the same table even cheaper ;D

angela2095

Yes it was a sigh of relief!! Been crying all day long over it. Hope everyone else is as lucky as me.

Malestrom

Thanks for the tip-off Furniture_Man, a mate is after a new suite so maybe he'll get lucky.

izzy_flint

I think MFI will be next as i had to wait 7 weeks just for some drawers and after reading all the bad press they have been getting it wouldn't surprise me

sablade

working lunch said cc customers are ok also visa debit card holders but unfortunatley other debit card holders are at the mercy of their bank to decide yes or no with alot saying no

Courts attracts buyer interest

Courts hopes to re-open its 88 UK stores by the end of the week
UK home furnishings retailer Courts is already attracting "serious" interest from potential buyers, the firm's administrators have said.
Courts suspended trading in its shares on Monday after it failed to restructure £280m ($535m) of debts.

The administrators said that Courts' 88 UK stores should reopen for business by Friday at the latest.

The stores were closed on Tuesday to allow an urgent stock-take to take place across the business.


BBC News readers tell of their plight

"We had to shut the stores to make sure we could count the stock, decide who had title to it and bring some order to proceedings," Mick McLoughlin, head of KPMG corporate recovery and joint administrator, told BBC News.

"Hopefully it will be completed either today or tomorrow so the stores will open Thursday or at the latest Friday."

Hopes rise

Courts operates 22 High Street stores and 66 superstores in the UK, employing about 2,500 staff.

COURTS

Set up in 1850 in Canterbury
350 stores in 20 countries
95 stores in Caribbean countries
Staff of 10,000
Suffering from poor sales in the UK, the weak dollar and Hurricane damage to Caribbean business

The company also has several overseas operations, although these are not affected by the UK side of the business going into administration and are trading as normal.

"Our key objectives in this case are to protect first of all at the plc level the valuable overseas subsidiaries which aren't affected by the UK administration, and secondly to get as much of the UK business sold as going concerns as possible," Mr McLoughlin said.

"We've already got serious expressions of interest.

"Hopefully we will be able to sell significant parts of the business as going concerns."

KPMG also said people who had paid deposits using credit cards on goods not yet delivered should contact their credit card companies directly.

However, any people who had paid with cash were classed as unsecured creditors and so were likely to lose their money.

KPMG said customers and shareholders seeking further information should call the helpline number on 0870 950 1333.

izzy_flint

just want to see courts in court

m00nie

cheers

izzy_flint

yw

kr1664uk

is there a sale then or what

izzy_flint

yes but a sale with a chance of you losing your money if they go under