Boffer Closing down sale tonight?

deans25

just got this email from boffer

http://www.boffer.co.uk/mailshot/announcement/

Looks like a going into admininistration notice to me.

might be some bargains to be had if you are about at 11.59 :T

cruella_de_vile

I've just this minute posted this in an existing thread!

I really hope they're not in trouble, they are still advertising the next sell of on the 27th so who knows!

zenseeker

Who cares? The site was crud, the products crud, the customer service laughable.

somehow I doubt that this is the end though...I reckon it's just a marketing gimmick to drum up business.

cruella_de_vile

I care .

zenseeker

cruella_de_vile wrote: »

I care .

Someone has to I suppose

Don't write the site off just yet, it stinks of a ploy :rolleyes:

spaceman5

well if they do announce they are going to go into administration, don`t make sense, there might be some bargains to be had, but who is going to risk buying something they may never see, or get there money back from, Dave

zenseeker

spaceman5 wrote: »

but who is going to risk buying something they may never see, or get there money back from, Dave

I find that as far as Boffer is concerned, that has always been a risk.

spaceman5

zenseeker wrote: »

I find that as far as Boffer is concerned, that has always been a risk.

i get the feeling u dont like boffer:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

zenseeker

spaceman5 wrote: »

i get the feeling u dont like boffer:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

What makes you say that?

nads

Aren't companies suppose to announce they've gone into administration soon as they've erm called in the administrators.

The fact they've put a tombstone with the words RIP Boffers suggests the brand Bogfers is dead otherwise they're not following their own advice about waiting until midnight today "for legal reasons".

It does stink of a ploy, perhaps a rebranding exercise.

zenseeker

nads wrote: »

It does stink of a ploy, perhaps a rebranding exercise.

That's what I was thinking, the RIP and Tombstone representing the death of the Boffer name, and the new name will be revealed tonight. I am a terminal cynic, and can usual smell cynical marketing ploys a mile off...and this has that whiff about it.

They are cynically cashing in on the hype surrounding companies liquidating left, right and centre, and are hoping that vultures such as us will go on by and pick the flesh off the bones :rotfl: Sadly, they are absolutely right, we'll all be there...me (a confessed hater) included.