Empire Direct have gone into administration. Updated more.

Triker

Exempireemployee, I just wanted to say how sorry I am that you lost your job today. Are you able to find anything else?You must be devastated.

mattwallisuk

Worth noting that its best to always use a CREDIT card online, as you can definetely charge back in these circumstances. I think you have less chance if you paid with a DEBIT card.

Even if you pay off the credit card right away that same day with the amount you spent....

oilit

relynutz wrote: »

ITS NOT A MACHINE ONTHE OTHER END OF THE LINE !!!!

and there in lies the problem, half the time you end up talking to a machine which wants you to press 24000 buttons, only to send you back to the start or hang up on you, or if you really are lucky you get to Bombay.

Agreed, its not the person who answers the phones fault - they are probably sitting there listening to you thinking S***, I've only got this for 2 weeks and they kick me out and Ive got no job and a 10k credit card debt - or whatever....

Just when you think your luck is down - there are always people worse off than you !

oilit

if it was that bad exempire - why did you stay - If i didnt believe in the ethics of the company I was working for I would leave

roddydogs

Sounds like the old "WebEelectricals" who went bust got taken over and are now trading again......as WebElectricals.....and it completely legal!!

adandem

I placed an order last friday via paypal. Not a huge amount but will paypal cover it?

Also had Tv with 5 year warranty but we have that thankfully, will lose the warranty I know but that's hardly worth worrying about.

I wonder how on earth Comet and Currys are surviving if this is what's happened to ED, to me ED have always been cheaper and provided a better service.

borkid

Hi sorry for all who have lost the jobs recently. We are waiting for a refund from empire direct. They agreed to it a week last Thursday and arranged pick up for a faulty TV, they said it wasn't faulty just within the spec but eventually agreed we could return it when we threatened to stop payment anyway. Called yesterday am and they said they were putting through the credit give it 3 to 4 days. Luckily we paid by credit card as always. Think we'll wait until the end of the week to check if its been refunded and if not claim via CC people. Can't see we'll have much chance geting through on the phones for a few days anyway.

Triker

Welll I tried ringing the number but got exactly the smae message as I got yesterday, 'sorry lines are busy, please try again later' and then cut off.

I just hope they pick up my email. I'll keep trying the number but I don't expect I'll get much joy today.

shaftd

I'm another empire ex. I believe, like exempire, you will see another site open like millers. Unfortunately it's the average workers who get punished. I had to stand and watch everyone get told to leave, that they weren't getting paid anything. I'm gutted, close friends walked out in tears yesterday, nothing any of us could do about it. We thought after xmas we might just pull through but last week a few odd things happened and we all knew it was going down, just didn't know when. thought we had a couple of weeks...

Triker

shaftd wrote: »

I'm another empire ex. I believe, like exempire, you will see another site open like millers. Unfortunately it's the average workers who get punished. I had to stand and watch everyone get told to leave, that they weren't getting paid anything. I'm gutted, close friends walked out in tears yesterday, nothing any of us could do about it. We thought after xmas we might just pull through but last week a few odd things happened and we all knew it was going down, just didn't know when. thought we had a couple of weeks...

I'm so sorry, it sounds like you've all been treated really badly.