not-so- greatcurtains

TheKnitMaster

Lynplan. Croydon Trading Officer, Croydon Police, Property Agents Head Office, Property Agents local representative , Bailiffs all knew Cook was not returning customer's furniture etc. In July Cook was told to take what belonged to him from B6 unit, obviously no one supervised when he moved, as when the landlord entered the building afterwards it was completely empty apart from one chair and settee.
BBC Watchdog, Metropolitan Police Crime Reporting Dept. The Investigations and Enforcement Services as well as the above were all informed not only of stolen property but of Cook's business scams as detailed in the thread above To be fair the Insolvency Service contacted my local Trading Officer and thought it would probably be looked into but unfortunately the outcome with never be known as it is strictly confidential. Surely someone somewhere can bring this man to book.

It_is_I,_LeClerc

Update, having rediscovered my records of this matter, and wondered what had happened lately. Mr GAC appears to be able to get a media blackout on anything to do with this case. All I can say is that I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw the houses of parliament.

https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/director/941785/gordon-cook

The list there suggests that he is still at large and still about his nefarious work. I have had a private message via MSE from someone claiming to be his daughter who had previously posted on this site, but when we all work with pseudonyms it's hard to know what to make of any such claims.

I have reported to Trading Standards and Action Fraud (as posted last year on this thread), and will work with any identifiable law-enforcement or investigatory bodies and their staff, but I can't get personally involved with someone who may or may not be who they claim to be. If enough people are prepared to report him, he will get investigated, but it seems only a few have found this thread.

By my estimate, if they have run off with between a quarter and half a million from Econermine alone, there must be hundreds if not thousands of ripped-off ex-customers out there, but how many have taken it personally enough to report it to the authorities?

I feel let down by my fellow citizens, and let down by the authorities.

BTW, this is my final, final post. Goodbye all.

DecisionsDecisions

I only came across this thread as I was thinking of purchasing from Econermine again. I received a great service from them in late 2011 / early 2012, but judging from these posts, my experience pre-dates the takeover by Cook et al, who clearly have no scruples about their conduct in business: see his profile on Linked In as the owner of Chard Wallis. I do hope people recover their money in time.

dazzer21

Bedhead

I feel gutted for you! I got involved with Econermine when Andrew Vipond took it over - really nice man who took it on and ran it in a really nice way! I was involved in producing adverts and brochures. Were it not for the big C, he'd still be doing that. Watching all the companies (Lynplan, Econermine etc) go down all at once in the way they did was devastating! And that's just as an outsider looking in. They'll get away with this. Crying shame.

Concerned_citizen_2

Are they really still at it? See their links google "Great Curtains" and "Econermine". Leicestershire based or Lincolnshire 10 years or 30?

It beggars belief!

Mark_hawkes

Anybody that would like to be put in touch with a group of people that have all been ripped of for hundreds of thousands by Cook please contact me on 07917 104225 thanks Mark Hawkes

defrauded99

dear everyone defrauded by cook:

Please note that it seems that Mr Cook was in bankruptcy from likely 2004 until at least until the 29th of June 2015, You can see this if you search for the "insolvency list gordon cook" he should have consequently been disqualified from acting as a director of any company during the period of his bankruptcy.

If you were affected by Mr Cook while he was in bankruptcy while he was acting as a director, you should clarify the details at the Insolvency Direct government website under the director report breach questionnaire link

There are many examples of the regulator prosecuting and jailing individuals who have been in bankruptcy and acted as directors (in particular those who have led to creditors losing out on monies owed to them