The cheek of some people!

[beanbag]

Based on the current Courts situation:

A Courts employee responds said:

I think your coverage of the Courts crisis is rather unbalanced. You have given disgruntled customers carte blanche to have their say, yet not offered people on the inside a chance to comment. I am not talking about directors, spokespeople or the administrators. What about the vast majority of employees? I am one of them. I appreciate that it is absolutely devastating for these people who have lost money. Firstly, I would say to them, however, that if they couldn't afford to pay the money in the first place, then they shouldn't have paid it. Again, I fully appreciate that that won't be seen as the point or thrust of the arguments. What I would like to be said is that far from losing £60-£3000 without having orders fulfilled, think of the vast majority of staff in stores, and indeed head office. We are three weeks from Christmas, we work hard, but the likelihood is that we will lose our jobs, which in turn could lead to people losing homes and indeed just about everything. To see people slagging off my fellow employees galls me. We knew we had difficulties, for sure, but our Directorate has spun out information basically saying that everything would be OK.

I can't believe his comments!!! So theft is ok when your job is on the line right!?

[alexkp]

I don't think the rank and file Courts employee's are the ones to be angry with. They would have just been doing their jobs, probably with little information.

It is the Directors and Board who people should be angry at.

[wolves_wanderer]

One of my mates worked for Tempo when the same thing happened to them. He (and his colleagues) knew nothing about losing their jobs until the day before it happened, after all, can't have the employees "paying themselves" from stock can you?

To be honest I feel sorry for people who lost their money but I feel a lot more sorry for the poor sods who lost their job just before christmas. Maybe we should have a bit more sympathy for them than the customers who have to put up with threadbare furniture for a while longer.

[beanbag]

Just as an additional comment going on from Tonker.

None of the employees have lost any money whatsoever. Their income has merely stopped and as Tonker said, most of the jobs are minimum wage and they are available easily plus there is also dole money to sign on to while they search for a new job.

(Nothing wrong with that as long as they DO look for a job and don't spend 5 years looking for one).

Additionally, this whiney employee moans Christmas is coming up and you need money for it! No you don't! We live in a consumer society where commerce tells us to buy more during Christmas but do you really think people will give a monkeys when you tell them there will be no present because you lost your job!? I think not!

Secondly, if you think about the cost of furniture (£2000+), that's a hell of a lot of money for anyone. Especially a starting family just after buying a new home. On top of that, this is money that will possibly never be recovered and was very hard to come across in the first place.

So for those supporting the employees who haven't lost money (and will still gain money through the dole), think about the people who actually have lost thousands and there is no way to recover this......

[wolves_wanderer]

anonymous said:

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beanbag said:

None of the employees have lost any money whatsoever. Their income has merely stopped and as Tonker said, most of the jobs are minimum wage and they are available easily So for those supporting the employees who haven't lost money (and will still gain money through the dole), think about the people who actually have lost thousands and there is no way to recover this......

I appreciate that the jobs are fairly easy to come by but bear in mind that most retail type places will already have taken on christmas temps etc. The chap I knew took just over a month to find a job despite looking constantly and missed a mortgage payment.

Of course customers have lost money but there is a huge difference between losing savings and losing income IMO.

[birdbrain]

I'm not happy with Courts at the moment. I spent over a grand with them 2 weeks ago and have pretty much 0% chance of getting my money back. I didn't pay on credit card but in vouchers that I'd saved over several months from work.

>> Edited by birdbrain on Friday 3rd December 13:23

[birdbrain]

Yes, I know. I'm really upset about it as I'm buying a new flat and I now can't afford to get another sofa.

[alfaman]

birdbrain said:

Yes, I know. I'm really upset about it as I'm buying a new flat and I now can't afford to get another sofa.

Are the Courts shops physically shut ? - can you turn up and demand a sofa from the shop floor ?
or turn up at 3am with a heavy duty pick-up truck with strong bumpers for "self delivery"

[birdbrain]

They are physically shut now because people were going down to the shops and trying to remove goods by force and being violent. I don't blame them myself. I'm tempted to commit violence against the bastards myself.

[mrmaggit]

birdbrain said:

They are physically shut now because people were going down to the shops and trying to remove goods by force and being violent. I don't blame them myself. I'm tempted to commit violence against the bastards myself.

What did they really expect?

We've lost a couple of hundred quid in deposit for a bed. Luckily, we can shrug it off, but it still leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.

[birdbrain]

Yes, they said they were opening the shops because they thought someone might buy the company but this is pretty stupid because obviously people who've lost money will come down and have a go at them and also because who the hell is going to want to go in there and order something from a retailer who almost certainly won't be around long enough to supply it?