Going Down On You ?

[Armyknife]

Given a lot of the world is still in recession* have any businesses, that you personal dealing with, gone bankrupt/bust on you ?

Oddly its taken until this weekend for a company that I'm a customer of to go down and its pretty trivial, the dvd postal rental company I use.  The website has been down for several days, lots of people on the web talking of appalling recent and uncontactable by mail,phone or email.

Just so long as they didn't swip a load of credit of my CC card before they went under. 

I can't think this will be the last, especially as U/E and insolvencies are likely to lag behind a 'recovery' ?


So have been inconvenienced yet,  had a service interupted because of the economic crisis ?

And how does that compare with your experience during the last one ?

[Ideologue]

  Great thread title, Mongers.

[sbr]

The company I work for filed Chapter 11 in November but seem like they are going to pull through, other than that nothing I am aware of.

[Agelastus]

I used to work in the Lighting Industry.

Several companies we dealt with went bust in the last eighteen months that I was there.

Then the company I worked for went in to liquidation, mainly due to an appalling cash flow problem.

So yes, I have had some experience of companies I have dealt with, with people I know, going bust in this recession.

Unfortunately, I cannot compare it with the last one as I hid in University during it.

[Grey Fox]

Given a lot of the world is still in recession* have any businesses, that you personal dealing with, gone bankrupt/bust on you ?

Oddly its taken until this weekend for a company that I'm a customer of to go down and its pretty trivial, the dvd postal rental company I use.  The website has been down for several days, lots of people on the web talking of appalling recent and uncontactable by mail,phone or email.

Just so long as they didn't swip a load of credit of my CC card before they went under. 

I can't think this will be the last, especially as U/E and insolvencies are likely to lag behind a 'recovery' ?


So have been inconvenienced yet,  had a service interupted because of the economic crisis ?

And how does that compare with your experience during the last one ?

Quoted for conservation purposes.

[Caliga]

Quoted for conservation purposes.

[Eddie Teach]

Why bother? Is it really worth it to reflect back on Mongers' silly scribblings?

[Josquius]

My building society went under and was taken over and it hasn't affected me one jott. Apparently it'll be changing its name in November (IIRC) but my old book still remains valid for ever- they'll only change it to the new company's branding whenever I go in.

And of course the horrid exchange rate is really killing me.
We're supposed to be on the road to recovery now but in the past few weeks the exchange rate has dropped to the bottom end of 11- 12 is the usual and it goes up to 13 on occasion, anything under 12 is normally horrid.

[Jaron]

My favorite taco place went under. Since tacos are the only thing my kind can eat, I'm slowly starving to death.

[/ derspiess]

[Ed Anger]

My favorite taco place went under. Since tacos are the only thing my kind can eat, I'm slowly starving to death.

[/ derspiess]

I thought it was Tortillas.

[Caliga]

Tamales

[Ed Anger]

Damn you all. I want Mexican food now.

[Jaron]

Sigh..

Fine.

*mortar and pestle*

[Caliga]

Sigh..

Fine.

*mortar and pestle*

Question: Does little Jarenko ever sleep anymore? 

[Jaron]

Are you referring to me or something else?

If you are asking about me, no, I don't get much sleep these days.