No Xmas for my kids

Read in the paper yesterday ((the SUN )N.I.edition)that the man who owns the Park hamper group tried to buy this lot TWO MONTHS before they went bang,He wanted to give �£30 million but was refused will try to remember to bring it home from work and print it up for you W.M.

 

Heard an item on the news tonight that someone from another hamper company was going to be helping out the people who've lost out on this fiasco.

Guess all reputable hampers firms must be very worried about the knock-on effect on their own custom for the future. :rolleyes:

 

Its been on the news tonight that a fund has been set up and tesco and other leading supermarkets are all putting so much in the kitty..so their will be a payment before xmas..Lets hope this story has a happy ending..I dont think people will be too happy paying into any hamper firm again after this fiasco.. :eek:

 

Try here
for info Windy

 

Thanks guys
I've written to my MP (Julia Goldsworthy)and she's backing other MPs in starting a payment fund. This story won't go away, people are still really angry and rightly so. Hopefully, there's some light at the end of the tunnel for all of us.
Here's hoping for a merry Xmas!!

 

via a vis Kleeneeze - I have a regular chap who comes to me and I have bought quite a lot of stuff from him. 98% of it has been more than satisfactory. The other few items were taken back and refunded in full without a quibble.

Only trouble is that I now have another two guys who call so on average I get a catalogue through my door every other week!

 

Heard on Radio 4 this morning that Halifax/Bank of Scotland are contributing a 6 figure sum to the support fund. Generous? Well maybe - they already got a �£34,000,000 payout as secured creditors!

 

6 figure sum!!!! Pah!! They allowed Farepak to continue trading even though they knew there was no hope of them ever honouring our Xmas orders; while taking 1 million of our money EVERY WEEK to help pay off European Home Retails overdraft They've only offered money because of the very bad press they're recieving and the fact that thousands of people, including MPs, are going to demonstrate outside their Xmas champagne bash!!!!

 

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/columnists/story/0,,1945845,00.html

A recent article from THE OBSERVER about the Farepak scandal...
I hope Windy and her kids manage to have some kind of Christmas after all...

 

Thanks Leonora
Interesting article
I'm one of the lucky ones, who, although relying on the vouchers for Xmas, won't be thrown into Shopacheck loan shark schemes. But it'll only take the cooker blowing up or some such other minor catastrophe to put me up to my neck in the brown stuff now :rolleyes:
I'd like to personally thank anyone who puts money into a collection tin for Farepak 'victims'. Granted, nowhere near the trauma of a Tsunami, but heartbreaking for thousands of innocent kids just the same.

 

Hi WM have you seen the west briton might interest you,might be good news ,hope so

 

OOh no I haven't Mac. Will get one tomorrow, thanks for telling me