UBYK online store

SBA48
SBA48 Posts: 6
edited December 2018 in MTB general
Any news if this company has closed down. Their Phone, website has been down for 3 or 4 days . UBYK brighton fb page is not saying much either . (??)

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  • JBA
    JBA Posts: 2,852
    I don’t know if they have closed down but there is a thread on STW full of complaints about them. Advertising items that are not in stock, slow to give refunds, not andwering e-mails, etc.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    According to the last review they have.

    https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/ubyk.co.uk
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  • robertpb
    robertpb Posts: 1,866
    It's gone into liquidation, but it seems managed to empty all the stock from the shops first.
    Now where's that "Get Out of Crash Free Card"
  • tom_howard
    tom_howard Posts: 789
    And taken a ton of folks money, having had a massive ‘sale’ that they can’t supply products for. Looks like a new company has bought the assets, post liquidation. Meaning folks can only get their money back via their credit card company, anyone who paid on debit card is screwed.

    Shysters.

    STW thread here

    https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topi ... ugh-hoops/
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  • SBA48
    SBA48 Posts: 6
    Tom Howard wrote:
    And taken a ton of folks money, having had a massive ‘sale’ that they can’t supply products for. Looks like a new company has bought the assets, post liquidation. Meaning folks can only get their money back via their credit card company, anyone who paid on debit card is screwed.

    Shysters.

    STW thread here

    https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topi ... ugh-hoops/
    Cheers Tom
  • billycool
    billycool Posts: 833
    A new company with the same Directors? Not saying they have but it does happen.
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  • tom_howard
    tom_howard Posts: 789
    A new company with the same Directors? Not saying they have but it does happen.

    No. Someone has bought the assets, not connected to the previous directors. The new director is posting on the single track thread, trying to clear up anything he can.
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  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,218
    I think there was a thread on road general with a link to the auction, which someone had carelessly left the company name on: viewtopic.php?f=40013&t=13100451
  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516
    viewtopic.php?f=40013&t=13100451

    The above Link is to the thread which identified the company concerned as up for sale.
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  • tom_howard
    tom_howard Posts: 789
    It was fairly obvious from the description who it was, shop in brighton and Oxford, online bike configurator, the brands they had.

    I wasn’t going anywhere near their 20% off sale for Black Friday. Sadly a lot of people are motivated solely by price and have been done for a good chunk, without the protection of credit cards or Paypal. The new business has no obligation to refund, as they didn’t take the money, the previous directors did.
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Previous owners..... though they may be the same it isn't necessarily so.
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