Granville/Time/TIny to close.

[Mattylad]

The local Simonstone based Granville Technology group, owners of those nasty high street computer brands such as TIME & TINY are set to close shortly.

Today all their shops have not opened & it looks like the 2000+ staff will be made redundant.

From what I know about the quality of their computers, this may be a good thing, that the brands are taken off the market, leaving better computer suppliers the opportunity to provide decent systems in their place.

However, it will leave thousands of staff unemployed & seeking work & this is a shame.

All the directors have resigned (like rats leaving the sinking ship?) except the Chairman.

Either Emit (the factory shop) will be having a mega sale or will the company resurface under a new name, the previous one having been declared bankrupt etc?

[Digsyboy]

Originally Posted by Mattylad

The local Simonstone based Granville Technology group, owners of those nasty high street computer brands such as TIME & TINY are set to close shortly.

Today all their shops have not opened & it looks like the 2000+ staff will be made redundant.

From what I know about the quality of their computers, this may be a good thing, that the brands are taken off the market, leaving better computer suppliers the opportunity to provide decent systems in their place.

However, it will leave thousands of staff unemployed & seeking work & this is a shame.

All the directors have resigned (like rats leaving the sinking ship?) except the Chairman.

Either Emit (the factory shop) will be having a mega sale or will the company resurface under a new name, the previous one having been declared bankrupt etc?

Don't tell Wayneyboy!
he has just ordered a computer from them by credit card
they have taken the money out of the account, but are yet to send the computer!!!
Will he be insured via his credit card or what???? Will they be able to get the money back???? if you know, will you PM him with what to do as I am sure he will be panickin - cheers

[jaseyboy]

he is paniking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! since bout 7am thuis morning. i cant blame him tho.

[Mattylad]

He will most likely be insured by credit card.
Best to contact his CC company straight away & ask for advice from them.

Also he will need to contact Tiny via the numbers supplied to confirm that he will not be getting his PC.

Unfortunatly I get a little inkling of "I told you so" in this.

From what I have heard/seen they have always been an awful place to deal with.
However there may well be a few exceptions & some may well have a faultless system.

[Col.Kurtz]

D' you think emit will have a bargain scanner in for me then?

Another blow for jobs in/around Burnley, I'd never buy a new PC from them though - heard from an ex employee that customer service is crap.

[grannyclaret]

luckily wayney used his credit card which we think is covered ,if we had used my card (which we nearly did)its a debit card and the money would have gone straight out...no chance of a refund...

[janet]

Good luck in getting your money back gc.

[silverscrim]

i think if you buy something over 50 quid with a CC you are covered best of luck

[grannyclaret]

the bank hasent sent a statement yet ,due this week .. we have the money to send them when it arrives ,,,,good job its happened now and not in a couple of weeks ,,,,cant see us getting that computer now.....thought it was taking a long time to come..it seemed such a good deal too....(no such thing as a free lunch )...
think it will be pc.world now....

[wayneyboy1942]

I rang my CC company and they said that I have to wait for 30days to give Tiny a chance to deliver my pc then if I've not got it we can fill in a form for the CC company to claim the money back. Thank God I used my CC and not paid cash, as they are not coverd, and they bottom of the heap when it comes to getting a re-rund! These burgers where still taking money off folk knowing full well they where going tips up and I feel sorry for the punters and of coarse any works who have been made unemployed!

[wayneyboy1942]

I saw Jim Potts from trading standards on Northwest tonight he gave out
this website for people like me who may have bought a Tiny computer and who may have consumer questions
http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/lancashire/
He said he will up date the site about what to do next!

[ollie]

sisters boyfreind is a cleaner at time and said a couple of weeks ago redundancy was on the cards, didnt realise anyone on here was buying from them or would have mentioned it earlier, he said he had never seen as many goods returned anywhere he had worked, shoddy place, though it looks like the workers will all be paid out, he is nearly 60 though and not in good health so is feeling pretty bleak at the moment:Depressed

I worked for Time some years ago and after about 3 months told them to shove their job. I have never worked for such a shoddy company and am surprised they made it this far, as closure was on the cards back then. They were only ever interested in shelling the pc's and notoriously never interested in after sales of technical support. The staff turnover there was appalling. I would never have recommended anyone to buy a pc fromTime Tiny if I'd have known. I for one am glad they've closed down, but am sorry for the people who worked there. It'll be a miracle if anyone gets redundancy. What company would tell their staff they're laying them off without notice? It's bang out of order if you ask me. They deserve to go bust!

[Brian]

My lad is a line manager at time and he went on Holiday last Saturday to Spain and i don't think he knows yet, he will be pleased hes just bought a new house (£140,000 mortgage)

Brian:Exclamati

[grannyclaret]

its disgusting,, they even took £200,,for a five year full comp guarentee,,,knowing ful well it wasent worth the paper it was written on ...