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Topic: DERANN CLOSING DOWN
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted November 20, 2011 11:57 AM
Lars, i have to say that i do see your point but,
Ive worked very loyally for the same company for 24 years now and if i had a few weeks notice of redundancy the last thing on my mind would be trying to help out customers,id be be focused on what to do next for my own income, No company on earth is going to be bothered about its staff no matter what,
Let me give you two examples i know of, here in Plymouth a car dealer closed over night, the boss, well known to me, gathered his staff together when they turned up for another day of work, turned on the acting tears and bulls*** and told his staff of 15 years he couldnt pay them due to liquidation and how sorry he was,the insult of this was that in the Night him and his son had come into the property stores and took all the desirable parts and car hifi. just two months later he opedned up a new buisness and took on all new staff and didnt even contact the old ones who made him his money & he didnt lose his four properties he rented out as well as his own house, and just this week a bodyshop in Plymouth closed owing the company i work for 3000 pounds and had the gall to ring us one week later asking if we would supply him parts as he had reopened again this time in his wifes name. Thats buisness i guess but as for the Derann staff, i think they did superb to be loyal to the end, i personaly couldnt be that forgiving, the Bosses will all be fine. Remember the Rover bosses? After closure in the UK all the Directors kept onto there fortunes. Anyway, i'll be very surprised if any refunds are issued on any subscriptions as the company no longer exists. Very sad to have to say. Although this may read bitter it is a very real truth, Derek Simmons was Derann films and he had the ability to deal with the film companies and do some fantastic deals when VHS and DVD were looking like kicking 8mm off the face of the earth, on the Audio side of things shops of today cannont compete with the prices the same goods cost on the internet so even if the cine buisness was thriving it was only a small piece of the main buisness.
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Keith Ashfield
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 997
From: U.K.
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted November 20, 2011 12:22 PM
As Rob has so rightly said - more than subscriptions have been lost with the Derann closure. The most important loss of all is the employment of the staff.
I saw Gary at Blackpool and he still is not in employment. Nor is Ged, who has told me that "at 61 years of age,he has a chance of only 4000 to 1 of even being offered an interview for employment".
During those last four weeks the staff worked tirelesly fulfilling orders from their "closing down" list to customers all over the world.
I actually went to the shop, twice, before closure,and each time it was a case of "chat whilst we work - the orders need to go out".
I don't know if I could have been that commited, under the circumstances. Don't forget it was not the Super 8 business that bought about the "closure" but the rising costs of utilities and rates, alongside a very competetive market on the audio visual side, that bought about the end.
I am sure that, given more time, the subscriptions for the FFTC would have been dealt with. I do not think it was a case of "couldn't care less".
By the way, I too had "FFTC issues" owing to me from my subscription, but I have forgone that because of all the good service that Derann has provided over the years.
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