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Coys - in administration
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Virgin Australia went into Admin. earlier this week.... and they sponsored the V8 championship. (with cheap flights for team and not much cash AFAIK.)
Apparently owing A$7 billion to creditors. https://www.smh.com.au/business/comp...24-p54my4.html |
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Could be seen in some cases as separating the wheat from the chaff.
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As you say the the financial implications are of truly biblical proportions certainly on a scale with WW2 but bigger since the whole world is at war with the unseen enemy. Unfortunately there will always be opportunists ready to take advantage on a political level and this situation is no different; I honestly believe that there should be a coalition in such circumstances for the good of all although this somewhat of a purist view and I have no idea how it would work.
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Despite the promises of Government largesse to keep businesses operating it seems unlikely that the support will reach many of those who offer the best return from the investment.
Chatting to my next door neighbour yesterday he mentioned a very savvy relative of his in his native Lancashire. She has never done a days work in her life but is an expert at claiming every possible handout going for her and her family. She has, ho told me, the ability and quickwittedness to dominate any one in order to get her position to the prime position. She and her family are doing very well at the moment, he told me. On the other hand I was told about a successful business person with a very significant stack of cash in his business bank account who has taken advantage of the furlough scheme to furlough direct family members who are employed by the company. As I understand it there are also other claims that he wondered about relating to his personal loss of earnings where daily claims for a few pounds might be made. Meanwhile there is the plumber with his own limited company and drawing the usual maximum amount each month then taking dividends to top up earning. Not a wealthy person by any means. Indeed the opposite. Caught the virus and just out of 2 weeks or so in ICU. Obviously not able to work for a while as he's not fit enough apart from anything else. His wife's income has also stopped. He does not qualify for the support payments partly due to the fact that he only took the low "wage" from the business and dividends don't count. There are many many people in a similar situation. Maybe a couple of million businesses. Plenty of people who will lose not only their businesses but their homes as well putting further strain on the rest of the system. Also down stream employment for suppliers as well as upstream challenges for consumers in some cases for some supplies and services. Businesses and suppliers that cater for basic needs - Food, Accommodation and some aspects of "security" - will likely survive if they play the game the right way. They may even prosper. The "Leisure" and travel industry must be on shaky ground. It seems likely that the number of people around with significant amounts (or indeed any amount) of spare discretionary spending capacity will be much smaller than it has been for a while and, once the taxes to pay for the largess hit the street, smaller than might be required to maintain business as usual. Beyond that the global effects of the virus problem seem likely to rumble on for a year or two at best. Perhaps much longer. On that basis pumping money into airlines and everything that supports them may be the single worst investment a government could make. (Although there could be many similar examples.) Pubs, Restaurants and Cafes, even if allowed to re-open, are likely doomed. If all of them are forced to operate with social distancing rules for an extended period they are mostly unlikely to be economically viable even if they hike the prices to compensate for the constrained capacity. Even that assume that they will find customers who can afford the higher prices and feel comfortable justifying them. How thin is the veneer of civilization? How likely is it that decisions taken result in winning the war (against the virus) but losing the peace? |
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Coys have form in doing this - there were questions last year about how long after an auction should the seller receive their money - several months after their cars had been sold.
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Yes, going back the thread title, Coys were hardly the paragon of efficiency...... I think already being rescued though?
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So hiding behind the "Coronavirus crisis" to hide the bad stuff and sell on as a going concern?
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Coys have been in administration before, well about 15 years ago.
There is a thread somewhere here on this forum. They were very slow in paying out money in recent times again. So the writing was on the wall. As always, the unwary punters, the first time sellers get caught up in this, reeled in by the adertising Unfortunately, if selling through a dealer or an auction house always do a background check before handing over Your cherished piece of kit I got burned as well once, by a reputable dealer in my case lots of advertising and I had done a lot business with him never mind, live and learn a painful experience, and it still makes me angry but a reasonable amount could have been much worse RuE |
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Back to the beginning, but only just seen this...
I very much doubt if Coys situation has anything to do with the Chinese virus. One of the directors was arrested by the police at Techno Classica Essen last year, & I was told then that if you sold a car via them you then need a very good lawyer to extract your money. The business is not quite as old-established as they would have you believe, either. They apparently bought-up the name of a very old petrol station. |
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The off topic posts have been moved to here https://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=155007
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Is this the same Coys who sponsored the Silverstone Classic in its early days? I always though they were a long established auction house, although as mentioned above they got a reputation for being slow payers in recent years?
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One and the same, just goes to show that no company is immune from an economic downturn.
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I believe Coys changed hands after it stopped sponsoring the Silverstone meeting & before it became somewhat lax in paying over sales proceeds.
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It's many years since Coys were in Queen's Gate Mews!!
They moved downmarket to Lower Mortlake Road, Richmond. Last edited by Tim Falce; 20 May 2020 at 09:51. Reason: Mod note. Sorry to remove the quote due to removing original post |
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Not been the best for over a decade now. They sold a friend's car but did not pay out for nearly four months. It wasn't just a small sum and Coys didn't share any of the interest(remember getting that from a bank?) to the vendor. Surprise surprise.
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Is it more or less the same story as JD Classics?
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As you say, if the stories are true (and there are many out there - no smoke without fire?) then it is indeed good riddance. Companies like this just give the whole classic car sector a bad name. Let's hope that, this time, they're not allowed to simply reappear with a clean sheet under a (slightly) different name. |
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