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This truly sucks arse.
From personal experience, all be it from a furniture perspective, when a firm I used went to the wall. I got back the items that were in for refurbishment as I owned them and the administrators have no rights over them. But the items they were making from scratch, although I’d almost paid up in full, were not mine and were sold as company assets. Luckily I had done the same as you and pestered the hell out of the administrator and was offered first dibs at a very good price if I could pick them up ASAP.
Going forward to guard against this happening again, when I make stage payments I make sure the receipt states that I have paid for something in full, be that the timber, finish or hardware. In a bike frame case the tube set. That was if the firm goes pop the parts are yours and should be returned. I know that doesn’t really help now, but
Good luck and keep pestering them.
Chaley-
There was a flute shop in London that went bust[*] a few years back, they had a bunch of secondhand flutes for sale on commission at the time - same story, the owners got them back eventually as they were their property not the business' property, but it took quite a while for the administrators to sign it off.
- weird story, the shop seemed busy & business good, but their accountant went to jail for cooking the books at another company, then all companies with the same accountant were investigated, and then they closed suddenly & disorderly...
- weird story, the shop seemed busy & business good, but their accountant went to jail for cooking the books at another company, then all companies with the same accountant were investigated, and then they closed suddenly & disorderly...
ibob
UPDATE: well there isn't really one. Recognising the importance of keeping this request for my frames in the spotlight I emailed the administrators again yesterday too see if they had heard back from the directors. Currently no reply.