PC receivership talks begin

By RICHARD WOOD

The managing director of The PC Company, Colin Brown, has bought out the firm's debenture from the ANZ bank with a personal loan, but a receiver is yet to be appointed.

Brown said yesterday that receivership would still be the first discussion point this morning.

The company's customers are still contacting the Herald, mystified by what is happening with PCs that are in for repair, and in one case where money was prepaid and goods not delivered.

Aucklander Shayne Doyle attended a moving sale at the store's Cook St office in August.

He said he paid $2000 using his Visa card and was told it would take 10 to 12 days for delivery.

Doyle said he had asked staff about the relocation and felt that they genuinely believed they were going to move to Hobson St in September.

Doyle said the thing that had annoyed him most was that he had been unable to get a response from the firm.

He has contacted Visa and begun the process of claiming his money back.

Consumers Institute chief David Russell advises anyone who used a credit card and has not received the goods to make a claim now before any receivership occurs.

In a receivership if you had paid money in advance and not received goods then you would be regarded as an unsecured creditor, he said.

Those with PCs in for repair are still the owners, but would need to make a claim, which will be easier if they know their serial numbers or another way to prove their ownership.