krugerandsmith Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Left my good watch for repair by ... The Horology Centre Birkenhead one of a number of shops... £60 for a new capacitor. Six weeks later company gone into liquidation .... No watch ... no £60. Grrrh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Can you not contact the liquidator and register the fact the watch is your property? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Can you not contact the liquidator and register the fact the watch is your property? I will try but .... Hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Tell me about it, my auto longines failed before Christmas, I've still not got it back yet. It's not vanished like the OP's watch, I'm miffed at the time it's taken to fix it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 The shop does not own your watch as they do not own it the liquidators AFAIK cannot sell it to pay any debts owed by the company . As long as the shop has paperwork / computer records to show who owns what I am sure you will get the watch back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 The shop does not own your watch as they do not own it the liquidators AFAIK cannot sell it to pay any debts owed by the company . As long as the shop has paperwork / computer records to show who owns what I am sure you will get the watch back. This is correct, you should have a ticket saying the watch is yours or maybe a bank record showing payment to the company may do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewh100 Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 did you get some kind of receipt when you left it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodp Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 But you may have to be a "little firm" with the liquidators, they like to think of them as a law unto themselves. Dealt with them a few times, expect obstructions, arrogance and to be just downright ignored. Best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 The shop does not own your watch as they do not own it the liquidators AFAIK cannot sell it to pay any debts owed by the company . As long as the shop has paperwork / computer records to show who owns what I am sure you will get the watch back. This is the way it should work, However, watching the lovely show "Can't pay, we'll take it away" and the lovely debt collector men turned up at some girls parents house and were "recovering" goods for a debt. The uncle said that the stuff in the house belongs to her parents or him and not even her property. They claimed that unless they had sale receipts for the stuff they would seize them. Now do you have sale receipts for everything in your home ? Cos I certainly don't have any. They're absolutely ruthless and care not at all about what's fair. Just out to extort as much money from folk as possible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 This is the way it should work, However, watching the lovely show "Can't pay, we'll take it away" and the lovely debt collector men turned up at some girls parents house and were "recovering" goods for a debt. The uncle said that the stuff in the house belongs to her parents or him and not even her property. They claimed that unless they had sale receipts for the stuff they would seize them. Now do you have sale receipts for everything in your home ? Cos I certainly don't have any. They're absolutely ruthless and care not at all about what's fair. Just out to extort as much money from folk as possible! Perhaps not but if I had dropped off a watch in for repair I would expect some sort of receipt and they must have some system of knowing which watch belongs to who otherwise how would they know who to give it back to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 This is the way it should work, However, watching the lovely show "Can't pay, we'll take it away" and the lovely debt collector men turned up at some girls parents house and were "recovering" goods for a debt. The uncle said that the stuff in the house belongs to her parents or him and not even her property. They claimed that unless they had sale receipts for the stuff they would seize them. Now do you have sale receipts for everything in your home ? Cos I certainly don't have any. They're absolutely ruthless and care not at all about what's fair. Just out to extort as much money from folk as possible! He doesn't need any sales receipt, he simply needs the docket he should have received when he dropped the watch off. The watch is not an asset of the liquidated company. The firm is apparently in the hands of Liquidators, they are not debt collectors/bailiffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Can you not contact the liquidator and register the fact the watch is your property? As above the liquidator will be able to help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted May 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 As above the liquidator will be able to help you. Thanks for your replies folks ... I do have the receipt I will keep my fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 If anyone takes your watch it's theft and the ticket is all you need. No watch back from liquidator call on the police with your recept Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 If anyone takes your watch it's theft and the ticket is all you need. No watch back from liquidator call on the police with your recept Not necessarily. There are a number of things it could be. Another option could be the act of "Criminal Conversion". i.e.If you inform the liquidator and despite that knowledge they still sell your watch. But it's unlikely the police would act over just a watch. Those days are gone sadly - a question of ltd resources and priorities. Best bet is as others have said is to keep at the liquidators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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