d-d-photographics experiences

[Kym]

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...2904&p=39#r774

Whirlpool user bimmy writes... 14/Nov/2013 at 1:58 pm

Shedding what light I can for y'all.
As a (former) wholsesale supplier to DD Photographics I can 100% confirm that the business has been sold and the new owners are in no way connected to Mr. Glenn Kerrigan. Glenn Kerrigan has been trying to find a buyer for a year or more, now it seems he has.
Glenn Kerrigan is a former MD of Canon NZ. He's a Kiwi national. He kind of pioneered the whole grey market thing in Australia. Over the past 4 or 5 years he has been shifting more and more of his operation to Malaysia (IT, finance, inventory) to the point where Nth Sydney is really just a sales desk nowdays.
From what he told me his wife is doing an MBA in the States and he has plans to get a green card and live there.
It might be cold comfort but the new owners are genuinely shocked & distressed.
Not sure where that leaves us all legally but there you go

[macmich]

kiwis
no good at cricket and know doing a runner
cheers maccas
(no offence to kiwis, only joking)

[macmich]

as of a few hours ago ddp officially in liquidation
cheers macca

[Erin]

This practice is not unusual. It happened with a photographic company and us recently. Old owner passed away, business changed hands, new owner didn't have to honour sales. That's the way it goes.

[Iscariot]

I have used them a few times. the products are fine but every time they have screwed the delivery up and its been late.

[macmich]

big difference erin
this chap has done a runner to the states by the looks of it
not much the chap had of stopping himself from dying, entirely different from trading knowing what was going on and ripping people off for thousands

[Mark L]

The new owner may want to try and trade out of liquidation. If so, stand by for some good deals and customer service.
Not that I'd have any idea.

[Kym]

The new owner may want to try and trade out of liquidation. If so, stand by for some good deals and customer service.
Not that I'd have any idea.

No. There are two separate legal entities. The old owner/ABN is being liquidated, the new one has no issues.

[unistudent1962]

there's a lot of angry people on whirlpool forum

There's at least two Facebook pages with people voicing their outrage at having lost, in some cases, thousands of dollars.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/181534082037171/

https://www.facebook.com/ddpripoff

[Kym]

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[freelancer]

I had recommended them to members of our camera club on many occasions but unfortunately things seem to still be bad. Only yesterday I had someone giving me a mouth full for recommending them as the new camera they had just received was the wrong camera and didnt have the spare battery or memory card that had been paid for. My advice is don't recommend anything to anyone
Jon

[Kym]

@Jon -- objectively a) you had a good experience, b) you told someone that, c) they then had a bad experience; that sadly happens and c) does not change the fact of a)

Things change with companies over time.
There is always some risk, and grey importers have a greater rick risk than the local channel which is backed by the major supplier.

[ROA44]

Sadly the same applies to businesses that go under the employees and businesses owed money don't get anything and the liquidators can be on anything from eg $900's/hour for the person overseeing the account the one under him could be on eg. $700's/hr down to the bottom on eg $90's/hr. the only ones how win are the banks and company handling the liquidation. If anyone else does get a look in then be prepared to wait and don't expect anything exciting in the way of returns.

the old saying "This is business", Fairness & justice don't exist.

[ricktas]

..have a greater rick than the local channel which is backed by the major supplier.

I am the Greater Rick...You may bow to me!