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HMV SHOPS IN the UK are set to start accepting vouchers from tomorrow, Sky News is reporting.
The 16 HMV stores in the republic will remain closed, however.
The troubled retailer had been criticised for selling gift cards right up until they entered administration and then failing to accept them.
David Carson, a partner in Deloitte Ireland, was named as the receiver to the HMV Ireland company last Wednesday, 16 January.
In the days that followed there were a number of sit-ins in Irish stores as some of the 300 employees throughout the 16 stores protested at not being paid for time already worked.
Now that these sit-ins have ended, all 16 stores in Ireland remain closed.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, a spokesperson from Deloitte confirmed that the stores in Ireland would “remain closed when he [Carson] carries out his assessment,” essentially preventing vouchers from being honoured in Ireland.
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Can’t blame them look out for your own country first…
Wish we done the same.
The lads in UK want to avoid court action for reckless trading and will honour gift vouchers because company law is much tougher in UK.
They know the companies office here are a useless bunch and will not back action against directors of companies that are trading recklessly – just look at the directors of Anglo, nobody is responsible, nobody pays for white collar crime, Irish companies law is a joke.
Except that poor garlic guy! 6 years.
That’s stating reason. How can a shut store honour a voucher? As soon as they re-open, then the same should apply here as across the Irish Sea.
Ban the troll!!
BTW. That wasn’t me who clicked that “red thumb”…. Whoever my lone supporter is, you sir/ madame are a renegade.
If they do start to accept them here yer man from the consumers council who said on the news that people should rip up their vouchers as they are worthless will be left red faced hope no one listened to him that’s a big IF though!
If they were informed by accountants that the business was not viable and continued to sell gift vouchers up till Christmas (and after?) then the directors can be sued.
All it takes is for one gift voucher holder to sue the directors and action will be taken, if lots of gift voucher holders get together then directors can go to jail for reckless trading.
Unscrupulous trading from another big British multi-national. They treat their Irish customers like fools, with rip-off prices and poor customer service. To continue to sell vouchers when they were expecting to close is sneaky, and probably criminal.
There is no “company office” here. It was all run from the UK till last Wednesday when they off loaded it to Deloitte. It’s Deloitte who won’t reopen. Read things properly and don’t make stupid comments when you know f#*k all!
Take with plenty of water and if symptoms persist you may ?
Paul was this lifted from a british artical? “The Republic” the republic of what? Britain?
Do you need to be spoon fed everything!!!
Pedant. And it is le not al.
Republic of France? Republic of Congo? Republic of Liberia?
Hi Kevin,
It is, of course, the Republic of Ireland. I thought the headline and the rest of the article would have made that clear.
I have already deleted some of your comments on this piece where you personally insulted other people who commented.
Unless you want to be banned from commenting, I would suggest that you treat them with a bit more respect.
Kind Regards,
Paul
Thar be a troll kev
As to differentiate it from the North. Really now.
Straight to the naughty step!
Take that Kevin. Consider yourself well and truly slapped.
Double check that info , the HIV vouchers are card swipes , places like game to my knowledge won’t be able to swipe and see the actual value , there were some places oing promotions like free pizza to ” honour” the HIV vouchers , good publicity etc , but just check before getting too excited , I kinda doubt another business like game will just let you essentially get their stock for free ,I did hear they may try buy some stores in UK from HMV but never heard about them accepting vouchers here.
HIV vouchers ?? No thanks
oops bad typo HMV
I heard Tesco are honouring HMV Vouchers as Horse Meat Vouchers.
Wouldn’t touch the stuff myself. I tried Horse Meat myself but it gave me the trots.
“Wouldn’t touch the stuff myself. I tried Horse Meat myself ”
If you’re trying to crack a joke, at least read back over your comment for obvious contradicts and awkward looking word reuse.
I don’t think this will be very funny fur long, anyway.
Well that ain’t surprising. Paddy won’t complain as much
Paddy sits on his arse and expects everybody else to do his complaining for him.
I complain like f**k over bad service, quality etc and I get treated like a lunatic, BUT, 19 out of 20 times I get what I want (and is rightfully mine).
We need to shout louder over bad service and crap quality.
I do too. You are absolutely right. We ALL need to kick ass more. But sure we won’t bother because… Well…. It’s grand.
Vic, you see the amount of comments when the journal does an article on property tax, water charges, banks etc.
If these people marched on Kildare street they would change things. Too lazy by far to get up off their backsides and physically do something about it.
What do you do with a faulty tablet bought at Xmas
If purchased with credit card you are entitled to chargeback from credit card company, make sure to register complaint with credit card co within 60 days of purchase date.
Try to find the agent in Ireland or UK, they will have to repair or replace if shop is no longer in business once you have proof of date of purchase.
Thanks
I’m still stuck with a game voucher worth 60.
My housemate just told me that Gamestop will honour any HMV voucher, as long as you redeem at least the full amount.
Paul you’ve an unfair advantage being able to delete my whitty, well considered, deep, contemplative answers.
Boring.
Try a real dictionary next time. Then perhaps you’ll be it
Trollius Vulgaris, seen here in its most primitive form…
Think i’ve seen a Attenborough piece on those. BBC just sat in my sitting room all day, drank all the tea too!!!
Think you mean ‘witty’.
And it wasn’t.
Well aren’t you just a barrel of laughs?
Anybody care for some cool whhhip?
Baaaaahahahaha. Nice one Colin. :) Well played.
@kev,will you please stop posting my thumb is sore from giving you red thumbs
@kev why are u pronouncing the the H so much ?
@kiss my arse…… I’m pretty bored now, so maybe……
@ Colm- S’hhhhh”
No Colm…. I retract that, i’m sorry….. You’re actually being funny…..
Kev quit while you’re behind man!
You can have pie without cool wHip !
Sibif u go into a uk HMV store with an Irish gift voucher will they honour it?
No,even when they were open as normal they wouldnt,was to do with euro and sterling
According to the HMV Ireland workers, HMV Ireland *IS* taking vouchers?
HMV Ireland is closed?
How?the stores are all closed
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