Superfi go into Administration

chaparral · 17 Feb 2019 at 14:14

In my local town it not only retail shops that are closing..

There was also one nightclub and a few pubs that has closed down within the last few months :mad:

MagicBoy · 17 Feb 2019 at 14:18

That's a shame, the Manchester one was near me (and two doors down from Richer Sounds!). Had a couple of AV amps, headphones and random cables from them over the years.

MagicBoy · 17 Feb 2019 at 14:21

benjii said:
We bought our 5.1 setup from them ages ago, they had a nice selection and good pricing. I'd be curious what will happen to all the people on finance. I know the finance deals are through a third party, but what happens if something breaks?

Under consumer credit laws the credit provider are jointly liable with the retailer.

Hence why it's good advice to buy things (over £100 still?) on a credit card so you've got some additional protections, even if you pay it off in full with no charges after a month.

ianh · 20 Feb 2019 at 10:30

I loved the store in Stoke, bought loads from them in the mid 00's when I was still "into" Hi-Fi and their demo of the Yamaha YST-SW800 (800W Sub with a long throw 12in cone) literally brought the false ceiling down in the demo room!

jasonsony735 · 20 Feb 2019 at 12:58

Bad news for them but good news for the other audio Shops that sells speakers and equipment.

hornetstinger · 20 Feb 2019 at 13:24

jasonsony735 said:
Bad news for them but good news for the other audio Shops that sells speakers and equipment.

Not many of them left

Ollie_B_2000 · 2 Mar 2019 at 08:03

Bought a ton of stuff from them recently only to have no answers when I called to enquire about delivery. Finally found out about them going under on local news, such a shame too as they were a really nice place to deal with.

Here's hoping credit cards live up to their promise of getting my money back.

TALON1973 · 2 Mar 2019 at 17:39

Marvt74 said:
Do Audio-T not still have a fairly decent high street presence? Admittedly it's been a while since i've been into one, although it's probably a higher end point verses Superfi/RS.

They have 15 stores

Skynet5 · 4 Mar 2019 at 07:50

I bought sonys flagship soundbar a few years ago. Failed 2 times in the first year. 3rd time literally over the year. Sony didn't care and said I had to pay to have it fixed.

Amazon gave me a full refund of £1100, from a 5min webchat.

I would have bought my replacement Yamaha 2700 from them, but only RS had it in stock so drove over to them to buy.

Martynt74 · 6 Mar 2019 at 09:35

Well this was bad timing for my CD player to stop working that i bought from them (using Paypal Credit) just as i've listed it for sale!

Any idea what my options are as Yamaha have suggested i need to go via the retailer.

Deleted member 77746 · 6 Mar 2019 at 10:02

Yet on their twitter page it says "Leading UK #HiFi chain." and on Feb 02 they said that purchased items get a 5 year guarantee.

https://twitter.com/superfionline?lang=en

insane200 · 12 Mar 2019 at 10:34

mrbell1984 said:
Yet on their twitter page it says "Leading UK #HiFi chain." and on Feb 02 they said that purchased items get a 5 year guarantee.

https://twitter.com/superfionline?lang=en

I guess like many company's the social accounts manager and main staff don't know until the last few minutes, I was told yesterday my shop is closing down by the end of this month, and currently I don't know if i have a job come April or not.

Deleted member 77746 · 12 Mar 2019 at 11:10

insane200 said:
I guess like many company's the social accounts manager and main staff don't know until the last few minutes, I was told yesterday my shop is closing down by the end of this month, and currently I don't know if i have a job come April or not.

If it's closing down you probably won't have a job. Horrible when this happens. Been in this situation now 4 times and it's getting the normal for me now so I know what to expect when it does happen. Doesn't put me in a good position though as searching for a job and signing on is tedious! Horrible situation to be in!

insane200 · 12 Mar 2019 at 16:03

mrbell1984 said:
If it's closing down you probably won't have a job. Horrible when this happens. Been in this situation now 4 times and it's getting the normal for me now so I know what to expect when it does happen. Doesn't put me in a good position though as searching for a job and signing on is tedious! Horrible situation to be in!

Thankfully the business has two other shops which are staying open, the reason this shop is shutting is due to the lease coming up and the landlord being a ahole, the other two stores they own the premises.

My boss came over again today to chat and have offered me a position in my old store which i moved from to run this one, but it will entail a pay cut, annoying but at least I'll have a job in something i enjoy doing, rather than finding something else.

Running this place for the next 10 days until we stop trading here will be very odd though, and I'll miss the town as it's really nice, but I've been lucky to be in a position where I have the knowledge that no one else has in the company and they do not want to lose that, One bonus i guess is i wont be a manager and can concentrate on selling again and doing installs.

Deleted member 77746 · 12 Mar 2019 at 18:40

@insane200

At least it's a job! See what happens, taking a pay cut would be least of your problems better been in a job that not in one.

a1ex2001 · 18 Mar 2019 at 07:16

Got my first real separates system from super fi in Nottingham in the 90’s getting the b&w speaker box in a mini was a nightmare!

signs · 18 Apr 2019 at 12:10

managed to bag some B + W 603's a new monitor w12 and a onkyo amp in the bankruptcy auction yesterday

Martynt74 · 18 Apr 2019 at 12:11

The new 603's?

I demo'd them and thought they were great. Just a little too big for my room. How much were they if you don't mind me asking?

signs · 18 Apr 2019 at 12:23

yeah , £520 then you have to add 38% tax etc so ..£717 @Marvt74

Martynt74 · 18 Apr 2019 at 13:37

Good price that. Bet you're chuffed!