Unhappy Sick Bicycles Customers. BEWARE!

It’s having trouble onshoring it, that’s all. You’ll see it soon.

As always

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Jordan@sickbicycle.co

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Let’s change that.

His words. Come on guys, shall we make his dreams come true?

Awaits press release saying ‘haterz’ ruined our company.

We will be suing for compensation.

I’ve already asked Tim directly, via Facebook, why they haven’t paid their suppliers. (there are more than just Marino)

I don’t think Sick are going to re-appear TBH.

How stupid do Pinkbike feel now?..

I don’t think Sick are going to re-appear TBH.

How stupid do Pinkbike feel now?..

INTERESTING that only Marino is claiming he was never paid, maybe there was an unseen issue that stopped them paying him.

Were those frames “pre-orders”? If so, Marino are selling frames that Sick customers have already paid for. Frames for which Sick have already got the cash.

No blame at all on Marino. They’ve got bills to pay. Sick have some serious work to do here if they are ever to regain any trust.

INTERESTING that only Marino is claiming he was never paid, maybe there was an unseen issue that stopped them paying him.

I have heard of 2 other suppliers that haven’t been paid.

CFH, IIRC all sick frames are sold as preorders, save for dead stock from cancelled orders

Sick have some serious work to do here if they are ever to regain any trust.

More chance of Theresa May starting a bike company and selling them.

I have heard of 2 other suppliers that haven’t been paid.

And yet not one other person has complained of any such thing petal.

More chance of May’s deal getting voted through!

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And yet not one other person has complained of any such thing petal

They have on the PB thread. Do keep up.

Burn!!!

So we have had the first hard tail frames built by Downland that were brazed together and did not look pretty (no fillet filing to save money)
We then had the ti and carbon full sus frame have-blue that was “always only a technical exercise” that when the copies appeared on the Chinese frame builder site the Sick boys announced on a live stream that it had had multiple failures at the bottom bracket and their single copy had been welded 3 times as it kept cracking and the Chinese copies should not be trusted.
Now we have a bunch of hard tail frames that are stuck in Peru as they haven’t been fully paid for.

That is some track record.

Strong and Stable bikes from the Maybot? They sound ace, until the wheels fall off and tools fall out of the cabinet and dent the frame in the run up to delivery three years late…

While looking for Tom’s comment on Facebook I stumbled across the sick bicycles owners club.

It has 9 members…. Does that mean 8 folk got their frames ? – 1 or the 9 is sick themselves.

This has all the hallmarks of a company desperately trying to dig themselves out a cashflow black hole.

The 2017 (Feb 2018) accounts showed they couldn’t meet their obligations without funding from the directors. Since then the same guys have started a T-Shirt Ltd co in July 2018 and had a tattoo studio dissolved (April 2019).

So it looks like none of their other sources of income can support Sick! so they need to get some external funding. They can’t make it right from here for existing customers by selling new things to new customers – thats the pyramid/ponzi model and we know where that ends.

If they can’t meet their obligations and still taking money off creditors, then they are trading while insolvent. If thats proven then limited liability won’t help the directors.

They don’t like attention now

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I should learn not to say “well I’m feeling a whole lot better about things this week” serves me right – Customers – *Edit* I want to sit down with the team and talk through a plan, so expect an email Wednesday – If this doesn’t get resolved amicably – We’ll setup a dedicated email to handle refunds / replacements – I’ll handle that myself with Tim, so it doesn’t slam customer service email. I know there is a lot of schadenfreude seeing us struggle. We’ve not ever escaped that from day one. And we don’t plan on quitting anytime soon.

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If they can’t meet their obligations and still taking money off creditors, then they are trading while insolvent. If thats proven then limited liability won’t help the directors.

Aka Wrongful Trading.

Company directors have done time for that. Limited liability doesn’t protect them, whatever they might think. Wonder if they’ve kept any of the cash in reserve for legal advice……

Still manages to be full of woe ist me and also has a wee bit of a chubby for the attention though. “every move is headline news” aye pal, cos you’re crooks. Hope nobody bought a unicoen from the sale

‘Reaching a suitable solition’

Pay up, sucka!

Wonder how long the comments will last, they are getting a pasting. Though, amazingly, some folk are STILL rooting for them.

The sad thing is that Marino sound like they got exactly the same treatment as the customers. No doubt they would have been up for something to get the frames shifted had Sick just spoken to them “privately, like most businesses do”

The Sick ‘this is fine’ bus keeps on trundling, doesn’t it.

…like most businesses do…

Most businesses deliver their products to paying (and alreayd paid!) customers and pay their suppliers. Those that don’t? Well…

Though, amazingly, some folk are STILL rooting for them.

The sad thing is that Marino sound like they got exactly the same treatment as the customers. No doubt they would have been up for something to get the frames shifted had Sick just spoken to them “privately, like most businesses do”

Wonders if Marino has his own agenda in publicising this? He has 30 frames being built and 30 finished.

What? What is your agenda Phil? So far you’ve insinuated that every side in this is dodgy in some way?

His own agenda. Aye, maybe he wants paid ya plum

He’s got to get his money from somewhere and it probably won’t be from Sick!

All this^ if he’s got 60 loads of time and materials committed then he’ll be really feeling the pain

Marino’s agenda is to get his money back. He’s paid for the materials, the paint job and the man hours to build those frames. Even if it was a % paid up front, Marino will be seriously out of pocket.

Even if they are half built he’s as well to finish them . They are at least sailable.

Half built they are nothing more than lost time and money

Wonders if Marino has his own agenda in publicising this?

Yes but not exactly hidden or unfair. Those frames will have cost money in time/materials and for some odd reason I doubt they see sick coughing up anytime soon. By cutting out the middleman he gets to recoup that expenditure and there is a reasonable chance the people who ordered them via sick also end up with the frame they wanted although sadly some may have to pay twice.

What? What is your agenda Phil? So far you’ve insinuated that every side in this is dodgy in some way?

And yet your still chelping, pretending to have some vested interested in helping the poor and needy , it’s been pointed out your only here to stir the pot.

You can guarantee even though Tom has no horse in the race he will be there stirring away like a desperate attention seeking nobody.

In fact no, no it wasn’t that your still pissed that Jordan told you to jog on and do one aren’t you sock puppet.

What? What horse do you have in the race Phil?

And low the ban hammer swings

As I’ve said before precious it’s got nothing to do with you has it, is that what upsets you most , the fact your nothing to people yet crave attention just like Jordan.

But why are you focussing your anger at me? We agree!

You guys are cute

Lovely stuff

I have had the displeasure of reading this whole thread.

Phil, I think you need a sit down pal.