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Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:14 pm
by Admiral Toad
Hi Guys
for a good while now I've bought stuff from Jim at this company otherwise known as Hop and Cork over a period of years with great service
latest delivery arrived 2 or 3 weeks ago less a balance which was supposed to follow but no joy with that
Tried phoning and E mailing but no answer and the websites down
Doesn't sound good
Anyone heard anything or live in that neck of the woods (Brownhills)

Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:42 pm
by hampk
The accounts filed with Companies House suggest a fairly soggy financial foundation, though the last lot only cover 2014..
Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:42 pm
by Easydrinker
Not sounding good AT.
I am not going to ask what hampk does for a living,but glad that he is one of us!
Robert
Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Wed Feb 24, 2016 5:58 am
by Mash
hampk wrote:The accounts filed with Companies House suggest a fairly soggy financial foundation, though the last lot only cover 2014..
Could get the copy officers listing and contact them directly.
Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:26 pm
by hampk
Easydrinker wrote:Not sounding good AT.
I am not going to ask what hampk does for a living,but glad that he is one of us!
Robert
Lol - I'm mostly harmless really!
@Mash I have that information but won't post it here (even though it is public domain anyway) - anyone who wants to try that route can PM me. It's unlikely to be of much use as the correspondence address is the premises themselves.
Feedback from anyone close enough to check what's going on is probably the only way to really get an answer.
Cheers
Hampk
Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:52 am
by Easydrinker
"Long time passing...."
I'll get my coat.......
C'mon, I've started using Smilies so you know when I know I should be sleeping it off.
But say hello to that ear worm! Best of luck shaking it off.
Robert.
Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Thu Feb 25, 2016 3:54 am
by Icefever
Ear worms I HATE them...some nights when sleep evades me that's all I have going on...
Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Thu Feb 25, 2016 8:22 am
by Admiral Toad
I tried using the street view to look at next door and near bye businesses to see if they knew anything but none of the numbers connected
Maybe this part of Brownhills high street is a business black hole..........
Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:25 am
by Mash
I would contact the owners.
Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:17 am
by Icefever
AT..I found the number for the coffee shop opposite..01543-373906. rang them and they say the shutters are down..that's at 10;00...not looking good matey.
Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:45 pm
by Easydrinker
Icefever,you and hampk make quite a team.
Robert.
Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Tue Aug 30, 2016 9:01 am
by WhoIam
I was a customer of both online and physical shops of HMBS/H&C
Last time I was in was December 2015, and when the website went dark, it was no surprise. A pop to Brownhills merely confirmed what I suspected.
Sadly the business fell prey to personal circumstances.
It's clear there was a sudden need for money as I am sure there would have been quite some value in selling the business (plus a domain name to kill for) as a going concern. Heck, *I* would have considered buying it.
Annoyingly it was the only place that sold a mixture of SS stuff *and* Essencia.
Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Tue Aug 30, 2016 11:50 pm
by Easydrinker
Well, thank you for that, new member Wholam, For feeling motivated enough to pop a few eyes.
You did mine.
Welcome and please stick around,this site needs people such as yourself.
Robert.
Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Wed Aug 31, 2016 8:25 am
by WhoIam
You're welcome

ON the topic of internet ordering, I had an idea a while ago for a online storefront which takes orders, but manages to direct them behind the scenes to be fulfilled by your *local* HBS. Thus using the internet to preserve rather than remove local specialist shops.
I have lots of ideas

Re: Homebrew Megastore Where have they gone ???

Posted:
Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:26 am
by Mash
Rightmove for homebrew. Good idea. Keep them coming!