Originally Posted by The Real Slim Shady
Not as simple as you may think.
We considered buying the AOC and the Sheds: the rest was of no interest to us. However, the people I spoke to never called back - I have the names and phone numbers but don't feel it is appropriate to name them here.
I was even told that one lady was in a meeting with prospective buyers and if it fell through would call me back; but never did.
In the end, we went elsewhere.
Interesting, if you were serious you would of course know that KPMG were not from day 1 interested in selling little bits and pieces of the company, having first hand knowledge of the amount of chancers and timewasters (and I am not sugesting that you are one of those) that contacted them, its hardly surprising, why would you want to break up the company when you had 3 bids on the table for the whole thing.
Funnily enough now that the deal has collapsed thats exactly the situation that KPMG have found themselves in, with no money appearing from the winner of this sorry affair after FOUR seperate deadlines (unless the 'Easter European' money magically arrives in KPMG's account today) the various bits and pieces will be sold on for a fraction of their worth.
Maybe you should get in touch again with KPMG, I hear the sheds are still in good shape, but you will be up against 2 shed operators who have tabled bids and are not interested in an AOC as they already have one. You may be surprised at the price, it really has gone from a fire sale to the great Coventry Car boot sale !
Good luck
