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Not at all, they aren’t going anywhere. Big things are going on behind the scenes, they are here to stay.
Who gives a shit? Did they find a cure for cancer, solve world hunger, remove all the plastic crap from the world etc?
No, they tried selling a few metal tubes welded together and royally ****ed it up.
they are here to stay.
All of them?
Apparently they still haven't paid anyone back and have not been answering emails. They apparently have been just using the email address off the Sick bike co. website like laundering emails. The guy who runs that can only group message them in WhatsApp. But they still won't answer.
Sounds like a real shitter but in the end for who...
This is the great unknown I suppose.
pigyn
Member
Not at all, they aren’t going anywhere. Big things are going on behind the scenes, they are here to stay.
Well, if they won't even speak to their current customers, how are they here to stay in business?
They can do as many big things behind the scenes...but if they continue to treat people like shit, then how is the company going to sell a single other item.
The only way I'd buy off them is if I could pay on delivery...and even then it would have to be very cheap as you know the warranty would be worth nothing.
You need trust in business. No one trusts this company anymore.
Just buy a BFe, or a Trailstar, or a Stanton... They'll turn up, have a warranty and probably be better bikes
I think he was being ironic.
JP
jjprestidge
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I think he was being ironic.JP
Ah balls 🙂
Hook, line and sinker!
Well, I was just repeating one of the last communications they made, if you think that's taking the piss so be it 😅😅😅*
* I was taking the piss
Is this just coincidence..?
Dave Trummer from PB coverage of DH
Well, he does seem to be on a bike, so it cant be connected 🙂
nah that is Sick Series Fabio Wilner stuff . Do try and keep up!
Well, he does seem to be on a bike, so it cant be connected
Though in a strange parallel its going down hill fast, all the way to the bottom, and DT also hasn't provided a bike or refund to any of sick's creditors.
maybe anything with Sick in its name is doomed....
as the sick series brand website is also down?!
or they are just having a re-design/re-stock?!
Could do with a follow up article by STW now.... some panorama style investigative journalism. Basically looks like they have done a runner now!
We also need an update on the Rich Energy thread, both were similar and entertaining.
It looks like you can still buy stuff from their website - but their IG has been dead for a while.
It looks like you can still buy stuff from their website
That's been through problem the whole time though. It just looks like you can buy stuff, in practice you just get to pay.
I have to say Sick don't appear to be the only ones adopting fairly unscrupulous social media tactics.
Deleting customer comments not congruent with claims made in your marketing seems to be common practice now. Same thing happened on the Intense UK FB page.
Out of interest, are they still doing regular drops of T-shirt’s and other merch, or has that dried up too?
has that dried up too?
Drier than a dead dingo's donger by the look of it. Last 'drop' was May..
Same thing happened on the Intense UK FB page.
Intrigued by this, what's going on?
Someone on this thread did say a long while back that when most smaller companies go pop it's usually just a silent slide into oblivion rather than a large and noisy implosion.
I suspect that's what's happened here.
I would bet money that these characters will be involved in other start up ventures over the years to come though.
Which will be interesting to watch.
did anyone actually get any refunds?
will hannah do a follow up?
will the dh fanboy brobros be munching on vegan cheez at uplifts near you soon?
I was amused to discover today that the French word for vegan cheese is 'fauxmage'
@Mark88 Intense kept me hanging for six months waiting on a bike. Kept pushing the availability back. I had sold my own bike to fund the purchase as I was told by Intense it would be available in a few weeks. I was left without a bike for 5 months. Still don't have one and I am at the point of quitting MTB.
So, Intense Cycles UK posted some marketing blurb about how efficient they were at getting bikes out to customers quickly. I commented that wasn't my experience. Intense deleted the comment and blocked me on their FB page.
Couldn't help thinking it was straight out of the Sick playbook.
I thought it was a retailer that had done you over, before intense went direct?
I got caught up with a retailer who was in the process of going under unknown to me. Took my money and I had some difficulty getting it back. That was on an Intense purchase.
To be fair to Intense, they sorted me out over that. The marketing guys from Intense Cycles UK on FB appears to be different kettle of fish. Invited me to PM him on a public post then blocked me so I couldn't. It struck me as either an hysterical reaction to criticism or an underhand way to hide criticism.
I was just thinking of Sick this morning, well my Sick Ti gnarcissist. I was planning on selling a couple of months ago, I didn't and its still my bike of choice / fav to ride.
Shame the Sick boys turned our to be cockwobblers because they made a really good bike.
So is that all the customers still waiting for frames, either having ordered on of these, or expecting this as a replacement, ****ed then?
Last years accounts are due in a couple of months, or do we think they'll not bother and have companies house just strike them off?
they made a really good bike.
They didn't.
Well that's not exactly on message...
Glad you got your bike mate and it's OK. Makes you wonder how they got stuff so wrong.
Well actually, no its quite obvious. But it could have been a good thing.
Last years accounts are due in a couple of months, or do we think they’ll not bother and have companies house just strike them off?
Does anyone* think anything else? It’s the cheap simple no effort method of walking away
*apart from Hora
So is that all the customers still waiting for frames, either having ordered on of these, or expecting this as a replacement, ****ed then?
If anyone’s actually paid money for one of these and not had a refund we’d happily see what we can do to sort things out.
If anyone’s actually paid money for one of these and not had a refund we’d happily see what we can do to sort things out.
That sounds like a nice offer, good on you!
Hopefully it can become a bit of a virtuous circle, people who have been shafted can get some recompense and On One can get some goodwill too....
If anyone’s actually paid money for one of these and not had a refund we’d happily see what we can do to sort things out.
Maybe post that here.
https://www.pinkbike.com/forum/listcomments/?threadid=213188&pagenum=3#commentid6768961
Sorry this thread is loooong so this might’ve been mentioned before but has no one else stumbled across Occult Tattoos... one of these chaps looks kinda of familiar..
Yeah they certainly look special
That reads exactly like all the Sick spiel. Gutsy underdogs quit the 9 to 5 against everyone's advice and become wildly successful.
Same bollocks, different Instagram account.
That reads exactly like all the Sick spiel
and the Blaq Mass t-shirts before that. I guess there are enough people in the world that you can repeat yourself a lot to different audiences
Occult was the second (IIRC) business he started prior to sick bikes. Previous to that it was Blaq Mass clothing (now dissolved/struck off) and now Jordan has started Knucker Hole, a company that makes vegan 'cheese'. There is also Sick Corp, for the t-shirt business (not to be confused with Sick! Series, Fabio Wilmers brand.)
by all accounts I think the tattoo parlour is pretty successful, as the sick idiots don't have to do much.
They get guest artists in, who basically pay for the work space. So its easy money. The artists sell themselves/have their own portfolio/create their own following etc.
So its pretty hard for the sickheads to mess that up.
Good to see On One making the best out of a bad situation.
brant
If anyone’s actually paid money for one of these and not had a refund we’d happily see what we can do to sort things out.
Fair play, brant - that's a really decent thing to do.
Looking at the legacy, and future, of closed businesses, aren't we left with a question here?
Are they;
Not very good at running a business, but just keep on trying and failing?
Serial con artists?
That photo make them look like the Dodgeball Gym of the Tattoo world.
Apparently only 53.7% of UK business startups last beyond 3 years.
Bear this in mind when handing over cash to any new business.
https://www.ft.com/content/e3c745c4-88d8-11e7-afd2-74b8ecd34d3b
That photo make them look like the Dodgeball Gym of the Tattoo world.
Harsh (on Average Joes', that is).
I'm sure they remember the five 'D's of Dodging customers, though
I’m sure they remember the five ‘D’s of Dodging customers, though
Decieve
Deny
Distract
Dissemble
Decieve
If anyone’s actually paid money for one of these and not had a refund we’d happily see what we can do to sort things out.
What about their brothers?
Decieve
Deny
Distract
Dissemble
Decieve
In this case isn't it:
Defraud
Deny
Deceive
Distract
Disappear
?
that instagram post is beyond parody.
can they not be held to account?
Wonder if there's a way of finding out if they did give the charity t shirt money to its intended recipient...
Brant that would awesome if you could sort something out for those of us who paid money and got nothing 🙂 !
Am £460 out of pocket for a frame I never got ..... should I PM you the details ?
I always wanted a Gnarcissist, I have read the STW article, but is the Hello Dave a Gnarcissist or one of the others?
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FROOHD/on-one-hello-dave-frame
I probably can't afford to put a bike together, but I really did like the original vibe of Sick and the Gnarcissist
[edit] got my threads crossed.
Things have gone really quiet, even on this thread. Have the people who paid money for imaginary bikes just given up and accepted they're getting nothing? (Brant's generous offer aside)
Looks like Tim is getting into drone flying and writing stories about little piggies, Jordan is punting his nut cheese. I’d wager bikes, and customers waiting for them, are a distant memory now.
Website is properly gone too.
Looks like Tim is getting into drone flying and writing stories about little piggies
Aye, when you're having to conjure conspiracy stories to convince yourself about why your business failed, you're in a bad place.
"Upon dissolution all property and rights vested in, or held in trust for, the company are deemed to be bona vacantia and accordingly will belong to the crown."
Is one aware of any jump spots near Balmoral?
Don't think that Liz has enough tattoos to qualify for the Sick! vibe.
One of the resigned directors appears to have set up another bike manufacturing company. Chap who resigned in june
One of the resigned directors appears to have set up another bike manufacturing company.
That’s Lee, the guy they got to design a lot of the hardware and gave him a directorship in lieu of payment. You can imagine what he got out of the whole affair...
She's more of a piercings gal, Martin.
If you need me, I'll be in the Tower.
The strike off can be suspended if unhappy customers/suppliers lodge complaints. I'm not sure of the exact process but I'd get in now with claims if you've got them.
Ma'am would have some fun naming the rides...
Long and low? Corgi
Big wheels? Charley Boy
The odd one out titanium? Harry
DH one with plush suspension? Bentley
Too soon?
Ma’am would have some fun naming the rides…
Long and low? Corgi
Big wheels? Charley Boy
The odd one out titanium? Harry
DH one with plush suspension? Bentley
Ordinary looking one that can mysteriously allow you to smash through improbable lines and get away with it? The Andrew.
Bit by bit, little by little…
Website has gone too
there are enough people in the world that you can repeat yourself a lot to different audiences
A friend's experience showed there are actually enough people in London alone, in an apparently small market (probably smaller than bikes), for larger ££s, and over a longer period than the Sick guys managed. [No I'm not talking about fund manager referrals LOL]
The charitable view is the people are unbridled optimists with a great vision going out on a limb to deliver whatever the personal sacrifice required 🙂
Looks like Companies House have had enough of them too:
"Accounts overdue"
"11 Feb 2020
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
This document is being processed and will be available in 5 days."
Hooray!
I’ve missed this thread.
I understand there's an outstanding CCJ against them too. I don't have the power to see who brought it against them or how much it's for 🙁
This is how the story ends
Not with a bang but a whimper
This is how the story ends
Not with a bang but a whimper
When's the next t-shirt drop? We've just created the strapline....
If only I could take credit but alas, hollow [s] promises [/s] men is too well known a poem for me to get away with it.
I'm currently experiencing similar levels of service from Canyon. No bike and no refund. Only been waiting a month.