Linda
Chelmsford,#2Consumer Comment
Sun, September 21, 2008
Many people including myself were not ripped off by the Smokers Club of Great Britain... it just seemed to take a long while to receive orders! Now I see if you visit their website the club has ceased to trade - and this is their explanation... Dear Members The Smokers Club of Great Britain is now closed until further notice. We have served our members well for over 10 years but due to a number of factors, we are simply unable to continue. We have been unable to find a new managing partner/investor since Mr Tim Jones left the club a few months ago when the club was left with debt of almost 10,000 GBP. I was asked to return to the club as a temporary manager to try and sort out the club's problems but I have concluded that the club must close forthwith otherwise it will slip further into debt. Regretably, there are a number of members that did not recieve their tobacco orders, and I am still looking at how these can be fulfilled. I will continue to look for a new managing partner/investor for the club, and if one can be found, the club will re-open and all outstanding orders will be cleared up immediately. I will contact the affected members once a way to resolve the issue can be found. Some outstanding orders are still held in Madrid and I hope that these will be sent on to the members once they have cleared customs. It is with great sadness that I have to write this letter since I founded the club in 1998, and though it has been under new management for the past 5 years I am disheartened that it was left in such a mess and must now close. Max Smokers Club of Great Britain