Bolton biz kingpin tables '7 figure' offer for Comet website The future of Comet's stores hangs in the balance: but the business brain behind Appliances Online has tabled a million pound plus bid for the website part of the drain-circling retailer. As previously revealed, Dixons and Maplins are understood to have expressed interest in only a handful of Comet stores as administrator …
John Roberts, the man behind Bolton-based white goods etailer Appliances Online has confirmed he put in a "seven figure offer" for the web stores.
He said his firm expected to continue using the Comet name on the net
A seven-figure sum for the comet.co.uk domain name, with a redirect to http://www.appliancesonline.co.uk/ ?
No jobs being saved there then?
The warranties are being held up by the insurance company who provided them.
Still I am not sure what is going to happen if you need a new TV etc, because are they going to refund all the money or part of it though.
I would like to see how they are going to be upheld, but when I was working for Comet I was told that if they ever went under people who bought the warranties didn't, have to worry as there was a 3rd party insurer not connected to Comet as a company, other than Comet being a customer of theres.
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