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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby wde_bdy » Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:28 pm

Lith wrote:Yeah I was glad to hear that stuff is all protected


Yep, always great to see customers getting screwed while the business owner walks off free as a bird. :roll:

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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby Lith » Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:37 pm

wde_bdy wrote:Yep, always great to see customers getting screwed while the business owner walks off free as a bird. :roll:


Fair point, I agree and hadn't looked at it that way - partly as the only creditor I was (or am) aware of is the IRD... the person in the lawsuit from last year was paid out. I also think it's also a little more complicated than overall justice prevailing if the business owner in this case was screwed over, there is no winning in this situation.
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby wde_bdy » Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:44 pm

The IRD getting screwed is you and me as taxpayers getting screwed. And based on my experience it is generally PAYE (that belongs to employees) and GST (that belongs to the taxpayer) rather than income tax that leads to business wind ups. Which makes the owners thieving pricks stealing from the general public and their staff.

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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby tsoob » Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:09 am

Reading trough the thread re the GTR and what has been posted about the case, It would seem that perhaps the guy was not the perfect customer, and perhaps they were not the perfect business.

I personally have had customers that are more trouble than they are worth, few and far between but it does happen.

For once I agree with Callum, those that don't pay those PAYE & GST really irks me as its so easy to stay on top of. Business people who have the mentality of the 'cashie' (where they only deal like that) are the reason that taxes are so high in the first place.
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby duddley » Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:29 am

There are plenty of customers that are way more trouble than they are worth and I have personally refused to do work for but I think in this case Shred took a job on that was far too advanced for them and have made a mess.
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby Lith » Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:17 pm

An update from the guy who had a legal battle with Shred: http://bimmersport.co.nz/topic/48209-shred-motorsport-closed/
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby Stott69 » Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:38 pm

From reading that, where is this Aaron chap now so one can stay clear? Has he joined the R garage crew?
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby Mr Ree » Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:53 pm

Im just glad old chap finally got paid out in the end.

Justice was served.
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby Lith » Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:03 pm

Stott69 wrote:From reading that, where is this Aaron chap now so one can stay clear? Has he joined the R garage crew?


I don't think so, Geoff has though - I went down and met them on Monday night and we had a little play on the dyno... seem like a good crowd there.
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby CAMB01 » Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:18 pm

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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby DRFTIN » Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:04 pm

doesnt surprise me at all. Aaron just walked away with a dealing i had with him when he decided things weren't going his way
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby Mr Ree » Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:20 am

He sure sounds like someone to avoid.

All this drama makes me even happier that I dont pay people to perform "work" on my car.

It would be good for the community to know where he ends up working, so people can be informed of his reputation, before being taken for a walk down the garden path.
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby Crucible » Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:46 pm

Sounds like a self absorbed 8 year old. Makes you wonder how much experiance some of these guys have had before going into buisness. This Geoff guy sounds like he got the short end of the stick.
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby thegreatestben » Sat Mar 08, 2014 11:46 am

I used to deal with shred when I worked at repco when they first appeared, a couple of the guys I worked fell for all that aaron guys bullshit but I could tell from the start the guy was exactly as he's been described. Charlie was the name of the other original owner.

They were very bad at paying their account, lacked any form of professionalism and when I did approach Aaron about having my MR2 tuned we were mid conversation when Ben from Slipway walked in and he literally just walked off midsentence to go suck up to Ben.

I'm not surprised by anything that's been said or happened here.
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby Mr Revhead » Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:27 pm

Did that Aaron guy used to work at mag n turbo in the hurt?
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby Dell'Orto » Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:41 pm

I think he may have?
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby Mr Revhead » Sat Mar 08, 2014 2:05 pm

Ah... Yeah ok I know who he is now.
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby Mr Ree » Sun Mar 09, 2014 9:59 am

Well, I guess the most important thing to do now, is to find out where he has started working, so people can avoid him, and somebody can inform his new employer of his not so stellar past.

Although Welly being as small as it is, I cant see him disappearing under the radar too easily.

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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby GOLDAE86 » Sun Mar 09, 2014 4:32 pm

I was told he was at macbuilt. Whether or not that is true I dont know. I believe he might be at mt vic on sun pretending to try drive up it.
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Re: Shred Motorsport shutting down.

Postby Stott69 » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:53 pm

Coryn could confirm this next time he gets work done as I believe he uses Macbuilt?
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