Roy Pidcock dealerships in administration

[Andyram]

Pidcocks BMW, Triumph and Ducati have applied to enter administration.

I hope any deposits for bikes were paid on credit cards...

https://www.reddit.com/r/MotoUK/comments/1g9g3mt/pidcock_motorcycles_administration

 

[wessie]

this is at least the third notification of this! Do keep up.

 

[Andyram]

Smart arse
It's still the only post that comes up in a search.

 

[Tarmaclordy]

Pidcocks BMW, Triumph and Ducati have applied to enter administration.

I hope any deposits for bikes were paid on credit cards...

https://www.reddit.com/r/MotoUK/comments/1g9g3mt/pidcock_motorcycles_administration

Not a surprise uk market well down on sales Bmw Ducati
Need to change there pricing selling strategies and Bmw their appalling aftersales Piddocks were nice people
Sign of things to come

 

[MotoRevive]

It's been a very difficult year for the motorcycle industry. Many big companies closing down. Perhaps the market was over inflated and it is the correction that was always coming.

 

[clutchspring]

Any updates on this , weather they have gone or been successful in a rescue deal!.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Any updates on this , weather they have gone or been successful in a rescue deal!.

Give them a call at 9am and ask the staff
If nobody picks up the phone, then I guess they were unsuccessful

 

[Skid06]

Give them a call at 9am and ask the staff
If nobody picks up the phone, then I guess they were unsuccessful

heard yesterday from ex member of staff that somebody is trying to buy the BMW part of the business....

 

[clutchspring]

Thanks skid06 for your information,
Hope some one takes them over for the sake of the staff,
I know what it's like when you get made redundant with Xmas around the corner.
Ian.

 

[SBD]

heard yesterday from ex member of staff that somebody is trying to buy the BMW part of the business....

why would you buy from them? Presume you could just set up from scratch if they've gone tits up?

 

[wessie]

why would you buy from them? Presume you could just set up from scratch if they've gone tits up?

you could but even if you have your own premises, you could possibly acquire some used bike stock, non bike stock like clothing and accessories and workshop equipment at a bargain price from the administrator.

 

[Bumble-Bee]

As already said by others above, maybe a reduction in the amount of dealers will level off & will find its own level, lets hope that the people that are expecting delivery of new bikes actually get them.

The winter period is always the challenging time of the year, if you can’t survive in the summer season, you have no hope in the winter season

 

[clutchspring]

One of the people who's intrested in pidcocks BMW is said to be a large share owner of completely motorbikes by all accounts.

 

[OnHellas]

why would you buy from them? Presume you could just set up from scratch if they've gone tits up?

You could, the planning of it with BMW, finding premises etc would be a time consuming process…and you’d need to have bloody deep pockets.

I think in the current climate raising finance for a new BMW motorcycle franchised business would be about as easy as climbing Mount Everest in a mankini!!

 

[DING-DONG]

, finding premises etc would be a time consuming process…and you’d need to have bloody deep pockets.

!!

One of the main issues is having the right premises, BMW have a very strict criteria for appearance, even the floor tiles have to be a certain colour and no mixing of brands under one roof.

 

[OnHellas]

One of the main issues is having the right premises, BMW have a very strict criteria for appearance, even the floor tiles have to be a certain colour and no mixing of brands under one roof.

Exactly that. As I’ve said elsewhere on here, it’s quickly becoming an untenable business model.

The historical arrogance from a lot of the staff and management at various BMW outlets across the UK probably hasn’t helped either.

 

[SBD]

One of the main issues is having the right premises, BMW have a very strict criteria for appearance, even the floor tiles have to be a certain colour and no mixing of brands under one roof.

The way things are going, there won’t be anyone prepared to put up with that.

We’ll sell your bikes, if you give them to us at the right price.
No?
Well, we’ll sell someone else’s.
Auf wiedersehen.

 

[steve hughes]

Pidcocks were dealers for Energica who I understand from this weeks MCN are also in administration. Bad news for the trade

 

[steve hughes]

The way things are going, there won’t be anyone prepared to put up with that.

We’ll sell your bikes, if you give them to us at the right price.
No?
Well, we’ll sell someone else’s.
Auf wiedersehen.

Showroom design and layout has been an automotive given for the last 25 years. Lexus boasted about the 5’s nature of the dealer showrooms. No matter which dealer you visit eg for example , the bogs are on left/ spares right/ service straight on ………

 

[OnHellas]

Showroom design and layout has been an automotive given for the last 25 years. Lexus boasted about the 5’s nature of the dealer showrooms. No matter which dealer you visit eg for example , the bogs are on left/ spares right/ service straight on ………

The car trade is a very different animal to the motorcycle trade.