Ian Cunningham Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I've just received a very odd e-mail from a company called "Ramco" trying to sell the radio mics that I surrendered in January back to me! Obviously done in alliance with Equiniti as they have the number of surrendered items correct and the surrender *value* is correct for that claim. The price they want to charge is 50% of the surrender value before VAT and early-surrender uplifts Has anyone else received a similar e-mail? After my initial "cheeky barstewards" reaction, I'm now wondering If it's worth getting the handhelds back...hmmmm..... Ian CunninghamSolus Technical Services Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henny Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I've just received the same e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boswell Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I think everyone who surrendered kit has had the same letter. So basically I'd like to thank ordinary members of the public who haven't even heard of the pro-audio industry for donating so much of their tax to my worthy cause. It's a great system, send equipment to the Government to store for a few months, then they return it with a nice cheque for storage. Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 But surely the reason why they were surrendered in the first place, is because they fall outside of the allowable frequency bands (or will soon do so.) So why would you want them back? Or am I missing something here? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 This is about as corrupt as it gets whilst still being legal. Everything about it absolutely stinks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Riley Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 So why would you want them back? Or am I missing something here? :)Channel 70 mate :) 4 license free channels still available and most ch69 stuff can tune into the license free band. Perfect for those small hires! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 The big snag is they have done the research into selling the frequency space and at the moment, nobody is that keen to buy it - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Just had my e-mail. I just can't see that many people taking advantage - after all, what are we supposed to do with all the outdated gear in 6 months or so when it's unusable...??If they were selling off at TEN percent of the surrender price it might be concievable as a consumable, but half price is very steep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart91 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I just can't see that many people taking advantage - after all, what are we supposed to do with all the outdated gear in 6 months or so when it's unusable...??If they were selling off at TEN percent of the surrender price it might be concievable as a consumable, but half price is very steep! I'd anticipate that any kit which isn't reclaimed by the original owners will be offered to all comers, at that stage there may well be a price drop. And I'm sure at some point somebody will be paid to clear all the unwanted systems from whichever warehouse they are currently occupying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mi-ul Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Maybe I need to read the small print a bit closer (or at least I would if I had an interest in getting it back) but the letter reads as if everything is still in the same boxes as I posted it in with all the bits missing that I didn't send. Do they want to sell me lots of radio mics and receivers without powersupplies, capsules and antennas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_P Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Ramco are a disposals company that typically deal with ex MoD equipment etc. In this case they seem to have a disposal contract for EquintiiA small amount of chan 69 kit appeared in eBay from them about a 6 weeks ago, but the small print of the advert stated that they could only sell to licence holders. Having had a chat with them it seems that this was a condition placed on them by Equintii after they had agreed to dispose of them, and they were unable to persuade them of the strangeness of this constraint, insomuch as the residual value of the kit lies in its use on Chan 70.Clearly they were not very sucessful in selling them in this way so are trying another approach.The whole thing seems rather odd, and morally dubious. To me it smacks of someone in a government department being asked at the last minute to maximise the value of the (technically) obsolete kit that they have on the shelf rather than just disposing of it all. Accountants minds can be odd things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry davies Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 "The majority of any proceeds from sales of equipment is used to offset the cost of the funding scheme, therefore reducing the burden on taxpayers. Any items that are sold are done so clearly on the condition that by 1 October 2012 any UK purchasers either dispose of the equipment under European Waste Electrical and Equipment (WEEE) Directive regulations or convert it to use Channel 38." Quote from OFCOM (my italics). POLITICS ALERT: So what has happened is that Equiniti was awarded a contract which we, as taxpayers have already paid for, to remove the gear from circulation. Equiniti saw a profit making opportunity and are selling the gear back to you so that you can bear the costs of recycling/disposal/retuning. End result? Taxpayers cash has been siphoned into private enterprise pockets with no effective end result. There might be some point if they had retuned to channel 38 while they had the kit but this is blatant taxpayer rip-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutwo Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 We got our letter this morning offering the kit at almost exactly 50% of the sale price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Siddons Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Just came across this http://www.ramco.co.uk/sales/tenderview.php?tender=42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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