Comments on: Travel Mag Publisher Merricks Goes Under, Blames Lack Of Bank Finance

By: Baron Greenback

Baron Greenback — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:48:07 +0000

The sad thing is that the directors invoiced clients for upfront amounts knowing full well they were going out of business. They are nothing more than crooks.

By: howard stapleton

howard stapleton — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:43:57 +0000

I have subscribed to the French magazine for years, enjoying the features, competitions and getting information on places to stay when touring France. However it had become clear over the past six months that the decline of the British property market was reflected in fewer properties for sale and generally less advertising. As the exchange rate deteriorated to a 1 for 1 almost between the Euro and Pound any plans we had for revisiting a favourite country dwindled proportionately. I was disappointed after having subscribed in advance for two years last August via the special offer that the magazine ended within a few months. Despite having lost financially with no hope of recompense I am still more upset at the loss of the magazine.

By: GF

GF — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:27:45 +0000

I would like to know what is going to happen to the customers money which Merricks Media continued to demand from their advertisers knowing that the magazine will never be published. Or wil it?. We are only a small B&B in the Central France and we were advertising in French magazine for three years. We have never received a word from Merricks Media about liquidation, or any news or note about publications of the magazine, in fact the opposite: in Jnuary we've received an invoice for the whole next year of advertising, which was paid in the end of January 2009. After finding out from the press about thier liquidation we tried to contact Merricks Media but all the numbers are permanently engaged. We have send an e-mail to the company and awaiting their response to our questions. We guess, that we will wait forever, as all the e-mails are bouncing back as undelivered.
We think , that the least Mrs Doerr and her staff could do is to be honest with their customers and send just a small e-mail to everyone to let people know what is happenning.
Let's say, if they ever pick up again, we will not be there, because the loyal customers are the last on their list.