Trenchman Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 The whole idea of bomber being gone the is beyond depressing so I will be heading out in the morning to carve it up in memory of all the great years of Bomberonline.com and all the great people I met because of their existence! Thanks for all the good years, and may the future bring new opportunities. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heroshmero Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Does anyone know if Bomber will be reopening the store and selling off old stock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUD Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 I am curious as well as to what is happening with Bomber. Any word out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Can't get into details now. I will see if I can get any answers from the owners of the inventory next week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUD Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) Jack, have you heard if Fin has had any bites for Bomber itself? Edited March 30, 2018 by MUD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 There were a couple offers, but too low for the bank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUD Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 AH, I hope something gets worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamifumi Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Jack Michaud said: Can't get into details now. I will see if I can get any answers from the owners of the inventory next week. Please keep us updated on that because I am interested on certain equipment!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 I too am interested in buying from whatever stock needs to be liquidated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyt. Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 On 3/30/2018 at 12:53 PM, Jack Michaud said: Can't get into details now. I will see if I can get any answers from the owners of the inventory next week. Jack has been working on stockpiling remaining Bomber products and he can't wait to give us all the "Bro Deal"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailertrash Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 If you remember they were having fulfillment issues towards the end there. I really doubt there's that much stock left in the inventory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 One example part: The regular toe-clip TD3 SideWinder was not available for some time. But the step-in SW version was. So some part of the regular binding was short. I can't think of what part that might be that's not used on the step-in or the non-SW binding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 2 hours ago, billyt. said: Jack has been working on stockpiling remaining Bomber products and he can't wait to give us all the "Bro Deal"! I wish. Actually Fin has one last possible lead for a buyer of the inventory. He'll let us know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEJ Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 Yea, like to stock up on some spare parts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colozeus Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Jack Michaud said: I wish. Actually Fin has one last possible lead for a buyer of the inventory. He'll let us know how it goes. Why won't the bank just hire someone to list the inventory items for sale? I know, banks will be banks, but it sounds like they are having trouble finding someone to buy all of the inventory. They can probably make more money this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Day Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 I truly wish that I had the business savvy, capital and mechanical know-how to keep Bomber Industries alive! It truly is unfortunate the demise of Catek a number of years ago and now we are losing Bomber too. A troubling time for our beloved alpine community! Luckily, "we" have salvaged the Forum/Carving Community. I hope something good will come of this situation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 Does anyone know or can say how many zero's are involved in a potential purchase ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 14 minutes ago, lowrider said: Does anyone know or can say how many zero's are involved in a potential purchase ? Sounds like there’s too much debt, get in contact with Fin, he’d be able to tell you! If you’re serious anyway. The question is wether with the demise of bomber industries who owns the designs and patents? If there can be a deal struck that way. I was considering doing it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelc Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 I find it hard to believe that it's not possible to salvage a viable business out of bomber. However I have seen banks & lawyers destroy value many times before in thus situation, usually by unrealistic pricing or debt levels. Surely at some point the price for remaing stock/tooling/i.p. must be at levels low enough. I have had the experience of watching a lawyer turn down realistic offers for a deceased friends business for two years only to sell it for a tiny fraction once the goodwill had disappeared leaving his widow almost destitute. Surely commonsense must prevail sometimes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveo Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 It isn't always in the lawyer's best interests to actually push these things along. They need to make a buck, also. The actual price for this won't affect them too much, dragging it out would make them decent coin. Totally understandable. At the end of the day, everyone needs to make money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 When this all started, there were some people who said they had paid for items they never received. Does anyone know if they've been taken care of? After that, yes, being able to get some replacement parts would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workshop7 Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 I was able to recover my money from my credit card company. I know there are others that never received orders nor money back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokolikrat Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 PayPal returned money to me. After recent demographic survey this looks like another nail in the coffin of North America hard booting. Thanks to Fin and Michelle for all these wonderful SES years. It was rather unique. There were some locals ES but they never catch up. The same for various locals forums. Who remembers Tahoe Carvers? Just hope this forum will survive. Bomber was a glue. As I see it now in a couple years will will be in DIY mode. Inventory of the parts if any exist at all is most likely pretty slim. We will see who will finish with rights to Bomber design, maybe some licensing for parts can be arranged.Just hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colozeus Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 56 minutes ago, Ladia said: PayPal returned money to me. After recent demographic survey this looks like another nail in the coffin of North America hard booting. Thanks to Fin and Michelle for all these wonderful SES years. It was rather unique. There were some locals ES but they never catch up. The same for various locals forums. Who remembers Tahoe Carvers? Just hope this forum will survive. Bomber was a glue. As I see it now in a couple years will will be in DIY mode. Inventory of the parts if any exist at all is most likely pretty slim. We will see who will finish with rights to Bomber design, maybe some licensing for parts can be arranged.Just hope. With that being said, the duty falls on us to keep the community alive. Let's all remain active on these forums and contribute to the community. I doubt we will be in DIY mode in a couple of years. I believe there is still plenty of opportunity for the hard-booting community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 If worst came to worst, reverse engineering of the binding is always possible. This is not nearly as desirable as someone buying the rights to the design and creating a business. Undercutting any business that tries to resurrect the TD3 is a jerk move that will kill any future attempts at making bindings in North America. I had done some preliminary thought exercises and napkin sketchs on a TD-light and a softboot binding with the Callens. The thing that scared me away from further work was not knowing what expected loads are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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