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minik8e 
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Posted: 16 January 2009 at 7:46am |
Wow, with their popularity this is one of the last companies I would expect to go into receivership!!
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.Mel
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Posted: 16 January 2009 at 8:08am |
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OH dear - I read it as the manufacturing plant that was going into receivership..not Mountain Buggy??
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Posted: 16 January 2009 at 8:25am |
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Mountain Buggy is a part of the company (a very big part probably) - the whole thing is in trouble. They are going to try and trade their way out of trouble but as 90% of their business is export of Mountain Buggies, I imagine it will be pretty hard.
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Posted: 16 January 2009 at 2:38pm |
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Oh bugger.
I want one of them after we have #2, maybe I should get in now.
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Posted: 16 January 2009 at 8:21pm |
Bugger is right! I was going to sell my sgle MB and buy a dble for when baby arrived 
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Posted: 16 January 2009 at 10:34pm |
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Oh no, doesn't sound good. Better get in quick, i'm trying to think of accessories for our buggy to buy before prices go up on TM etc..
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Posted: 17 January 2009 at 2:00pm |
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I wouldn't panic as such yet, they are in receivership, so can still continue trading.
But in saying that, I should probably get a MB sleeping bag for my Urban Elite, as it gets bloomin cold in Wellington during the winter!
But I love their products, it is just a shame that they are in this situation. I think if they didn't rely so much on exporting their products, they wouldn't be in this situation.
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Posted: 25 January 2009 at 7:25pm |
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well I had better hurry up & get maybe on special.
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Posted: 27 January 2009 at 10:47am |
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Time will tell what happens I really do hope that they stay but it looks like the manufacturaing of them may end up going overseas like so many other NZ products. we are just too far away from so many markets.
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Posted: 25 March 2009 at 4:28pm |
Wow! Mountain Buggy have been bought by Phil & Teds!
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Phil&teds said the purchase would mean "business as usual" for Mountain Buggy for the next six months, and stressed taking manufacturing offshore was not part of its philosophy...
"Phil&teds will run the Mountain Buggy factory in New Zealand before making any decisions. The key is to be internationally competitive,"
Throughout the sale process all parties had recognised the success of the Mountain Buggy brand, and had expressed a desire to see the continued growth of its product reputation, he said.
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Posted: 25 March 2009 at 4:43pm |
yes - I just read that too. I think that it is great news and will hopefully keep most of those NZ jobs going. What a relief for the staff. 
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Posted: 28 March 2009 at 12:00pm |
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wow, I hope jobs are safe also. I have had a P&T before & MB, would like to see a combination of the two so look forward to seeing new buggies.
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Mountain Buggy in receivership
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