31-10-2019, 11:30 PM
(31-10-2019, 08:36 PM)Stuart Giles Wrote:Excellent information - and good to know.(31-10-2019, 07:03 PM)Tony Griffiths Wrote: As ever, it looks as though the tax bill finished them off. Not keeping up with tax is a sure way to oblivion as HMRC have almost unlimited powers - especially if they suspect, for example, that outgoings on materials are not matched by sales of finished goods. It's a great shame, but the market for new cranks is still out there - let's hope somebody has the initiative and backing to fill it.
They're still in business AFAIK. But when the new management have a better understanding of costs vs end user prices, I don't think that their crankshafts are unlikely to become cheaper. For the couple of one off cranks I have had done by Phoenix, they have always been delivered many weeks later than the quoted timescale, wasn't a problem in my case, but that may not be the same for everyone.
Both times I have had cranks made I got quotes from other well known manufacturers, Phoenix were substantially cheaper for the same specification on both occasions, which may have something to do with the "old" business' failure.
When I visited the "new" company recently to pick up a crank, I was told that they had big backlog of work. Perhaps that would be a good reason for the "new" website having been taken down; they won't be needing any new business until there is a reasonable chance of giving a near and realistic date for delivery.