Arbiter is no more...

terminal3 · #1 (**permalink**) 30th January 2009 , 03:24 PM

Breaking news... looks like the credit crunch claims another business. They're in administration with immediate effect, all employees made redundant.

They lost Steinberg anyway, but were still the UK distributor for Native Instruments, Moog and a number of other companies.

How this will affect availability of their products through retail channels here will remain to be seen I suppose - anything interesting to say, DV?

sureno · #2 (**permalink**) 30th January 2009 , 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by terminal3

Breaking news... looks like the credit crunch claims another business.

They lost Steinberg anyway, but were still the UK distributor for Native Instruments, Moog and a number of other companies.

How this will affect availability of their products through retail channels here will remain to be seen I suppose - anything interesting to say, DV?

damn this is bad, wonder what Steve has to say about it all

Wilty · #3 (**permalink**) 30th January 2009 , 03:29 PM

That is vaguely worrying. I'd have thought they'd have been pretty safe (but then I'm not really that well informed). Just goes to show I guess.

Dave Boulden · #4 (**permalink**) 30th January 2009 , 03:54 PM

Real shame... I used to get on well with the staff at Arbiter.

sureno · #5 (**permalink**) 30th January 2009 , 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Boulden

Real shame... I used to get on well with the staff at Arbiter.

yeah i remember dealing with Shona, she looked right after me and my Audio8 DJ

waxxy · #6 (**permalink**) 31st January 2009 , 05:21 PM

ive just read on another forum they also owned all the reverb stores ..if this is true maybe thats why i had problems getting my order last week im pretty lucky i got my order on thursday then..i took me ages and lots of phone calls too recieve my item.

TrevCircleStudios · #7 (**permalink**) 31st January 2009 , 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by waxxy

ive just read on another forum they also owned all the reverb stores ..if this is true maybe thats why i had problems getting my order last week im pretty lucky i got my order on thursday then..i took me ages and lots of phone calls too recieve my item.

I wonder if the soundcontrol millstone was what took them down...

Jeremy Lumsden · #8 (**permalink**) 2nd February 2009 , 12:55 PM

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How this will affect availability of their products through retail channels here will remain to be seen I suppose - anything interesting to say, DV?

The availability of many products previously distributed by Arbiter should significantly improve from this point on as we deal with both new distributors and manufacturers directly.

clockworks · #9 (**permalink**) 2nd February 2009 , 03:28 PM

does it affect Reverb in anyway?

sureno · #10 (**permalink**) 2nd February 2009 , 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy Lumsden

The availability of many products previously distributed by Arbiter should significantly improve from this point on as we deal with both new distributors and manufacturers directly.

is that implying Arbiter where not efficient? may be a reason why they went bust???

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Wilty Super Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stevenage Posts: 835	That is vaguely worrying. I'd have thought they'd have been pretty safe (but then I'm not really that well informed). Just goes to show I guess. ______________________________ At the bottom of a rather steep Learning Curve (I like Brackets).
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#6 (permalink) 31st January 2009 , 05:21 PM
waxxy Rave Digga Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,197	ive just read on another forum they also owned all the reverb stores ..if this is true maybe thats why i had problems getting my order last week im pretty lucky i got my order on thursday then..i took me ages and lots of phone calls too recieve my item.
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