Rankin82 0 #1 July 2, 2012 I've recently raised nearly £600 in preparation for a charity jump for my friends daughter who is in remission from bone cancer. I tried to log back into my fund raising page this morning on their website and it's saying "under construction" and their phone line is dead!! I'm so worried about the money all my friends and family have donated to the charity through this website!! Can anyone give me any information as to what has happened to them (and the donations) Very anxious and distraught fund raiser Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #2 July 2, 2012 The Website seems to be operational again.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rankin82 0 #3 July 2, 2012 No, it's still showing as under construction. Are you sure you tried .co.uk and not .com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeorgiaDon 340 #4 July 2, 2012 ukskydiving.com is functional. That dropzone (North London Skydiving Center) is located at the Chatteris Airfield, Cambridgeshire. On the other hand, ukskydiving.co.uk is "under construction". Hopefully the North London Skydiving center (ukskydiving.com) is the one you have been dealing with. Don_____________________________________ Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996) “Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rankin82 0 #5 July 2, 2012 It's not unfortunately. I was dealing with ukskydiving.co.uk I just tried to find their details through companies house and had the same dead telephone number and can't get their website up either. Absolutely gutted :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hodges 4 #6 July 2, 2012 I've never heard of this website. What is it? A fundraising type thing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jalien 0 #7 July 2, 2012 http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ukskydiving.co.uk says that the guy's name is Andrew Lovemore, and gives an address. The whois link gives another address I think. You might be able to google some more info about him / the company. Hope it wasn't a scam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Divalent 89 #8 July 2, 2012 Looks like it is this guy (same name, and his home page is the web address at issue). http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?username=andrewlovemore; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rankin82 0 #9 July 2, 2012 Thanks everyone. I'll try the jump centre, charity itself and charity commission tomorrow. Surely people can't be that low to steal money from a charity. Will let you know if I have any joy 😡 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rankin82 0 #10 July 2, 2012 I found out from bpa.org that it's a booking agent only. Although I jumped with them in April 2006, so thought they were reputable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #11 July 3, 2012 andy is on european boogie-tour, dont know how often he's on the interwebz.. i've seen him this weekend.“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMK 3 #12 July 3, 2012 Andy is quite widely known in the European skydiving scene. Having met him on occasion, I highly doubt he has run off with your money. This is a small niche sport and companies that operate in skydiving don’t exactly have the support staff of Microsoft or Oracle. Even when we know each other personally, we can go many days without be able to contact each other when off on skydiving trips. By nature, skydiving needs wide open spaces, so we often are in places with questionable phone/internet/wifi coverage. A website going down can be a simple as not paying your hosting fee or when it came up for autopay your credit card on file had the old expiry date. Companies House data can be out-of-date/incorrect for years. Of course I understand your concern, but I don’t think you need to take this to the prime minister and parliament yet – it’s the beginning of summer near a weekend. Give it another day or two."Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to attend his classes" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rankin82 0 #13 July 3, 2012 Thanks guys, It's not Andrew that is the director of the company, I've found out it's a chap called John Royce. I by no means am accusing Andrew of anything. It was just suggested on here that he was associated with the company, therefore the post continued on from that. Obviously you can understand my concern when family, friends and colleagues have all donated substantianal sums of money to the website/company and obvioulsy the dread of losing it all is setting in. Also to make matter worse I might not to get to jump and the charity will not get their donations :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d123 1 #14 July 3, 2012 Here you can find a snapshot of the website from sep 2010 http://web.archive.org/web/20100922155438/http://www.ukskydiving.co.uk/Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rankin82 0 #15 July 3, 2012 Wow, thanks so much. Hopefully that will help with any proof that there once was an operational website accepting money from unsuspecting fundraisers :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trigger 0 #16 July 3, 2012 Andy is currently in hospital following a tunnel mishap resulting in a trapped spinal nerve (ouch)....CHOP WOOD COLLECT WATER. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #17 July 3, 2012 Quote Andy is currently in hospital following a tunnel mishap resulting in a trapped spinal nerve (ouch)... i've just seen the picture - apparently, he's quite fond of being there! andy, if you stumble over this, i wish you a speedy recovery.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #18 July 3, 2012 Yeah, from what I've seen on Facebook he's currently in a neck brace in hospital. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
holie 0 #19 July 4, 2012 ... check that: https://www.facebook.com/andrew.lovemore.5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #20 July 4, 2012 Quote Andy is currently in hospital following a tunnel mishap resulting in a trapped spinal nerve (ouch)... that's what you get for slow tunnel flying ouchiiie get well soon baybaaaay daaaaaarlin'scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rankin82 0 #21 July 4, 2012 Get well soon Andy. Is Andy Lovemore the man that runs the show at UK Skydiving then? Could this be why the website and phoneline is down? Or is that a long shot? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NealFitz 0 #22 July 4, 2012 Andy is part of Skydive UK Ltd. get well soon bud!! maybe you should try the number on this page http://web.archive.org/web/20100831223045/http://www.ukskydiving.co.uk/ContactUs.html I remember seeing the webpage not too long ago so maybe they havent paid their fees yetDudeist Skydiver #170 You do not need a parachute to skydive, you only need one to skydive again Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rankin82 0 #23 July 11, 2012 Well just tried calling them again. The answerphone message is now saying UK Skydiving is closed for Restructuring and to contact [email protected]. Surprise, Surprise the email doesn't work! And had no response from them for the Breach of Contract letter that was sent last week! Losing faith :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emmajane1181 0 #24 July 11, 2012 Hi, This has happened to me too. I completed my skydive in January, and have been chasing up the money ever since. I am in the process of filing a claim through the small claims court, but don't hold much hope of getting it back. Quote Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites yoink 321 #25 July 11, 2012 This fucking sucks. British skydiving is too small for these guys to dissapear... Come on Brits - where are these guys? What's the story? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
yoink 321 #25 July 11, 2012 This fucking sucks. British skydiving is too small for these guys to dissapear... Come on Brits - where are these guys? What's the story? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
