Raru halts orders and blocks access to SAGamer forum

[Jan]

Raru stops taking orders

Online retailer Raru is no longer taking orders, according to a notice on its website.

Its closure follows months of customer complaints that orders were not being delivered on time and refunds weren’t being processed on time.

 

[saor]

Due to unfortunate circumstances we have no choice but to stop taking orders.

Ja you scammy fokkers should've done that moons ago instead of continuing to take orders you couldn't properly fulfill.

 

[Creag]

What a sad end.

 

[AfricanTech]

SA Gamer regulars moved to Discord in anticipation of the forum being shutdown.

Grim days in SA continue.

 

[prod]

SA Gamer regulars moved to Discord in anticipation of the forum being shutdown.

Grim days in SA continue.

Why did they buy that forum? I'm not too active there and never was but from what I remember it basically got put aside and left to die once Raru took over, or what's the story there?

 

[AfricanTech]

Why did they buy that forum? I'm not too active there and never was but from what I remember it basically got put aside and left to die once Raru took over, or what's the story there?

No idea.

It was fairly active in it's heyday (unrelated to Raru) - I met some nice people there.

 

[CrazyLittleBunny]

Really hope they are not closing down. Never had any problems with them.

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

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[saor]

Really hope they are not closing down. Never had any problems with them.

They were great for books and music and games etc. years ago. The last while they've bee dropping the ball a lot on orders.

 

[Tharaxis]

Very surprised, Raru was always my go-to for games and gaming peripherals and they always came through on the expected time with their orders. Cancelling orders also went through smoothly and never had problems with them, right up until middle of this year.

I'm concerned because I have at least one preorder with them for, I believe, later this month, and now I'm concerned that they're not only not going to fulfil, but that the money's gone.

 

[gregmcc]

Really hope they are not closing down. Never had any problems with them.

Too late - they won't be coming back.

 

[LazyLion]

oh crap... just sent an email to my bank to see if I can get my money back.

 

[Sarg3_ZN]

oh crap... just sent an email to my bank to see if I can get my money back.

I started that process on Monday.

 

[Virex]

Is it safe to assume all the people they owe money, can now kiss their money goodbye? Surely the banks can do reverses for them? That's what one of my co-workers ended up doing. Sucks for the people they owe. I wonder how much money they have made off with

 

[Virex]

oh crap... just sent an email to my bank to see if I can get my money back.

They should be able to do a reverse for you.

 

[Virex]

Really hope they are not closing down. Never had any problems with them.

There's always this one person. And you are that 'one person'.

 

[My_King]

I get the feeling they have cash flow problems.

 

[Rouxenator]

Never had issues with them. This is sad.

 

[OhYeah84]

Really hope they are not closing down. Never had any problems with them.

Ordered from them 4x. every single time was an issue. And I had to order from them because the other price scammers, Takealot, never had stock.
Never did that again.

 

[PsyWulf]

Is it safe to assume all the people they owe money, can now kiss their money goodbye? Surely the banks can do reverses for them? That's what one of my co-workers ended up doing. Sucks for the people they owe. I wonder how much money they have made off with

Taking stock of assets and liabilities,see if Business Rescue can be done or Liquidate
Cents/Rand payout after a few years