MDT Classics is no more

[Jonathan]

Hi All,
I've read this morning on another forum that MDT Classics has gone into receivership.  Very sad news.

Not sure where the best place for this posting is so if it is in the wrong place, please feel free to move it!

[Gareth Vaughan]

That's sad. I used to but a lot of CDs through them. Very reliable.

[Mark Thomas]

The web site is certainly down. What a shame. Just shows the pressures that there are on CD retailers these days, although I was reading only the other day that "classical music sales" (whatever that may mean) were substantially up last year.

[TerraEpon]

Yeah, even though I'm in the US they were often the cheapest when making larger orders. All that's left now is ImportCDs really.

Man I long for the days of AllBooks (I think it was called)....heh.

[hyperdanny]

I had noticed that the website had been down for the last week..too bad, I was about to make a rather substantial order, my last before Brexit...

[Alan Howe]

I had assumed it was just a website problem, but their phone's been unavailable too. Of course, there's always Europadisc...

Here's confirmation of MDT's demise:
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3193757

[M. Yaskovsky]

What does receivership mean? The same as bankruptcy? I've a pending order with them...

[Alan Howe]

I'm sorry to hear that. Does this help?>>
https://www.realbusinessrescue.co.uk/articles/business-insolvency/administration-and-receivership

[Richard Moss]

Presto Classical also offer CDs  (and downloads) at competitive prices (similar to Amazon) and I believe our dear friends at MusicWeb are also into the business of supplying CDs too. Not trying to start a list here of CD suppliers, just to broaden out a bit from Alan's comment.

Sad as it is to see them go (I too have bought quite a few from them in the past), we still have a lively market (for now anyway) to choose from.

Cheers

Richard

[Alan Howe]

Presto are too pricey, in my experience. Europadisc are more competitive in general. I rarely buy from Amazon themselves - marketplace sellers are cheaper.

[StCheryl]

Does anyone have any idea how to retrieve wish lists that were on the site? I had them email my old one (going back 10 years with roughly 100 items on it) several months ago when the site changed, but trashed the email when I reentered all the things on the list. Now I have no idea how to get the wishlist from the old MDT site, or from gmail? Any ideas? Thanks.

[Mark Thomas]

The web site seems to permanently down, the company seems to have ceased trading and be in liquidation. Sorry, but I'd say that your chances are very slim unless the business is rescued, which looks unlikely. It might be worth contacting the liquidator (see this: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3193757), but I doubt that they'd give it any priority as they're generally only interested in financial matters.

[tpaloj]

Does anyone have any idea how to retrieve wish lists that were on the site? I had them email my old one (going back 10 years with roughly 100 items on it) several months ago when the site changed, but trashed the email when I reentered all the things on the list. Now I have no idea how to get the wishlist from the old MDT site, or from gmail? Any ideas? Thanks.

Defunct websites are archived from time to time. You can try accessing snapshots of the pages via archive.org and see if it's possible to find your list there (if it's through a customer account page this likely won't work). See the link:

https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.mdt.co.uk/

[StCheryl]

Thanks for your help with this. I will try the archived website idea. And maybe if I contact the liquidator and cry I can get 1 minute  of access to the site...

[Richard Moss]

Alan,

Tks for the update that Europadisc are probably cheaper - worth knowing for any future purchases.

Cheers

Richard