Comments on: Gemballa closed by German authorities? UPDATED

By: xiaoyu

xiaoyu — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:18:50 +0000

I want to have the their cars !

By: ??

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By: Mike Burroughs

Mike Burroughs — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:09:01 +0000

Sadly, Uwe Gemballa is still missing in South Africa, despite efforts from the German and South African police and Interpol to find him.
Time is not on his side. After this much time, few kidnap victims are recovered.

Let us pray for his safe return.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:53:11 +0000

Problem is, he may not have any money, it’s well known in the industry that Gemballa has been struggling for a while.

By: Mike Burroughs

Mike Burroughs — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:03:56 +0000

One final point that I am sure you will ignore as well:

Had Uwe Gemballa “gone on the run to South Africa” as so many media pundits allude, he wouldn’t have to hide at all. South Africa is one of dozens of countries that doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Germany. (And there are many of these “no extradition” countries a lot closer than South Africa)
He could just take his money and his family and set up shop there and thumb his nose at almost everyone.

But he’s missing. His family is sick with worry.
But you probably couldn’t care less. You’ve got another story to write.

By: CarsUK

CarsUK — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:09:14 +0000

We do have facts. Cars were impounded and owners had to fly to Germany to recover them. The facts make a story, not the other way round.

By: Mike Burroughs

Mike Burroughs — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:01:39 +0000

Our company has not experienced any credit problems with Gemballa. Period.

Is it your assertion that the German authorities seized or impounded vehicles? I’ll help you. Dictionary.com: Impound: to seize and retain in custody of the law. It didn’t happen.
The owners were simply called and asked to come and pick them up, showing proof of ownership, of course.

Anything for a story. If you don’t have the facts, you just make them up.

By: CarsUK

CarsUK — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:48:34 +0000

Your faith in your ‘friend’ is touching.

But if you’re really a supplier to Gemballa – as you have claimed – then you must have asked the question for the last few months ‘When are we getting paid?’ Which is the question every other Gemballa supplier we have spoken to has been asking Uwe for months.

We notice you now no longer seem to take issue with our assertion that cars were impounded? And if you can’t answer you own questions – which to almost anyone would seem to illustrate the root of the issue – then I’m afraid we can’t answer them for you.

By: Mike Burroughs

Mike Burroughs — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:30:56 +0000

Alas, there just seems no end to the distortion. Mrs. Gemballa placed the company in bankruptcy to protect it from the creditors and banks who pounced when Uwe disappeared. 2+2 does not equal 5.

The online news accounts simply defy logic:
If he was really going on the run, wouldn’t he arrange any big financial transactions, illegal or otherwise, before he left? Why would he call his wife from SA asking for a million Euros?
If he was really going on the run, why would his wife involve the police?
If he was really going on the run, why would he create a new German company before he left?

Your version has so many holes the Swiss could use it for cheese.

No, it is my opinion that Uwe Gemballa is being held against his will by person’s unknown. There are many powerful entities trying to find him.
And I am very worried about him and deeply concerned for his safety.

By: CarsUK

CarsUK — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:12:07 +0000

We believe he is. Together with that other Gibb brother Kenny.