edscoble-
But the content in the stores isn't the property of the landlords surely?
Exactly. So who do the landlords give it to? Anyone that turns up and points to something saying "that's mine"?
The property in the store is the leverage that the landlords need to get Evans to sort things out properly. Sucks for the customers invovled but the little people will get fucked over in a game of landlords vs tenants.
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The landlords will expect:
- money outstanding
- money for repairs/restoration to original condition
- cost to dispose of additional items
Unless you have a shop full of gold bars or diamonds the charge for a bailiff or similar to remove, store and eventually sell all the stock will almost always balance out so the landlords get almost all of what they are owed and then the bailiff fee collects the rest. Especially for that shop if I remember right it's downstairs so the fee for labour will be huge if they need to justify it carrying bikes up the stairs one by one and then selling them to barely cover the labour charge.
- money outstanding
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Not really. Stealing requires an intention to permanently deprive the owner of the item. The landlord would argue they aren't doing this as the items are just caught up in Evans not paying their rent and they'll get them back when the issue is resolved. In other words, it's not the landlord's responsibility to sort out items that only Evans knows the proper ownership of.
Anyway, it's shitty for all involved.