Any question answered...

Sure, I get that. Maybe what I should be asking is would he get in any trouble if he just stalled until the point at which there was no company to give it back to.

In this situation my sympathies lie very much with the employees getting stiffed.

I'd wait and see if a liquidation company gets in touch about it

Maybe they don't flat out refuse but just drag their heels a bit?

'Of course, fully intending to bring it back. Just had some job hunting suddenly take priority so I'll get it back ASAP. How's the final paycheque coming along?'

So hold on to it until they contact him about it, as opposed to his boss asking for it back? That feels like a good plan

And @duncs yeah that’s essentially what I’ve been saying he should do so far. I said to say he didn’t have access to it right now and then just vague things up to an infuriating degree.

I don't really know the full liquidation process but I know a company should get appointed that will try and get back any money from debtors and selling equipment to pay any creditors (plus the massive liquidation company fee). I'd guess it depends on how well the company has tracked who has what equipment. If a liquidation company does get in touch I'd probably just return it because I don't know how likely they are to count it as outstanding debt and sell it to a collection company or if they'd just write it off.

Anyone know what the legal position is here?

Probably theft. The administrators may take steps to try and recover the company's property as legally they will be seeking to maximise the returns to the creditors.

Seems a lot of potential hassle to keep a laptop.

It’s a 3k laptop that he will need as he’s going to now be freelancing with immediate effect. So far he’s not been paid for the last months work (I’m doubtful it will happen), so it’s bad timing to need to fork out to replace it right now 🤷‍♂️

We had this in my first/last/only job back in 2010. Tbf everything was desktop back then apart from a macbook I used. Unbeknownst to me, the IT guy hid it and gave it to me a few weeks later.

Everyone was generally well behaved except for the senior editor who came in with a van that evening and stole about £200,000 worth of avid systems/decks etc. He was a horrible racist cunt who bullied his assistant, did coke at his desk but was deemed too valuable/much of a liability to be let go. He denied theft and it was never recovered and he seems to be happily working at Sky now.

I'm sure there's a middle ground.

I have a lot (like, a lot) of cycle clothing/accessories to sell on here, but find the faff of dealing with payments/postage, mixed with mild dyslexia (esp numbers) extremely time consuming and I get anxious about muddling stuff up. Is there a way to streamline this, that will fit with LFGSS selling rules - example ref. would be a private Vinted store that could automate payment/postage for items...?

Worth asking @Velocio for guidance but in principle I think what you suggest is a very reasonable approach.

Edit: p.s. First dibs/list on everything in my size

Everyone was generally well behaved except for the senior editor who came in with a van that evening and stole about £200,000 worth of avid systems/decks etc

Little did he know that by 2012 they'd be worth fuck all.

LELZ

Old school Avid editors are the absolute worst cunts though. I left uni in 2005 but didn't go down the usual, runner then assistant editor path so by the time I started interacting with them I was at that level.

I honestly couldn't believe how fucking useless they all were, absolutely incapable of working with out the assistant (who did most of the work), having absolute melt downs if anything went wrong (as they have no clue how to fix anything) and generally being arseholes.

What they were good at was completely bullshitting clients and post producers (who were generally no less clueless than clients)

No chance they'd survive today but they'd find work as tiktok grifters.

What they were good at was completely bullshitting clients and post producers (who were generally no less clueless than clients)

isn't this like... 90% of all old school post heads

True, but at least the flame artists usually had something underneath the bullshit.

Lol.
"I am getting dark edges, there must be something wrong with your render."

Could ask someone on here to list and sell for you for a %?

Thinking about taking a Brompton to Crete for some casual cycling around near Chania on the north west side to be precise.

Topo maps make it look somewhat daunting for a 3sp Brompton. Has anyone here cycled ‘round those parts? What’s your experience?

would he get in any trouble if he just stalled until the point at which there was no company to give it back to.

As others have said, his problem will then be with the receiver once one is appointed.

looking for Jonathan Milan's Trek Madone SLR in Ciclamino, someone posted a pic of the whole bike last week (?) but I cannot find it anymore on here... who can point me to it, Google/DuckDuckGo is not very cooperative either :-/

https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/lidl-trek/bike-check-the-ciclamilan-bike

grazie mille!

Can anyone offer advice on camera drones?

I'm getting back into a bit more photography, and I'm enjoying using an action camera on the bike to get some video and different perspectives.

I'm also into RC and I'm thinking a drone might really tick a few boxes for me. After some very short research - bearing in mind I don't need the latest and greatest (I don't think) - the DJI Mini 3 can be had for a decent price (even better, second hand).

But it would be good to hear how actual users find it, or if there is an option I am missing.

(my action camera is DJI - not sure if that influences things with chargers etc)

I have a mini 3 pro (the RC controller with screen version). I work in video so picked it up as a backup for when we need to steal a shot and didn't budget an actual drone op with a cine lifter. I've never used it professionally. In fact I've used it 3 times cruising around the cliffs in Cornwall and it's sat in a case since then.

I would say it's fine... It's easy to use, quite fun, batteries don't last forever depending on wind speed (plenty windy on the cliffs) so you'd probably want to buy a couple of spares whatever version you get. It's got clever tracking software so you can do some novel bits like following people/bikes/vehicles etc. It's nippy. Good stabilisation. Pretty quiet unless right above you.

The main reason I got it was because it was light so once you've got your registration you can use it in a lot of environments (not all, not without due care and not on private/near mil/air spaces etc obvs) https://register-drones.caa.co.uk/individual/register-and-take-test-to-fly

The RC controller is bright but you'd want a sunshade for sure. Biggest gripe is actually part of the USP - it's very small. My eyesight isn't tremendous so it goes out of range for my eyes pretty quickly and you're reliant on the screen/signal. You're supposed to keep it in visual line of sight at all times. And I know it's there, but I just can't see it once you get about half a kilometre away. They reckon you can fly it 10km so I can only assume you'd need someone standing with you training some punchy binoculars.

Lovely - thanks for such a detailed response!

10km!

And I'm probably being dense, but which would I need?

if you’ll fly, you must pass a theory test to get a flyer ID
if you’re responsible for a drone or model aircraft, you must register for an operator ID

EDIT: figured it out! It's a lot of common sense and "if in doubt, check/don't fly".