[London, ENGLAND] Asset disposition firm Bid4Assets
said Thursday it is to sell the last remaining assets
of the (old) defunct boo.com north america inc.
Although boo.com has risen again under new ownership,
there are some remaining assets of the old company
in North America where the European fashion retailer
had headquarters in New York City. They include desktop
computers, laptops and monitors and other equipment that
could be attractive to cost-conscious Internet companies.
“We believe the best way to sell Internet assets is on
the Internet,” said Bid4Assets Chief Executive Tom Kohn.
“Our experience selling these types of assets has brought,
and will continue to bring, the best return to creditors,”
Kohn claimed.
In end-of-2000 round-ups of the Internet industry, the
fall of boo.com comes consistently as one of the most
spectacular events. In Thursday’s Financial Times it is
listed at the top of an illustration of a gravestone
as having “died” on May 17, having absorbed an investment
of US $165 million.
Earlier this year boo.com sold everything else, from inventory
to its back-end order fulfillment technology and domain
names. Most of its assets were purchased by Fashionmall.com,
the U.S. firm that has now relaunched boo.com.
Bid4Assets says that interested parties can schedule a time to
inspect the equipment in the former boo.com New York office.
Sales conducted by Bid4Assets of other failed Internet companies
have included Value America, Broadband Infrastructure Group,
Civiczone.com and others that wish to remain anonymous.
