Someone identifying themselves as an ex-employee of DVDsoon contacted me by email with the following comment, which they didn't want to post with the form because it posts the originating IP address. They've authorized me to post it on their behalf. It may be of interest.
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I have found your site and would like to share the information I have on hand with you. Unfortunately I do not want my IP published on your website as it can cause complications. If our IP would be changed more often I would have posted this as a comment.
All of the employees who were staffing DVDSoon/DVDImport were laid off gradually over the past 2 months. According to a friend of mine the company has been declared as bankrupt once again. What is odd out of the situation is that he noted that "syndic" (the group that is legally responsible to declare the bankruptcy) has told them to leave the website open and operational.
The original incorporated company that started DVDSoon is considered bankrupt. According to the Board of Labor there was not one penny left to the company and they could not even cover their own expenses. However they did note that they are trying to find a way to get some money from him personally to pay for his employees. From what I understand there is a complication with the financial history of the company that starts right about when the company started to have problems (long DVDSoon members will remember the start of the problems through the MGM extreme back order problems). This complication occurred one month after the purchase of a three hundred thousand dollar plot of land in Boucherville which was promptly registered in the name of Eric Guiard's girlfriend Claudia Moreau. This cost does not include the cost to build a 2 story house with a 2 story basement. The above conclusion was made by the employees when Sony came to close the contract DVDSoon had with MGM and Sony Music as "they were not paying". This statement was made in the lobby so that all of the employees could hear.
What does not help on this complication is that a lot of his records were "Stolen" according to Eric Guiard. What he did not tell the government is that they had a company shred information in at the beginning of the year when their lease of 25 de lauzon finally expired. This information has been provided to the government.
As the house is registered in Claudia's name the government cannot reposes the house. However they can obligate the couple to return the amount that was used. Thus the house has been on sale since the original bankruptcy.
I have read on your site that people have been attempting to get the name of the group dealing with bankruptcy of DVDSoon. I can confirm 100% that the employees were not given the name of this group. I believe it was not given to us as a lot of us still had claims for missing vacation pay and severance pay. Personally, the board of labor had to investigate in order to locate the group as well. Even today I do not have the name of this group however I will know once they send me my paperwork I need to sign.
Please understand that the only employees of DVDSoon who were aware of the actual situation were Eric Guiard, Veronique Vincent, and Claudia Moreau. The problems they encountered in the original bankruptcy were hidden from employees under the cover of "try to sell". They had to reduce sales as the prospect buyer was not use to dealing with the same client base as DVDSoon. The remaining employees were simply told that they would be only guaranteed 3 months of work in which they would then be laid off temporarily to return once the sale was complete.
Thank you for reading my boring rant regarding DVDSoon and that crook Eric Guiard. May his daughter be wise and unscrupulous.