OK so, the vast majority of Belgian businesses can't conduct business in California, some are suspended, others never even registered. I don't think any of them worry about it. Until they try to open a corner store in San Francisco and accept cash payments for porn site access it's not going to be a problem.

So it is a situation where you are hoping that your clients/suppliers/business partners etc won't notice that technically your company doesn't exist (at that moment).

A Zombie so to speak..

Seriously! If they can't afford to pay the $800 yearly California franchise corporate tax, they might as well be dead in the water.

No it's not. In most cases it's just an oversight. An oversight that does not affect the business or it's day to day operations. A corp forgets to pay a renewal fee, so what?

Why are you so obsessed with this?

Does not affect the business?

Sorry if this might sound a bit rude. Which part of the following do you not understand?

You really think the above doesn't "affect business"? :helpme

My only "agenda" is that I'm telling that we have all been "Mallick'ed". Zombaio merchants' money has been used (illegally) to fund the startup Pizza24.com / Pizza24.se

What's your agenda?

I don't have a dog in this fight.

Just pointing out how minor this franchise fee issue actually is, having experienced this before.

As far as anyone losing money I hope that doesn't happen.


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Me too. Although I am already on the victim list.

Zyber hvis du har et problem med mig send mig en email.
Ingen grund til at det er offentligt.

Ja jeg har fundet ud af hvem du er ;)

looks like a good post for sig spot

dang... it really makes me nervous every time another biller bites the dust.

Well for example, it's been 3 years and so far you are the first person who noticed.

You are literally making a big deal out of nothing, I mean, I am not defending Zombaio, I do agree with most of the mean things people will say about them. But this is really nothing. It's like calling someone bankrupt because they didn't renew their vehicle license registration.

Maybe they don't have an office or plans for one in California anymore? Sure, the smart thing would have been to remove that contact info on their main page 3 years ago but we're talking about Zombaio here.

I have been guilty of much worse oversights. Of course I don't pretend to be a payment processor, and the only person I can mess things up for really is myself and a handful of independent contractors, but all the same, delinquent paperwork notwithstanding, I am very much still in business and I am sure they are too.

UPDATE. So it seems Zombaio staff is reading GFY after all.

Since yesterday the copyright statement has silently been changed from

to

http://i61.tinypic.com/2v95dl0.png

The contact addresses have also been updated. But seems they forgot to update the non-existing "Zombaio LLC" in Sweden. Haha :upsidedow

This editing is similar to when Zombaio silently changes the payout dates in their system, so it looks like they are not behind with their debts.

And Samport Payment Services AB is supposed to be a serious financial institution? :1orglaugh