A few weeks ago I had secured a rental agreement (strobe packs, lights, stand, booms, bags, butterflies, etc) with one of the Calumet rental shops. I've rented from this particular store for about 7 years, if not longer. Their equipment was always ready to go, and in good shape. When I read about their bankruptcy, I called the store thinking that someone would be there to, at the very minimum, return cameras to owners after repair and to receive rental gear. Nope. Store was shut. I called the rental dept. manager on his personal cell (because by this time we had a good friendship beyond our jobs).
On Wednesday, all employees came to the store. The manager asked for their keys and employee/security badges and sent them home. The store had cameras from a dozen customers (repairs, sensor cleanings) that could not be picked up. They had half their rental inventory out that could not be returned. They had photographers coming to get rental gear who would not be told they were closed, and were met with locked doors and an empty, darkened store. The store had taken 50% deposits on Zeiss, Canon & Nikon lenses from several loyal customers. Employees were owed a two-week paycheck which had never been deposited (via direct deposit).
What a clusterfuck. Clearly upper management doesn't care a whit about anyone but themselves.