Hundreds of shoppers flocked to Robin's Kitchen stores as administrators drove discounts up to 70 per cent People flock to Robin's Kitchen store as company prepares to wind up trade on Christmas Eve. PIC: Andrew Seymour Source: CourierMail HUNDREDS of shoppers flocked to Robin's Kitchen stores yesterday as administrators winding up the failed retailer drove discounts up to 70 per cent off to rake in quick cash. But furious gift voucher holders were not so pleased, especially when administrators confirmed they would charge $150,000 for two weeks' work and booked one of Brisbane's most expensive hotels for the creditors' meeting. Surat Basin truck driver Anne McKillop, 61, lost $50 off a gift voucher bought on Tuesday morning, just hours before administrators took over. She was furious that administrators refused to honour her $50 card, yet were being paid lucrative fees of up to $650 an hour per senior staff. I can't work at the moment because of an injury, and my husband is on the pension, so $50 is a lot of money for us - and I had borrowed money from my son to pay for the voucher. These companies, they can get away with it. If it was a different situation, where someone had given me $50 in return for an item, and they never received that item, I would end up in court," she said. The company knew this was on the cards, so why didn't they just contact the stores and tell them not to accept any more lay-bys or sell any gift vouchers? Something needs to be done. My husband said they should stick the ACCC onto them. In a note to creditors and suppliers yesterday, FTI confirmed they would charge around $150,000 for two weeks's work leading up to the first creditors' meeting. The fees were calculated on an hourly rate for each person carrying out work, with the standard rate for a senior managing director at $590 per hour before GST. As well, FTI gave notice that it had booked the ballroom of one of Brisbane's most expensive hotels, the Stamford, for the first meeting of creditors on December 30. Two things will be decided at that meeting: Whether a committee of creditors should be set up, and if the administrators should be removed from office.