tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post1657579974737246667..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: "I don't know whether to laugh or cry at people's complete lack of financial savvy"Labanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-19680740066145724472011-02-21T12:24:50.823+00:002011-02-21T12:24:50.823+00:00Let's hope that couple's Spanish property ...Let's hope that couple's Spanish property is not about to be demolished because the State revoked the Planning Permission granted by some other organ of the same state.<br /><br />And did you see that the Spanish State still has the gall to try to attract genuine British investors (quite apart from scammers like Moore) to buy stuff there? <br /><br />They must think we're gullible as well as stupid. I suppose some of us are.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-19802445439527887992011-02-19T13:54:14.249+00:002011-02-19T13:54:14.249+00:00Dearieme,
You wrote,
"I find it hard not t...Dearieme, <br /><br />You wrote,<br /><br />"I find it hard not to feel sorry for people so stupid, gullible and greedy as to chuck their money away like this. On the other hand, I do regret that they get to vote. And, come to think of it, to breed."<br /><br />One could say the same of a notorious and vituperous blog commentor who inadvertently left his then work's email address on one of his efforts, thus enabling the idly curious not only to track him down, but also to name him and, as a bonus, post his picture on their blogs. You once left your then work email address on a comment attached to a now defunct blog called 'The Bagged Bear'. The email address? Ah, I shall spare your blushes. If only I could see them under the beard. <br /><br />Laban, <br /><br />You've got a good point there. Without wishing to sound like the more irritating type of sociologist, if you think about it Aesop, the Grimms et al were all pre-capitalist. Maybe the pace of life is just too quick to keep their lessons in mind.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11219870920638914624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-69201931643848800212011-02-19T12:47:34.383+00:002011-02-19T12:47:34.383+00:00It certainly worked well for some of us.It certainly worked well for some of us.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-56102695386850395152011-02-19T11:44:57.948+00:002011-02-19T11:44:57.948+00:00I blame the decline in reading fairy tales to chil...I blame the decline in reading fairy tales to children. They're full of cautionary stories of the gullible being robbed or worse. <br /><br />While it's good that people are trusting, they need to know either where to draw the line, or when they're in the region of the line, where what's now called 'due diligence' is required.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-53048076349291968452011-02-18T23:15:37.095+00:002011-02-18T23:15:37.095+00:00I find it hard not to feel sorry for people so stu...I find it hard not to feel sorry for people so stupid, gullible and greedy as to chuck their money away like this. On the other hand, I do regret that they get to vote. And, come to think of it, to breed.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-38608135273735691742011-02-18T22:18:47.522+00:002011-02-18T22:18:47.522+00:00Laban,
Having been involved in multi-level market...Laban,<br /><br />Having been involved in multi-level marketing many years ago, the word for word Moore/Watson spiel is a pretty standard hook. Once you've fallen for that, it's usually no time at all before you've either bought a motivational book or inspiring tape testifying to the power and strength of your upline's wisdom.<br /><br />In fairness, it works for some people. It's an opportunity like any other. Some people can do telesales but are useless in the living room, and vice versa.This sort of stuff's no different. <br /><br />"Liberal Democrat deputy leader Dr Vincent Cable has joined the fight against notorious property tycoon Jim Moore. <br /><br />Dr Cable is calling on the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) to investigate Moore's companies.<br /><br />He told Interactive Investor: "BERR should be investigating these phoenix companies and stopping them from abusing company law in the way that they do. I'm going to bid for a debate in Parliament on this."<br /><br />Cable is appalled that Moore was able to set up yet another buy-to-let property investment company, IAP Global, from the ashes of its failed predecessor, Instant Access Properties (IAP), which went bust in September last year owing £11 million. Earlier in the year a sister company Inside Track also went bust owing £9.7 million." - <br /><br />http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/articledisplay.jsp?article_id=9986298<br /><br />Now that he's Business Secretary, I wonder if Uncle Vince is doing anything about it.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11219870920638914624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-85567706148395887312011-02-18T21:22:20.755+00:002011-02-18T21:22:20.755+00:00Who else remembers the Great Ostrich Farming Boom ...Who else remembers the Great Ostrich Farming Boom of the Nineties?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358349301959327747noreply@blogger.com