Originally posted by John Galt
When I was a lad it was shamefull to be in debt - these days it's almost a fashion statement 
However, lenders were a lot tighter in those days.
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When I was a lad it was the done thing to have a big mortgage debt, a bank loan for a car, and to mark time at your job for life to pay them off.
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She says the kid was planned so f uck her and her dreamstate husband. Should have planned enough spare money for the sprog then shouldn't they.Comment
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The problem, unlike the 70's, we will end up paying for it. Big time...Originally posted by John GaltWhy is it these days that people have no sense of responsibility these days. It has been announced today that personal bankrupcies have exceeded 100,000 this year (1 year of shame then all back to normal apparantly thanks to Bliar) and repossesions are at their highest level for 6 years but it is never the debtors fault is it?? These days the blame seems to lie with the banks. Obviously they are employing heavies to twist people's arms to ensure that they get in loads of debt. When I was a lad it was shamefull to be in debt - these days it's almost a fashion statement
It's a fucking disgrace.If you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.Comment
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A friend of a friend
...is up to his eyeballs in debt.....mostly if not wholly in part to his lavish lifestlye....over 100K now in debt.
Caused by blowing £500 p/m clothes shopping, £200 p/m on beauty treatments, £150 p/m on a haircut, plus £600+ p/m on clubbing it (and being such the....er....how to put this..."nice" guy he is) paying for everyone's drinks.
Personally, I'm suprised he even gets to the club before they close, as I am told he takes over 3 hours to get ready when going out.
And before you ask..yes he is.Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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That's the age old story though, isn't it, BGG? If you owe the bank a thousand pounds you've got a problem; if you owe the bank a hundred thousand pounds they've got a problem. Once your debt goes past a certain level, you may as well spend, spend, spend.Comment
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A Chamberlain Scott recruitment agent?Originally posted by Board Game GeekIf you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.Comment
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Originally posted by Torran
“None of us was born with the ability to manage finances sensibly; we all have to learn how to do it, sooner or later, accompanied by a greater or lesser degree of pain.”
She did have a financial consultant!
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/investi...5&in_page_id=3
Perhaps she knew better though, she sounds the type...
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"Kensington Mortgages respond too, in writing.
They say that they do not have a payment holiday policy, nor do they freeze interest or charges and that I must continue to make payments or face the consequences. "
I bought a repossesed house off kensington. They are a borrower of last resort (the guy who defaulted had a sh1t credit rating). They have charges for everything as you would expect.
What a muppet this woman is!I remember the good old days of this site when people used to moan about serious contractor related issues like house prices and immigration. How times have changed!?Comment
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