There but for the grace of God...

[cojak]

...and a healthy dose of common sense...

Whilst Northern Rock was taking a nose dive last year* I looked at Kaupthing and Icesave to move my money, particularly since the Sunday Times had them at No. 1 for rates for months.

Looking at the fact that they were a 1/2% higher than anyone else (hooking the greedy) and the fact that both websites looked like a wedoitcheap.com comedy act, I decided that they were a bunch of barrow-boys out to fleece the greedy and unwary. Didn't use either in the end....



Needless to say don't have a huge amount of sympathy for those who took a risky gamble and lost....

*I didn't have money in NR before they were nationalised for the same reason as above (i do now, however...)

[Bagpuss]

They were not 1 to 2 % higher than anyone else. There were others offering around the same rate. They were for the greedy eh? Then why were you considering it?


PS I couldn't really care less who you have sympathy for.
I always thought you were a Troll or sockpuppet, now I'm 100% certain.

[Dundeegeorge]

Oh, the irony

'I always thought you were a Troll or sockpuppet'

[Cyberman]

Gordon Brown has been gambling with the economy and has lost. Unfortunately, it means that even us that did not vote for him have to suffer too.


..... but then again there is a plus side........ 2010

[cojak]

They were not 1 to 2 % higher than anyone else. There were others offering around the same rate. They were for the greedy eh? Then why were you considering it?


PS I couldn't really care less who you have sympathy for.
I always thought you were a Troll or sockpuppet, now I'm 100% certain.

Excuse me Bagpuss!

Where on earth did that bile come from??

Got our fingers burnt, did we???

(1/2% = half a percent - and I think you'll find they were...)

[AlfredJPruffock]

Gordon Brown has been gambling with the economy and has lost. Unfortunately, it means that even us that did not vote for him have to suffer too.


..... but then again there is a plus side........ 2010

2010 being the End of the Cycle of Time - according to the Mayans ?

[cupidstunt]

...and a healthy dose of common sense...

Whilst Northern Rock was taking a nose dive last year* I looked at Kaupthing and Icesave to move my money, particularly since the Sunday Times had them at No. 1 for rates for months.

Looking at the fact that they were a 1/2% higher than anyone else (hooking the greedy) and the fact that both websites looked like a wedoitcheap.com comedy act, I decided that they were a bunch of barrow-boys out to fleece the greedy and unwary. Didn't use either in the end....



Needless to say don't have a huge amount of sympathy for those who took a risky gamble and lost....

*I didn't have money in NR before they were nationalised for the same reason as above (i do now, however...)

Bit harsh on those that used them imo. If a company's duty is to offer to market the best product they possibly can and as a consumer your duty is to look for what appears to be the best deal then why not go for it. That 'greed' you refer to is something that we are all guilty of in some way on an almost daily basis i.e. every time we purchase something there is a cost/quality/reliability etc etc decision to be made.

Bottom line: I don't believe the investors deserve what has happened to them one iota.

[ace00]

...
Needless to say don't have a huge amount of sympathy for those who took a risky gamble and lost....

*I didn't have money in NR before they were nationalised for the same reason as above (i do now, however...)

Gamble? It's a frickin' bank (well it was). How can putting your money in a bank be considered greedy. You should have more sympathy for those who have had their pension fund cleaned out. What's more, we could be next. Unless you're on the dole of course.......

[Bagpuss]

Excuse me Bagpuss!

Where on earth did that bile come from??

Got our fingers burnt, did we???

(1/2% = half a percent - and I think you'll find they were...)

No they were not even that, 0.05 at most. But that's besides the point, why post such a smug post when someone on this board has suffered the possibility of losing 200k? Insensitive to say the least and totally uncalled for.

Yes I did have some money in KE, but if you'd read up before posting your smugness you would know that nobody has lost out from that bank anyway.


On a possitive note perhaps your tealeaves can tell us the next bank likely to go under? Is it a greedy one from the top of the interest list?

[TheFaQQer]

They were for the greedy eh? Then why were you considering it?

The original post says "for the greedy and unwary", not just the "greedy".

(Not that I agree that putting money in a bank classes as greedy)