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    Dodgy Agents

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4826444.stm

    Lying to customers, faked signatures, false passports and dodgy deals with developers. An undercover investigation reveals the secret world of estate agents' dirty tricks.

    And this is news?

    #2
    Money and Honour do not belong in the same purse.

    Old Spannish Proverb

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      #3
      Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

      Balzac.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Pinto
        Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

        Balzac.
        Shouldnt this be;

        "Behind every rich Russian there is a former state asset"

        Mailman

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          #5
          Originally posted by Pinto
          Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

          Balzac.
          Aye Pinto

          When you get down to making the loot
          Dont give a damn ... dont give a hoot
          Chaffeur Driven

          Art for Arts Sake
          Money For Gods Sake
          Straight from heaven

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            #6
            Originally posted by Mailman
            Shouldnt this be;

            "Behind every rich Russian there is a former state asset"

            Mailman
            Gordon Brown ........

            "Many a mickle makes a muckle"

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              #7
              Originally posted by Mailman
              Shouldnt this be;

              "Behind every rich Russian there is a former state asset"

              Mailman
              Behind every contractor is apermie that couldn't take orders from a muppet in an ill-fitting suit

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                #8
                Originally posted by Hart-floot
                Gordon Brown ........

                "Many a mickle makes a muckle"
                Many a macroeconomic endogenous growth theory makes a feckup.

                Gordon Brown. Allegedly.

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                  #9
                  Anyone else see the TV version of this?

                  They caught some classic lines from the dodgy feckers. One guy talking about how nice a bloke the 75 year old guy was whom he was ripping off.

                  Another said he gets nightmares about being shown on a property show

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