Why is there such animosity between certain boards on here?

jinky67

barnaby-bear wrote: »

Having said that I don't get called a !!!!!! too much when I post here - even if I am

But at least you can admit it:rotfl: :rotfl:

barnaby-bear

jinky67 wrote: »

But at least you can admit it:rotfl: :rotfl:

An awful lot of the housing board is helping people with accommodation problems - it's a different tone but they know a lot that can help tenants and people being screwed over...

Numpty_Monkey

If you want to know what makes us different and huggers
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1035831

moneymabel

barnaby-bear wrote: »

But there are some times it's more helpful to hear the blunt 'hard' world opinions - there have been some real car crash cases recently - who quite frankly need beating with a large haddock as they really are hell bent on commiting fraud and financial disaster...... I've not noticed much screaming abuse though just pretty frank - the abuse gets saved for the dodgy LLs...

I agree there are some people who really need it 'telling to them straight ' before they get themselves into financial disaster.However this is about someone posting a perfectly reasonable question and getting a flood of abuse in return, not the same thing IMO.



lmao at 'beating with a large haddock' tho

moneymabel

Numpty_Monkey wrote: »

If you want to know what makes us different
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1035831

you read my mind, i was thinking of this post but i am too stupid to post a link :rolleyes:
this thread shows exactly why i am proud to be a huggy

barnaby-bear

moneymabel wrote: »

I agree there are some people who really need it 'telling to them straight ' before they get themselves into financial disaster.However this is about someone posting a perfectly reasonable question and getting a flood of abuse in return, not the same thing IMO.



lmao at 'beating with a large haddock' tho

I think it was one person who'd probably seen half a dozen similar but with haddock features - the norm for the board is different - flood of abuse see the dodgy LLs roasted alive when they try to screw the tenants posts... :rotfl:

moneymabel

barnaby-bear wrote: »

I think it was one person who'd probably seen half a dozen similar but with haddock features - the norm for the board is different - flood of abuse see the dodgy LLs roasted alive when they try to screw the tenants posts... :rotfl:

I have no problem with dodgy landlords being haddocked:rotfl:

ZTD

barnaby-bear wrote: »

But there are some times it's more helpful to hear the blunt 'hard' world opinions - there have been some real car crash cases recently - who quite frankly need beating with a large haddock as they really are hell bent on commiting fraud and financial disaster......

Yet it's strange that even the Judges (God bless their ivory towers) don't expect that "blunt hard world opinions" will deter fraudsters from criminal activity. They seem to like their deterrence to take the form of financial penalties, and a sphincter so large you could park a Range Rover in it (aka Prison).

So screaming abuse seems to be in the no-mans land of ineffectualness. Too harsh to be listened to, and not harsh enough to deter. So perhaps something else would be better.

Bismarck

Numpty_Monkey wrote: »

If you want to know what makes us different and huggers
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1035831

thanks for that....proud to be a hugger. There is so much strength and feeling in that thread.

rog2

Snooze wrote: »

I don't "do" frills with my replies, unlike you folks who don't understand the concept of just telling it like it is. Sorry if you don't like that or don't agree, but that is me and how I work and I've no time nor patience for tell-me-what-I-want-to-hear time-wasters.

Perhaps you should try "doing frills" occasionally, snooze - it might even make you feel a bit happier with yourself.
Do you not think that many of the posters who find this forum have already gone through the 'being told it as it is' stage - often by people whose only interest is self-centred, and who have no intention of 'helping' the debtor to find a solution?
I would seriously suggest that you do not volunteer yourself to work for any of the debt counselling charities.
Often 'time' is something that many posters, here, have precious little of, having turned to this forum as a result of people 'banging at the door (often literally) so they do not want to 'waste' it.
A response from someone who claims to be 'telling it as it is' will frighten off many 'newbies' depriving them of the opportunity to learn from others who have been, or still are, in their situation. Sometimes, yes, there is a need for 'tough love' but it is how that 'tough love' is given that is important.
You may think that we are a bunch of losers - that is an opinion to which you are entitled, but one which would be best kept to yourself by not posting - but this oard has, and continues to do so, helped many people to regain their self-respect and to tackle what, otherwise, might have been seen as insurmountable problems.