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Sandbankrupts!

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  • Max_Headroom_3
    Max_Headroom_3 Posts: 1,597 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Bar and property tycoon Richard Carr — shown on Morgan’s show sipping bubbly with beauties on his £2million yacht — now lives in a rented flat above a caf!.

    Richard, 49, said: “I’ve lost the lot, my personal fortune and a lifetime’s work. I’m a total victim of the credit crunch.
    “At one stage I was worth about £35million. Now I’ve got just £100 in my pocket

    "Honest Mr. Creditor, I've not got a penny to give you."

    I'll bet. :D
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  • Yakubu22
    Yakubu22 Posts: 640 Forumite
    500 Posts
    poppy10 wrote: »
    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2179462.ece

    £100 in his pocket? That's more than I've got in all my pockets combined.

    Throw him in the workhouse
    "For those who understand, no explanation is necessary. Those who don't understand, dont matter."
  • amcluesent
    amcluesent Posts: 9,425 Forumite
    edited 10 July 2009 at 12:42PM
    >My expereince tells me in most cases in truth they owe almost as much as thier supposed worth.<

    Yep. When peeps ask me how much I'm worth, I always quote the net figure, which I think is realistic as I've written down the value of my house (mortgage free) by 15%. Quite a few don't understand the significance.
  • joolsybools
    joolsybools Posts: 1,595 Forumite
    mr_jetlag wrote: »
    Hey ho, the nouveau riche suddenly find their riche has vanished... :rotfl:

    Seems to me the Sandbanks was a wannabe Dubai. A neighborhood exclusively for new money characters - con men, footballers or slebs. Who would want to live there anyway? Why would anyone pay a million quid for a chilly beach in Poole !!!!!!?

    I wouldn't say no to 'winning' it for £25! :rotfl::D
  • JanCee
    JanCee Posts: 1,241 Forumite
    joolsybools wrote: »
    I wouldn't say no to 'winning' it for £25! :rotfl::D

    I must admit I was tempted myself when I saw that comp.
  • Alan_M_2
    Alan_M_2 Posts: 2,752 Forumite
    What a scoop.....Rich people lose more money than those less rich.....

    You'd be hard pushed to lose £35 Large if you'd never had it to start with.

    Must be a slow news day........
  • bo_drinker
    bo_drinker Posts: 3,924 Forumite
    Max_Headroom wrote: »
    You're quite right of course.

    But to use this specific example if I may, in 100 years time you'll both be just as dead, but only one of you will have owned a fleet of swanky cars... ;)
    Ityf they were on lease/finance never owned. It was so easy to sign that dotted line back in the day. (no envy just fact) :confused:
    I came in to this world with nothing and I've still got most of it left. :rolleyes:
  • shakerbaby
    shakerbaby Posts: 413 Forumite
    Snadbanks, the biggest over-rated pile of tatty cheap looking plastic faux builds ever.
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