Wilsons Selling Up. The Lot. All 700 Houses.

ruggedtoast

Cleaver wrote: »

This is pretty much the hypocrisy I was referring to this morning. On the one hand you have a very moralistic and ethical stance on the Wilson's business (a stance on which I agree with in many ways) and then another post saying that Tesco's business plan, which is very similar in terms of morals and ethics, gets you a cheap laptop so you're all in favour of it and couldn't give a monkeys whether it puts local shops out of business.

I wouldn't dream of moralising where you should buy anything. But you must see the basic irony of your two posts?

Not really Cleaver my old chalk. Tesco is a thriving sustainable business that provides millions with, jobs, careers (my ma in law has been treated brilliantly by Tesco over the years and she only works on the counter) the happiness of cheap laptops, value beans and superb customer service.

In my opinion they deserve a spinning Martin.


:money:


The Wilsons just took advantage of regulatory failures in a somewhat regrettable period of British capitalism, to price a lot of people out of owning a home, and were by all accounts atrocious landlords to hundreds. The market says their business is now done.

The Wilsons, in opinion deserve A RELENTLESS AND BRUTAL FISTING FROM A GORILLA
:T:T:T

Cleaver

God, I've just realised I have this under my name:

Fantastically Fervent MoneySaving Super Fan


I'm sure I only had three medals yesterday.

I only wandered in to here by accident and these four badges probably represent that I've posted my millionth word or something. I need to get a life.

What's next after four medals? Do I get knighted? Or get to accompany Martin on a trip to GMTV to talk about claiming bank charges back and 2 for 1 pizzas?

JonnyBravo

Cleaver wrote: »

Entirely the point I was trying to make. The Wilsons aren't exactly like Tesco or any other business, and that wasn't the point I was trying to make. I was trying to just ask the initial question that when we buy a product or service we have to make some difficult decisions about morals, ethics and whether we want to use the company involved. I'm coming across as some left wing, green crusader today which would be a false picture as not going in to Tesco (mainly because it bores me) is pretty much as far as I go. Most of my moralising goes on at home on the sofa and gets forgotton for the sake of convenience or laziness as one other poster pointed out.

But I still maintain that anyone saying that businesses including large supermarkets, banks and other coporations don't share any intrinsic values and traits with people such as the Wilsons are completely niave.

Right, I'm off with my clubcard to get a £2 t-shirt that was made by a child in Cambodia at gunpoint. God, no wonder I stick to gags and random posts on here, real debate is so stressful.

Don't worry I got it from the start.

It reminds me of a conversation I had with our favourite missing in action poster NDG about the nature of it all being grey rather than black or white.
On that thread BTL and bread came up. Pretty similar I guess.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=14427567&highlight=bread#post14427567

Enjoy that T-shirt.... at least you're getting double clubcard points nowadays!

JonnyBravo

ruggedtoast wrote: »

The Wilsons, in opinion deserve A RELENTLESS AND BRUTAL FISTING FROM A GORILLA
:T:T:T

What did gorillas do to you to deserve that?

theartfullodger

The Wilsons?? What, the a****oles who took two tenants to court seeking £3,000 for an entire new bathroom suite all because the lid was accidentally broken and the particular 'colour and design' had been discontinued.

see

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1209013/Property-tycoons-worth-70m-demand-3-000-bathroom-suite-tenants---replace-200-broken-toilet-lid.html

The judge (sensible lad..) found against the greedy b*****rds...

IMHO these guys give decent Landlords a bad name..

Cheers!

Lodger

(PS Lousy dress sense they have!!)

Harry_Powell

Really2 wrote: »

Your picture was a joke because i said i don't do insults as I have a dart board (eg your picture on a dart board) you picture was off a lin bo drinker put on this forum.

Out of interest, could you paste a link to the photo or a description of Graham. I've always pictured him as being suaved and sophisticated Cary Grant look-a-like. Am I close?

BettiePage

Rupert_the_Bear wrote: »

You are very, very wrong on that score. They are the very epitome of sartorial elegance.

Why don't you post a picture here of your goodself in your gladrags so we can all have a gander?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:..................................

chucky

Harry_Powell wrote: »

Out of interest, could you paste a link to the photo or a description of Graham. I've always pictured him as being suaved and sophisticated Cary Grant look-a-like. Am I close?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:no!! but he's likes big fire places

Really2

Harry_Powell wrote: »

Out of interest, could you paste a link to the photo or a description of Graham. I've always pictured him as being suaved and sophisticated Cary Grant look-a-like. Am I close?

I will have to let him do it. He will accuse me of something else otherwise.

theartfullodger

Bob the bear (? any 'gers connection??)

re

You are very, very wrong on that score. They are the very epitome of sartorial elegance.

Why don't you post a picture here of your goodself in your gladrags so we can all have a gander?

I'd love to but how do you post a pic here??

Regards & best wishes to all, including those who disagree with me...

Cheers!

Lodger