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Irresponsible Borrowers

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  • It's all a bit of a lottery then, YEAH?

    So what's the difference between the cash buyer at the repo auction, and the multi-billion mega world wide banking system which suddenly decided to walk away from the gambling table?

    The difference is, when the banks walk away, the world stops going round!

    It ain't the borrowers/purchasers' fault, it's the lenders'...
  • PasturesNew
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    The difference is, when the banks walk away, the world stops going round!

    It ain't the borrowers/purchasers' fault, it's the lenders'...
    Ever lent a mate £20 because they say they've no food in .... then later that night seen them rolling out of a pub?

    It's the borrowers' fault.... especially those who lied.
  • Exocet
    Exocet Posts: 744 Forumite
    The difference is, when the banks walk away, the world stops going round!

    It ain't the borrowers/purchasers' fault, it's the lenders'...
    Well the thread, titled by you, is called Irresponsible Borrowers. tbh, if I wanted to make the point I think you want to make, I'd have called it Irresponsible Lenders, or similar. Saves time, and a certain amount of Saturday night confusion.
  • Ever lent a mate £20 because they say they've no food in ....

    But banks don't do that, do they? They are the professionals, they know what they are doing, they don't deal in loyalty issues, only profit...
  • Exocet
    Exocet Posts: 744 Forumite
    But banks don't do that, do they? They are the professionals, they know what they are doing, they don't deal in loyalty issues, only profit...
    .. or Problem Bankers...
  • PasturesNew
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    I'm leaving this thread... it's proper confusing the heck out of me ... what it's about, why ... and where it's going. I'm far too confused already.

    I don't do discussion/debate/reasoning. I do random flippant postings.....
  • darkblue_2
    darkblue_2 Posts: 676 Forumite
    . I do random flippant postings.....

    Hear Hear!

    If we run fast enough and lose money as we go - the government may buy us. I'll be Fred the Shred, you be the one with the horses.
  • Exocet wrote: »
    .. or Problem Bankers...

    The problem bankers got bailed out by the the exchequer - how many 'cash buyers at the repo auctions' could depend upon such support?
  • I'm leaving this thread... it's proper confusing the heck out of me ... what it's about, why ... and where it's going. I'm far too confused already.

    I don't do discussion/debate/reasoning. I do random flippant postings.....

    You could always try a bit of personal abuse - it can work wonders when you know you have nothing useful to contribute to a discussion...
  • darkblue_2
    darkblue_2 Posts: 676 Forumite
    The problem bankers got bailed out by the the exchequer - how many 'cash buyers at the repo auctions' could depend upon such support?

    It's all getting a bit cryptic, but I'll have a stab.

    How many cash buyers offer bank/savings accounts to Joe Bloggs on the street? How many cash buyers at repo auctions employ a huge amount of staff over the world?

    I'm not defending the bail outs for a second, but I don't think the analogy works.
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