MSE Discussion: MoneySavingExpert.com to join the MoneySupermarket.com group

nilrem_2

pennyc10 wrote: »

Dear Martin; you've saved me, my friends & family so much money over the past few years. We are delighted for your success. Good for you! You've helped millions of peopleand will continue to do so with MSE & your charitable donations. You're an absolute star!! THANK YOU & GOOD LUCK!:wave::wave:

OMG

(Very sorry but it's too much)

pink_princess

pennyc10 wrote: »

Dear Martin; you've saved me, my friends & family so much money over the past few years. We are delighted for your success. Good for you! You've helped millions of peopleand will continue to do so with MSE & your charitable donations. You're an absolute star!! THANK YOU & GOOD LUCK!:wave::wave:

How do you know that he will continue to save people money? MS have said they have given him targets. How can he achieve his targets and give out unbiased advice?

melbell

aliasojo wrote: »

I have no problem with people posting how they feel about this situation but the amount of posts like the one I've quoted is ridiculous.

I kinda hope all of you that are so fed up with this sell off and feel the need to post nasty or biatchy comments like the one above, do sod off elsewhere. You'll not be missed.

Martin revels off his brown nosers. It is sickening and many many people do agree with me (read the thread)

Also, when Martin posts a dubious idea his followers are quick to approve.

aliasojo

melbell wrote: »

Martin revels off his brown nosers. It is sickening and many many people do agree with me (read the thread)

Also, when Martin posts a dubious idea his followers are quick to approve.

Who the hell do you think you are?! I've read the thread AND I've got my own mind!

I've already stated people should be free to post their opinion about the sell out but posting personal remarks like you did about what other people think is out of line.

Fact is people are free to believe whatever the hell they want. You need to be less concerned about what other people do or think.

Occy

My personal discomfort of this is if this site was just a blog or a personal site with articles and links would it have 19m visitors a month? Would we return to it everyday to see the latest offering from ML? I doubt it.

ML leveraged his work for Newspapers, radio and TV it provide content here but what really made the big bucks was us. The forum generated the return traffic whether it was for the weight loss posts or Swagbuck challenge like myself or the many other major/minor interest, challenges or help groups postings. It was our contributions both in content attracting people back and clicking affiliate links that gave this site its worth.

So bottom line ML sold us, or at least our continuing contributions and that is what bugs me.

O.

jicms

Absolutely gutted. I would never trust anything on Moneysupermarket. Isn't there another entrepreneur out there who'd like to start up a replacement site?!

aliasojo

Occy wrote: »

My personal discomfort of this is if this site was just a blog or a personal site with articles and links would it have 19m visitors a month? Would we return to it everyday to see the latest offering from ML? I doubt it.

So bottom line ML sold us, or at least our continuing contributions and that is what bugs me.

I get that. And I think there is some weight to that argument.

But people seem to expect him to act like some sort of noble, altruistic God whose only concern should be staying a certain way just for us.

I find that strange. This place isn't ours. It's his business. To do with as he likes.

He doesn't know us, we're not his friends or family. We're just a bunch of strangers who came to a place he created, to talk to each other. Some people would just have sold up and not given a toss about the place thereafter, at least he's done what he could in terms of trying to put things in place to keep things as they are, yet (some) people are already kicking off as if these things have already failed.

It remind me of kids who fall over and start screaming immediately before they even know if it actually hurts or not. At least wait until you know for sure!

lr1277

jicms wrote: »

Absolutely gutted. I would never trust anything on Moneysupermarket. Isn't there another entrepreneur out there who'd like to start up a replacement site?!

Entrepreneurs will want a return and therefore means selling out in some form.

If Martin issued shares to the forumites, I suspect it would have been a very expensive process. Also who is to say some financial firm wouldn't make an eye watering offer. Now you could say we are staunch forumites we would never sell. But you don't know about the other share owners. Maybe their circumstances dicatate that they need the money so even though they wouldn't want to sell, they end up selling.

What you need is a philanthropist. Nearest philanthropist could be Martin. He is probably precluded from starting a rival site, so maintaining some sort of editorial control could be the least worst way forward.

Just saying.

meher

To think of it, many people switch careers - turn into a nun, return to education, scientist choose to become a hippy and homeless, and even pathetic and worse - a leftie a businessman turn politician, leave family life to go to meditate in himalayas and what not. Siddhartha was a prince turned beggar who left his kingdom and young family for soul seeking. Sale of a site to focus on other aspects of consumer championship is no different I suppose.

melbell

aliasojo wrote: »

Who the hell do you think you are?! I've read the thread AND I've got my own mind!

I've already stated people should be free to post their opinion about the sell out but posting personal remarks like you did about what other people think is out of line.

Fact is people are free to believe whatever the hell they want. You need to be less concerned about what other people do or think.

Martin is a Sell out. Why do you think they've bought this place? For user data? You don't think after 3 years your emails won't be spammed to hell?

Please.

and what personal remarks? He is a big sell out. He sold everyone out.