MSE sold for £87 million - What do you think?

Growurown

Just read on the BBC website that MSE has been sold for £87 million, and Martin will receive £35 million and £10 million will go to charity.

What do you think? :money:

925pws

I think it's great so much money is going to charity but part of me is cautious about this, I mean no matter what clause is put in the contract at the end of the day moneysupermarket is a business and it's there to make money so I wonder how long they will wait before they get our email addresses and start to bombard us with products.

Sorry but I am a skeptical one

elly-spendaholic

We will see..I hear Martin is staying on as chief editor, so don't think things will change in the immediate future- he has done well with this website and am sure has put a lot of hard work into it too, so why not get rewarded? Glad some of it is going to charity too!

sistafromanothermista

elly-spendaholic wrote: »

We will see..I hear Martin is staying on as chief editor, so don't think things will change in the immediate future- he has done well with this website and am sure has put a lot of hard work into it too, so why not get rewarded? Glad some of it is going to charity too!

:T I agree. None of us post anything that could identify us in the RW it's just email address's like any other forum.

millionaire_in_training

I'm delighted for Martin. Also he has no need to donate 10 million to charity so it says a lot for the type of man he is that he is doing this. Good on him I say. I get bombarded with 'stuff' anyway so I'm not overly bothered re my e-mail address and I trust what Martin says.

So all I want to say is good on you Martin and all the best to you and your wife ( and the bump) for the future. Many thanks as you and this forum have saved me thousands.

Now if you could just see your way to giving me 14k from the charity fund then I will love you forever :rotfl:

fatbelly

The BBC article is here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18295587

My attitude is just to applaud Martin for what he's done over the past ten years.

brightonman123

do MSE users get shares, or a payoff too then?

would be nice to have at least given the chance to buy some..

jemcart

Well done Martin! Good luck to him, he's built it up through hard work.

It's great he's giving a good share to worth causes as well.

Ypaymore

Growurown wrote: »

Just read on the BBC website that MSE has been sold for £87 million, and Martin will receive £35 million and £10 million will go to charity.

What do you think? :money:

Dedicated thread on subject here if you wanna get members reaction.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/53495201#Comment_53495201


Facts here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/site/2012/06/martin-lewis-on-moneysavingexpertcom-joining-the-moneysupermarket-group?utm_source=forum&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=box

atush

brightonman123 wrote: »

do MSE users get shares, or a payoff too then?

would be nice to have at least given the chance to buy some..

No one in debt has money to buy shares even if?

Mort

Looks like a good deal to me and nothing should change too much.
I don't pay to use the site, I am just a user so don't expect a say on how it is run or who owns it.

Am I envious of Martin's success? Certainly. Will I lose sleep over it? No. Am I grateful the site exists? You bet.