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Generali

Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite

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30 December 2012 at 2:54AM in Debate House Prices & the Economy

A nice easy one today.

How much did Martin Lewis sell MSE.com for?

On a related note, ISTR that the promise used to be that if you bought something that was recommended by this website that the money went to charity (Martin's charity I think???). DAK what happened to that promise or am I imagining things?

How much did Martin Lewis sell MSE.com for? 24 votes

Not a lot. Less than a million quid.

4%

Jes0rKah

1 vote

Quite a lot. Less than £100,000,000 (but more than a mil obviously)

91%

michaels

Thrugelmir

silvercar

molit

BlondeHeadOn

JonnyBravo

IveSeenTheLight

JWF

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Nikkster

GeorgeHowell

chewmylegoff

morag1202

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

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Yorkie1

tberry6686

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BobQ

22 votes

Almost enough to feed a banker for a year, more than a hundred mil.

4%

vivatifosi

1 vote

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HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite

30 December 2012 at 3:00AM

Quite a lot. Less than £100,000,000 (but more than a mil obviously)
Oh, Martin, if you're reading, I'm invoicing you by the hour for all this pointless bickering valuable content creation.

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vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite

30 December 2012 at 11:55AM

Almost enough to feed a banker for a year, more than a hundred mil.
B*gger, I've gone high and possibly shouldn't have done. I wonder if I read the amount in dollars.

Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.

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Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite

31 December 2012 at 5:34AM

vivatifosi wrote: »

B*gger, I've gone high and possibly shouldn't have done. I wonder if I read the amount in dollars.

You are an outlier. In mitigation I didn't quote a currency.

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vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite

31 December 2012 at 8:35AM

Almost enough to feed a banker for a year, more than a hundred mil.

Generali wrote: »

You are an outlier.

How exciting. Doesn't that make me a success then per Malcolm Gladwell?:D

Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.

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DiggerUK Posts: 4,992 Forumite

31 December 2012 at 7:18PM

If he handed it over to a drug lord and somebody from HSBC, it will have at least tripled by now.
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