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  • simon3x3
    simon3x3 Posts: 26 Forumite
    Lokolo wrote: »
    Thats because this is a members only club. You are seen as spam. Promoting old threads for no reason saying how amazing an oppurtunity is. This is a company that is not regulated and therefore, to look after newbies, we do not promote these.

    We will continue to report for spam as your posts have no substance to what they are written on.

    Also my aim is not to promote anything but give my view and experiance as an investor who has used Harewood in the past, there is nothing wrong with that
  • simon3x3
    simon3x3 Posts: 26 Forumite
    Lokolo wrote: »
    I have already told my point, we do not PROMOTE unregulated activity which is what you are doing. I made that pretty clear in my previous post.

    And I can assure you, posting your account to MSE will do you no favours, the majority of users in these boards do not agree with a lot of MSE and it is very much self ran. So you would not be doing yourself any favours.

    If Harewood were to get themselves regulated then people would more likely hear you out. However, that's unlikely to happen.

    Well the offer was there to post my results and now i hear you say that its not a good idea, and as mentioned before i am not trying to promote i am giving my experience so take it or leave it but don't go deleting or reporting posts as spam without asking questions as then there will be no answers

    This is an open forum so treat it as such
  • sorcerer
    sorcerer Posts: 878 Forumite
    Don't you think it's a little odd, that your first post to this forum, is to say how great your investments are. Normally people join to ask a question.


    You display all the traits of a spammer backing up his/her own company, I see it every week on here, believe me your not the first to try this, and it never works.
  • le_loup
    le_loup Posts: 4,047 Forumite
    Would you like to explain why you are so insistent on posting favourable comments here?
    Tell us about your bank or electricity suppliers and why you are such a satisfied customer of them.
  • simon3x3
    simon3x3 Posts: 26 Forumite
    sorcerer wrote: »
    Don't you think it's a little odd, that your first post to this forum, is to say how great your investments are. Normally people join to ask a question.


    You display all the traits of a spammer backing up his/her own company, I see it every week on here, believe me your not the first to try this, and it never works.

    Because I have seen negative feedback about a company I have invested in? is that not reason enough, when a person asks has anyone heard of this company and I have I will reply, also when I see something I do not agree with I will reply

    People who just sit back and let others trash talk a company are not helping the people who are asking the right questions, what would your answer be if you had invested with harewood and saw negative comments about them, would you just say oh well not my problem and walk away?
  • simon3x3
    simon3x3 Posts: 26 Forumite
    le_loup wrote: »
    Would you like to explain why you are so insistent on posting favourable comments here?
    Tell us about your bank or electricity suppliers and why you are such a satisfied customer of them.

    see my last post

    I really don't get why people can not understand someone wanting to post if they have had a good experience when others are posting negative comments

    seems that's the culture here to just be negative only, be positive and you must be a spammer or work for the company?
  • sorcerer
    sorcerer Posts: 878 Forumite
    People who just sit back and let others trash talk a company are not helping the people who are asking the right questions, what would your answer be if you had invested with harewood and saw negative comments about them, would you just say oh well not my problem and walk away?[/QUOTE]



    Yes most people would not join a forum and go to all the trouble. So the only way you found the post was buy googling the company, why did u google it? Was it because you own the company and wanted to know what people were saying about you?
  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 18,877 Forumite
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    edited 25 April 2014 at 12:34PM
    simon3x3 wrote: »
    I really don't get why people can not understand someone wanting to post if they have had a good experience when others are posting negative comments
    Because it just doesn't happen for a brand new forum member. Some of us have been on here for many years and seen it all before.

    If you're a happy customer why would you be searching forums for Harewood Associates complaints? How exactly did you find this thread? Happy customers don't randomly find negative threads and start posting - that's why you get the response you do.
    simon3x3 wrote: »
    seems that's the culture here to just be negative only, be positive and you must be a spammer or work for the company?

    That is absolutely not the case. Look at the reviews for HL. There is a wide mix of feedback, positive and negative. But you don't see anyone sign up purely to sing their praises.

    A long time member may be likely post positive reviews because they spot a post that they have experience of; a brand new member posting something is highly unlikely to be anything other than a stooge for the company in question - most fail miserably in their attempts because they are so blatant.

    I'm an investor too but why would I want to touch an unregulated company when I can get a decent return from a regulated one that actually has a guarantee that is worth something?
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • dunstonh
    dunstonh Posts: 120,181 Forumite
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    Unregulated schemes are generally high risk and lack consumer protection. A high proportion (compared to regulated schemes) go on to fail or turn out to be dodgy. Guaranteed does not mean guaranteed in the unregulated investment world. Why do you get 12-20% guaranteed when base rate borrowing is so cheap and they could keep all the profits for themselves.
    I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.
  • simon3x3
    simon3x3 Posts: 26 Forumite
    jimjames wrote: »
    Because it just doesn't happen for a brand new forum member. Some of us have been on here for many years and seen it all before.

    If you're a happy customer why would you be searching forums for Harewood Associates complaints? How exactly did you find this thread? Happy customers don't randomly find negative threads and start posting - that's why you get the response you do.



    That is absolutely not the case. Look at the reviews for HL. There is a wide mix of feedback, positive and negative. But you don't see anyone sign up purely to sing their praises.

    A long time member may be likely post positive reviews because they spot a post that they have experience of; a brand new member posting something is highly unlikely to be anything other than a stooge for the company in question - most fail miserably in their attempts because they are so blatant.

    I'm an investor too but why would I want to touch an unregulated company when I can get a decent return from a regulated one that actually has a guarantee that is worth something?

    I have received the mse news letter since before 2008 but have only recently seen the post here and also a member asking a question so I answered it

    also another reason why no body probably posts here is as i said before that any positive remarks on this site seem to get banned or marked as spam and as such I have had to write to mse and argue my case as surprise surprise people on this post had my account closed rather than hear my views

    so mse agreed to re open my account as after looking at it they could see how long i have been receiving news letters and that I am not a spammer

    seems you have to get banned to prove a point
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