Pack of wastrels

IvanOpinion

Read story here
OK, apparently we are the worst at something ... namely managing our money ... why is this .. for goodnes sake we have Ballymena in our province which should really help our average .. where are being let down by?

Ivan

motorguy

I read somewhere that because there has been a huge jump in value of houses, people who bought houses prior to the jump are under the impression that they are well off, ie, they may have a mortgage of £80000 on a house now worth £300000, therefore they are more likely to run up credit card bills, etc, knowing they can use the equity to 'pay it off'

The other side of that is, those who are trying to get on the property ladder, or have mortgaged to the limit of / beyond their means, are probably struggling to cope.

Oh, and naff wages.

leftieM

I think you're making an unfair judgement using the term 'wastrels'. The article said that people here are bad at managing money but mentioned nothing about people overstretching themselves by borrowing more than they should - it concentrated on other issues such as not understanding financial products and not having bank accounts. Perhaps you can say that profligacy is implied but it certainly wasn't discussed in the article.

IvanOpinion

leftieM wrote: »

I think you're making an unfair judgement using the term 'wastrels'.

It's meant to be light hearted ... apart from the bit about Ballymena folk ... they are the only peopl I know that when they drop some money it hits them on the back of the head as they try to pick it up

ivan

motorguy

Copper wire was invented in ballymena wasnt it? 2 people fighting over a 2 pence piece....

leftieM

IvanOpinion wrote: »

It's meant to be light hearted

I must have forgotten to put on my sense of humour this morning!

bingo_bango

pgilc1 wrote: »

Oh, and naff wages.

You must be a civil servant too then :rolleyes:

cliffsgirl

Hey, i live in Ballymena! buts its ok i wasn't born there and i know what you mean!

IvanOpinion

Maybe you can answer a question for me then ... do Ballymena chavs have Burberry branded padlocks on the sock in which they keep their money in?

ivan

FRANCIS13_2

Ok folks, enough of the Ballymena jokes. You could live in Larne a real town where men are men and sheep can run fast;)

IvanOpinion

francis13 wrote: »

Ok folks, enough of the Ballymena jokes. You could live in Larne a real town where men are men and sheep can run fast;)

Only the good looking ones

ivan