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  • Prince_Peter
    Prince_Peter Posts: 4 Newbie
    edited 27 June 2017 at 10:06PM
    Flobberchops

    Really hit the nail on the head there in his post.

    Too many people who do not understand risk post absolute nonsense statements like:

    "If it seems to good to be true it must be."

    1955 A person say's it's possible to put a Man on the Moon

    The 4 Minute mile , people and scientist were stating that it was an impossibility that a human could achieve this. As soon as Roger Bannister achieves it many more follow in their footsteps.

    1. The Largest Taxi firm in the world own's no Taxis - Uber

    2. The largest Office provider in the world started less than 7 years ago and own's no buildings - We Work

    Have a look at Bitcoin and while your working out whether its' a fad you will be left well and truly behind.

    As the late and great Sir James Goldsmith famously said:

    By the time you see a bandwagon it's too late!
  • LHW99
    LHW99 Posts: 5,488 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    The trouble Prince Peter is deciding which of the possible bandwagons is just that, when you don't have benefit of hindsight - as many who invested in the DotCom boom found out rather expensively.
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