Comments on: Save Yourselves! http://mike.brisgeek.com/2006/08/08/save-yourselves/ ...or .NET and other stuff that wouldn't fit into Mike's day job. Sun, 19 May 2013 15:37:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: MikeFitz http://mike.brisgeek.com/2006/08/08/save-yourselves/#comment-1205 MikeFitz Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:05:52 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2006/08/08/save-yourselves/#comment-1205 Thanks for the encouragement, Neil. And thanks for the links from <a href="http://wile1one.spaces.live.com/" rel="nofollow">your new site</a>. Cheers -- Mike Thanks for the encouragement, Neil. And thanks for the links from your new site. Cheers — Mike

]]> By: Wile http://mike.brisgeek.com/2006/08/08/save-yourselves/#comment-1201 Wile Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:14:51 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2006/08/08/save-yourselves/#comment-1201 We also lost a 6 figure sum in our pasts due to a short sighted greedy bloke. Honest people get hit, crooks get caught, and the real benneficiaries get your money and live the high life. Bottom line, dont you let it poison yours and your significant others outlook. We share your grief and know what it means to you. What we tell ourselves is that there is no insurance against deception. You grieve as if you lost someone, because in fact what you have done is surrendered part of your own future. You have lots of mates out here and you are welcome to lean on us any time. Further, there will be other opportunities for you mate. The way forward is to focus on each other, not on what you lost. Neil and Leonie. We also lost a 6 figure sum in our pasts due to a short sighted greedy bloke. Honest people get hit, crooks get caught, and the real benneficiaries get your money and live the high life.

Bottom line, dont you let it poison yours and your significant others outlook. We share your grief and know what it means to you. What we tell ourselves is that there is no insurance against deception. You grieve as if you lost someone, because in fact what you have done is surrendered part of your own future.

You have lots of mates out here and you are welcome to lean on us any time. Further, there will be other opportunities for you mate. The way forward is to focus on each other, not on what you lost.

Neil and Leonie.

]]> By: MikeFitz http://mike.brisgeek.com/2006/08/08/save-yourselves/#comment-1165 MikeFitz Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:08:20 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2006/08/08/save-yourselves/#comment-1165 Thanks for the thought, Boff. It's hard to pin down any illegality, but at the very least he was really crap at his job. He probably disclosed lots of stuff in the fine print. I knew I was paying him lots of money. Like, when you go to a doctor or lawyer, you usually presume you are paying them to advise what would be in your best interest. I reckon I should at least get back the commission he pocketed. Some days I'm able to say to myself <em>"Well it's just money. We're still alive"</em>. Other days I really feel like burning down ... well, his wheelie bin at least. (If you see me on TV being led out of a court in handcuffs, you'll know it got out of hand.) Yeah Colonial. Good choice. Before I went to this guy, I had stuff with Colonial. Those were the days. Thanks for the thought, Boff.

It’s hard to pin down any illegality, but at the very least he was really crap at his job. He probably disclosed lots of stuff in the fine print. I knew I was paying him lots of money. Like, when you go to a doctor or lawyer, you usually presume you are paying them to advise what would be in your best interest.

I reckon I should at least get back the commission he pocketed.

Some days I’m able to say to myself “Well it’s just money. We’re still alive”. Other days I really feel like burning down … well, his wheelie bin at least. (If you see me on TV being led out of a court in handcuffs, you’ll know it got out of hand.)

Yeah Colonial. Good choice. Before I went to this guy, I had stuff with Colonial. Those were the days.

]]> By: MadameBoffin http://mike.brisgeek.com/2006/08/08/save-yourselves/#comment-1164 MadameBoffin Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:47:54 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2006/08/08/save-yourselves/#comment-1164 Oh Mike that's terrible!! This man should be facing a mandatory jail sentence, in my opinion and there should be some sort of guaranteed money replacement for investors (in a perfect world). I find this beyond appalling. I notice that the Westpoint investment paid high commissions to financial planners who recommended it to clients - there should be some kind of full-disclosure law about that (is there already?). This will come as no consolation for you but, for what it's worth, I invest my super (I'm too poor for other investments) in a managed fund with Colonial, who have been truly excellent. For what it's worth. Oh Mike that’s terrible!! This man should be facing a mandatory jail sentence, in my opinion and there should be some sort of guaranteed money replacement for investors (in a perfect world). I find this beyond appalling. I notice that the Westpoint investment paid high commissions to financial planners who recommended it to clients - there should be some kind of full-disclosure law about that (is there already?). This will come as no consolation for you but, for what it’s worth, I invest my super (I’m too poor for other investments) in a managed fund with Colonial, who have been truly excellent. For what it’s worth.

]]>