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« Reply #15 on: 09 January 2018, 11:20:01 »

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« Reply #16 on: 09 January 2018, 11:20:41 »

Some years ago we had a very modest house. but no mortgage. A good business deal meant we were in a position to move quite a bit upmarket. We spotted a couple of properties in an area we liked both with the same estate agent. He wouldn't let me view them. Discouraged me on every house I asked about. Didn't want my contact details. He couldn't take on board the price range jump.

I bought the house I wanted via a different agent, and 18 years later refused to consider using the same agent when I sold. Never pre-judge people. I now have a small business, and I'm always surprised at who spends the most.

 
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« Reply #17 on: 09 January 2018, 11:53:02 »

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/maserati/quattroporte/first-drives/2016-maserati-quattroporte-gts-review

The Quattroporte GTS on Top Gear did sound rather nice.  8)
Quattroporte, meaning..........four doors. Very exotic  ;D
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« Reply #18 on: 09 January 2018, 11:56:07 »

Some years ago we had a very modest house. but no mortgage. A good business deal meant we were in a position to move quite a bit upmarket. We spotted a couple of properties in an area we liked both with the same estate agent. He wouldn't let me view them. Discouraged me on every house I asked about. Didn't want my contact details. He couldn't take on board the price range jump.

I bought the house I wanted via a different agent, and 18 years later refused to consider using the same agent when I sold. Never pre-judge people. I now have a small business, and I'm always surprised at who spends the most.

 
There’s nothing I like better than putting on my thickest Scouse accent when ringing anyone in authority, they can’t wait to put the phone down, I can tell. But I won’t let them.  :)
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« Reply #19 on: 09 January 2018, 11:59:03 »

One of the wealthiest men I've ever known used to always dress like he'd just been digging the garden. He ran his own successful business & drove a Rolls Royce.
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« Reply #20 on: 09 January 2018, 12:16:37 »

I would, but then I don't claim to be in my right mind.  :)

As would I......although like Mr Bitz I'm not of sound mind. :) :)

The Italian do passion.....the Germans do pragmatism. :y
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« Reply #21 on: 09 January 2018, 12:17:46 »

I would, but then I don't claim to be in my right mind.  :)

As would I......although like Mr Bitz I'm not of sound mind. :) :)

The Italians do passion.....the Germans do pragmatism. :y
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« Reply #22 on: 09 January 2018, 12:21:46 »

I would, but then I don't claim to be in my right mind.  :)

As would I......although like Mr Bitz I'm not of sound mind. :) :)

The Italian do passion.....the Germans do pragmatism. :y

Me too,in a heartbeat if I had the funds :y
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« Reply #23 on: 09 January 2018, 12:24:03 »

I would, but then I don't claim to be in my right mind.  :)

As would I......although like Mr Bitz I'm not of sound mind. :) :)

The Italian do passion.....the Germans do pragmatism. :y

Me too,in a heartbeat if I had the funds :y

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« Reply #24 on: 09 January 2018, 12:28:06 »

Some years ago we had a very modest house. but no mortgage. A good business deal meant we were in a position to move quite a bit upmarket. We spotted a couple of properties in an area we liked both with the same estate agent. He wouldn't let me view them. Discouraged me on every house I asked about. Didn't want my contact details. He couldn't take on board the price range jump.

I bought the house I wanted via a different agent, and 18 years later refused to consider using the same agent when I sold. Never pre-judge people. I now have a small business, and I'm always surprised at who spends the most.

 
There’s nothing I like better than putting on my thickest Scouse accent when ringing anyone in authority, they can’t wait to put the phone down, I can tell. But I won’t let them.  :)


Oh . . . . is there such a thing as a "thin" Scouse accent then ?    ;D

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« Reply #25 on: 09 January 2018, 12:46:05 »

Some years ago we had a very modest house. but no mortgage. A good business deal meant we were in a position to move quite a bit upmarket. We spotted a couple of properties in an area we liked both with the same estate agent. He wouldn't let me view them. Discouraged me on every house I asked about. Didn't want my contact details. He couldn't take on board the price range jump.

I bought the house I wanted via a different agent, and 18 years later refused to consider using the same agent when I sold. Never pre-judge people. I now have a small business, and I'm always surprised at who spends the most.

 
There’s nothing I like better than putting on my thickest Scouse accent when ringing anyone in authority, they can’t wait to put the phone down, I can tell. But I won’t let them.  :)


Oh . . . . is there such a thing as a "thin" Scouse accent then ?    ;D
There certainly is...Scouse lite, where the recipient doesn’t get soaked with spit.  ;D
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« Reply #26 on: 09 January 2018, 13:38:08 »

One of the wealthiest men I've ever known used to always dress like he'd just been digging the garden. He ran his own successful business & drove a Rolls Royce.

I know a fella who is in his late 50's, about 20 stone, looks as though he buys his clothes from charity shops, could do with a good scrub etc, and goes round in a rusty Citreon Berlingo van.  ::)

I know that he owns and rents out about 50 odd houses!  :y
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« Reply #27 on: 09 January 2018, 14:14:43 »

One of the wealthiest men I've ever known used to always dress like he'd just been digging the garden. He ran his own successful business & drove a Rolls Royce.

I know a fella who is in his late 50's, about 20 stone, looks as though he buys his clothes from charity shops, could do with a good scrub etc, and goes round in a rusty Citreon Berlingo van.  ::)

I know that he owns and rents out about 50 odd houses!  :y

There's a saying, something along the lines of  . . . .

"Rich people stay rich by spending like they're poor

Poor people stay poor by spending like they're rich"



I can personally think of two people in the past, flash cars, big houses, bimbo wives (also with flash cars) etc. Both went bust, one actually did a runner owing lots of cash.

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« Reply #28 on: 09 January 2018, 15:08:55 »

One of the wealthiest men I've ever known used to always dress like he'd just been digging the garden. He ran his own successful business & drove a Rolls Royce.

I know a fella who is in his late 50's, about 20 stone, looks as though he buys his clothes from charity shops, could do with a good scrub etc, and goes round in a rusty Citreon Berlingo van.  ::)

I know that he owns and rents out about 50 odd houses!  :y

There's a saying, something along the lines of  . . . .

"Rich people stay rich by spending like they're poor

Poor people stay poor by spending like they're rich"



I can personally think of two people in the past, flash cars, big houses, bimbo wives (also with flash cars) etc. Both went bust, one actually did a runner owing lots of cash.
Alot to be said for paying upfront... ;)
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« Reply #29 on: 09 January 2018, 16:18:18 »

I used to have a mate who was in the scrap metal business who loved people judging him by his scruffy appearance, always paid for everything in cash , was with him in 1975 when he bought a new XJ6 for himself and a Rover 2200 for his missus , the salesman's face was a picture!
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