Most expensive repossession ever recorded...

[Funk]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Former-B...

That's going to hurt a little.

[outlaw biker]

I read one in the paper today about a millionaire who moved out of his £5m? home and let the bank repossess it because he believed it was haunted!

[chris_w666]

Just a bit.

[Penny-lope]

Ouchie........

[Racingdude009]

Um he made and lost £150m before going into Banking.

Sounds like a rather high risk type of business person to me.

[shadowninja]

Seems a bit strange. "before going into banking". Well, I've tried running a dotcom business. I'll have a bash at the banking lark, now. Just how difficult can it be?

[Funk]

shadowninja said:

Seems a bit strange. "before going into banking". Well, I've tried running a dotcom business. I'll have a bash at the banking lark, now. Just how difficult can it be?

Tricky, evidently..

[FourWheelDrift]

Funk said:

shadowninja said:

Seems a bit strange. "before going into banking". Well, I've tried running a dotcom business. I'll have a bash at the banking lark, now. Just how difficult can it be?

Tricky, evidently..

Very tricky, especially when you are fined a record amount for misleading the stock market.

interweb story on him said:

Mr Bonnier has a colourful history. As chief executive of Scoot.com, he saw his personal wealth rise as the website’s shares soared. But when the bubble burst, Scoot.com’s value collapsed, falling from a high of £2.5 billion to less than £50 million.

He bounced back and went on to make millions on the London trading floors but was fined £290,000 in 2004 by the Financial Services Authority, then a record amount, for misleading the stock market.

[turbobloke]

Funk said:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Former-B...

That's going to hurt a little.

Wow.

This is what they've been waiting for, everybody on housepricecrashdotcom will be forming a queue to buy it for a tenner.

[Funk]

turbobloke said:

Funk said:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Former-B...

That's going to hurt a little.

Wow.

This is what they've been waiting for, everybody on housepricecrashdotcom will be forming a queue to buy it for a tenner.

I only mentioned it due to its' exceptional nature. One suspects he was probably on-course to lose it whatever happened. He's evidently not all that great with large pots of cash, is he?

[R4PID]

At least he had the sense not to shoot himself and burn it down.

He'll be back with a book and TV soundbites. How I made and lost my fortune.

Edited by R4PID on Tuesday 23 September 09:53

[Maxf]

outlaw biker said:

I read one in the paper today about a millionaire who moved out of his £5m? home and let the bank repossess it because he believed it was haunted!

I read that at the weekend! lollers - he had no alternative other than to stop paying the mortgage when the 'hauntings' started!

[rude-boy]

Maxf said:

outlaw biker said:

I read one in the paper today about a millionaire who moved out of his £5m? home and let the bank repossess it because he believed it was haunted!

I read that at the weekend! lollers - he had no alternative other than to stop paying the mortgage when the 'hauntings' started!

Very fishy...

[2something]

turbobloke said:

Funk said:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Former-B...

That's going to hurt a little.

Wow.

This is what they've been waiting for, everybody on housepricecrashdotcom will be forming a queue to buy it for a tenner.

You're smoking crack, if they wait for a couple of months I am 100% sure they will be able to scoop it for a fiver, even then I think it's still very risky . . .

[turbobloke]

[Morningside]

mickken said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Funk said:

shadowninja said:

<SNIP>

He's lived a full life though.....!!

At 38..Blimey. Give the chap a pat on the back. I can just see him shrug his shoulders, rub his hands together and make/lose another £150 million.

Edited by Morningside on Tuesday 23 September 16:31

[sprinter885]

Greedy git.
Mind you as said above he'll probably bounce back & cause some other poor sod to go bust at his expense with him.