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The standard of entries in last week’s Quenron (QPP) Bulletin Board/Twitter moron competition was staggeringly high. There are some incredibly stupid folks out there on this shareholder list. If we add in the classic entries from week one (HERE) and week two (HERE) we are half way to a nice little Christmas stocking filler book “In their own words, the dumbest people ever to buy shares” The full list of entries in week three was glorious but the top four are, IMHO:
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Ash
A worthy winner even if I was beaten into 2nd place!
Richard Sugar
I am bored of this relentless attack on Quindell. I think you have made your point Tom, and anyone that isnt aware of that must have been holidaying on the Moon for the last few months. There are thousands of other shares out there. Can we read about some of them?! ps I have no position in Quindell, and never will do. Its the wrong price, either 130p too high or 400p too low, but given the stigma over the company, I wouldn’t touch it with a heavily bandaged barge pole.
Tom Winnifrith
Richard
we have 37 folk who have contributed here. They write about whatever interests them ( not Quenron). The same rule has to apply to me. Right now I am interested in nailing the Quenron fraud. I am writing other stuff but it is what interests me. If that means that folks leave this site while this continues I am afraid that is what will happen.
The days when I write what I am told to write rather than what I want to write ended in May 2012. There will be no going back.
T
alcira16247
Richard…beg to differ, and would say to, Tom :-
Go for them….. nail them…..Quindell and its founder deserve to be nailed, and in my opinion, here’s why…..
This is a guy called ‘Billy Bean’ former investor in Quindell…. Oct ’14
“This evening I sat my wife down and told her how much of our hard earned money we are losing invested in this stock.
Currently we are £39,000 down.
She knew things were not good, but the 80% drop was a great shock to her. She broke down and wept. I have to live with that and look her in the eye each day in the desperate hope that this stock recovers.
So, enjoy your jibes at the investors like me who are losing heavily on here guys.
Enough said.”
Couple of day’s later, he announces:-
“Can’t take this any more.
£40K loss.
GLA to you all.”
I can relate to ‘Billy Bean’… telling his wife….very tough….distressing…..feel for the guy.
And that’s why, Tom Winnifrith should be highly applauded, in his efforts to uncover and expose wrongdoings, if through his research and journalistic investigations, only one future ‘Billy Bean’ can be saved from the clutches of the inscrutable, lying, greedy and evil, then he deserves the thanks of all decent honest folk, by the bucket load!
Rob
ALCIRA16247 – I was just about to write about BillyBean then saw your post.
My sentiments exactly on your point. How many more examples are out there, people who have been sucked in by RT and Co?
QPP need to be stopped / suspended, quickly
Elric
Tom should be applauded for his tenacious, unflinching attitude to his pursuit of QPP fraudsters. There are not enough people in the know shouting out loud to the little PI, be careful, don’t go there and hoisting up the red flag for all to see. And at what cost? Moronic abuse, accusations Tom is merely a mouthpiece for EK so the cronies can milk the PI as they mount yet another bear attack at the expense of the little PI.
I’ve made some stupid mistakes in my time investing and speculating on the next ASOS, but I never blame anyone for my own decisions, unless I’ve been taken for a ride and that has only happened once…never again!
This investing/gambling lark aint easy, and made all the more difficult by unscrupulous individuals that don’t seem to know when they have enough money and just want to milk the little PI.
Well done Tom