RE: PH Blog: you bend you mend

RE: PH Blog: you bend you mend

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LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

196 months

Friday 21st June 2013
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RDMcG said:
well...nobody will ever drive a Piper car again. Would you?...so his cars will not show up anywhere in the near future.
One showed up at my local OPC in the north of England for the cayman launch evening wink

Rouleur

7,028 posts

189 months

Friday 21st June 2013
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heightswitch said:
Piper really wants an arm and a leg doesn't he !!!
N.
He's got enough arms to be getting on with, but he could do with a new leg...

heightswitch

6,318 posts

250 months

Friday 21st June 2013
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Rouleur said:
He's got enough arms to be getting on with, but he could do with a new leg...
wink
someone still gets subtle humour at least.
N.

Gary C

12,433 posts

179 months

Saturday 22nd June 2013
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It's all really sad.

One shown up as a fool,

One as a vindictive bd.

Leave you to decide which is which

DonkeyApple

55,274 posts

169 months

Saturday 22nd June 2013
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Gary C said:
It's all really sad.

One shown up as a fool,

One as a vindictive bd.

Leave you to decide which is which
The trouble is I don't see what is vindictive about expecting someone to pay for what they broke or then paying your costs when they decide not to and lose.

There's no doubting that DP is a tough bd but he has earned his living since losing his leg at Le Mans by renting out a selection of cars he bought with his insurance pay out. It's his livelihood. The fact that the market has seen fit to catapult the values of these cars to a high level can't really be seen as a reason why someone should just let a customer walk away from their moral and financial obligations. The world doesn't work like that. The upside for DP is at least that chancers won't be rushing to darken his door and his cars are going to generally be in much safer hands going forward.


RYH64E

7,960 posts

244 months

Saturday 22nd June 2013
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Ali_T said:
A group headed by the CEO of Nick Mason’s businesses had organised some serious fund raising activities and Nick and others had kindly underwritten a minimum of £50,000. This was on the table, plus whatever surplus came from the fundraising, plus anything remaining in your fund. Piper refused the offer saying he would continue with the bankruptcy proceedings.

I have the interview with the Official Receiver on Tuesday. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Thanks again

Mark"
Does that mean that the only money on offer was from his supporters? None of his own? I can't believe that Hales has no money or assets of his own that could be sold to raise the balance that was owed.

monthefish

20,443 posts

231 months

Wednesday 26th March 2014
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So what happened in the end?