Farepak chavs back for handouts

[hornetrider]

Heard on 5 live earlier.

The Farepak victims group or whatever they are called are lobbying the govt to be refunded their money, given the banks have been bailed out and rumours of car industry too.

They have the support of their local MP apparently.

[whirligig]

Well to be fair why not? They at least had the common sense to save up for xmas in advance in good faith and not just rely on credit - not their fault that the company went bust.

[Smart roadster]

I don't agree with giving them there money back, but I can see why they might think it justified.
Why do you call them chavs? Yes they probaly don't earn much but they were saving up for Xmas not bunging it all on cheap credit with an IVA for Easter. Surely they were being sensible and budgeting. Or do you equate chav with anybody who does not earn above a certain level?

[danrc]

whirligig said:

Well to be fair why not? They at least had the common sense to save up for xmas in advance in good faith and not just rely on credit - not their fault that the company went bust.

Why should they be bailed out? Bad things sometimes happen but why does everyone have to be entitled to a handout? Those people should have saved up over the year rather than put their cash into a glorifed saving account. Silly feckers.

[sleep envy]

dilema for NL - bail out the co and repay the punters to retain votes & continue precedent of further bankrupting the country or draw a line under bail outs, try and sort this mess out once and for all and lose votes

they're fked either way

Edited by sleep envy on Tuesday 23 December 14:09

[DrTre]

danrc said:

whirligig said:

Well to be fair why not? They at least had the common sense to save up for xmas in advance in good faith and not just rely on credit - not their fault that the company went bust.

Why should they be bailed out? Bad things sometimes happen but why does everyone have to be entitled to a handout? Those people should have saved up over the year rather than put their cash into a glorifed saving account. Silly feckers.

Drop in the ocean and, realistically, not a great deal different from what has happened to anyone "banking" with real banks is it?

[Apache]

Smart roadster said:

I don't agree with giving them there money back, but I can see why they might think it justified.
Why do you call them chavs? Yes they probaly don't earn much but they were saving up for Xmas not bunging it all on cheap credit with an IVA for Easter. Surely they were being sensible and budgeting. Or do you equate chav with anybody who does not earn above a certain level?

This is PH, all poor people are chavs......including me probably

[Swilly]

danrc said:

whirligig said:

Well to be fair why not? They at least had the common sense to save up for xmas in advance in good faith and not just rely on credit - not their fault that the company went bust.

Why should they be bailed out? Bad things sometimes happen but why does everyone have to be entitled to a handout? Those people should have saved up over the year rather than put their cash into a glorifed saving account. Silly feckers.

Have you been on the mince pies already chum, you manage to contradict yourself in the same sentence !!

[danrc]

Swilly said:

danrc said:

whirligig said:

Well to be fair why not? They at least had the common sense to save up for xmas in advance in good faith and not just rely on credit - not their fault that the company went bust.

Why should they be bailed out? Bad things sometimes happen but why does everyone have to be entitled to a handout? Those people should have saved up over the year rather than put their cash into a glorifed saving account. Silly feckers.

Have you been on the mince pies already chum, you manage to contradict yourself in the same sentence !!

I was on the whisky last night so i'm not surprised.

[danrc]

anonymous said:

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That was going to be my next point before i started to make no sense. Where does it end?

[OzzyR1]

I wouldn't mind seeing these folks get something back, a lot of them are usually OAP's who put a couple of quid away towards saving for an expensive time at Xmas - I know my own gran used to do the same. Most "chavs" as the OP put it would just normally pay for their stuff from either their benefit allowance or stick it on some ill-advised card or other.

Its a tiny drop in the ocean compared to the countless billions given to the banks - would be a gesture of goodwill for someone to just refund the savers who have "put in" to the scheme.

Whether it would set a precedent is dangerous however and that has to be taken into consideration.

[Fittster]

anonymous said:

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However introducing a simple system to tell people if a savings scheme is regulated would be a useful lesson, something like ABTA, which works well for the travel industry.

Did the lot who saved with the Isle of Man Icesave accounts get their money back?

[OzzyR1]

danrc said:

That was going to be my next point before i started to make no sense. Where does it end?

Exactlt, as much as it might be a horrible time as I assume most people who this affects will be on the lower end of the income bracket the last line of my post above stands.

[andy-xr]

Come on ex-Rover employees....show 'em how its done!!

Oh, bring your miner friends too