Friday, Jan 08, 2010

Oh deary me

ES: Banks take over Foxtons in emergency debt move

"Foxtons, the famously aggressive London estate agent known for its fleet of racing green Minis, has been taken over by its banks as part of an emergency refinancing."

Posted by phdinbubbles @ 12:49 PM (1480 views) Add Comment

16 Comments

1. taffee said...

good.....dreadfull people....everything about human beings you don't want to be associated with....probably a good example of what's gonna happen in the stockmarket or world economy at some point

Friday, January 8, 2010 01:04PM Report Comment
 

2. brownsters_billions said...

Do you think we can petition the BoA to wind them up?

Friday, January 8, 2010 01:15PM Report Comment
 

3. cat and canary said...

you know, its not really good to laugh at the misfortune of others..

...but...

MuahahyahahahahahahahahaahahahaHAHAHAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHA

please, my sides are splitting!

Friday, January 8, 2010 01:18PM Report Comment
 

4. jack c said...

Time to re-brand and re-launch - Fuxton's springs to mind at this juncture.

Friday, January 8, 2010 01:26PM Report Comment
 

5. will said...

LOL. I have a bottle of bubbly at the ready for one estate agency in my town for when they go bust. They ramped more than the others.

Friday, January 8, 2010 02:12PM Report Comment
 

6. braindeed said...

......I might have to review my athiesm.

Friday, January 8, 2010 02:19PM Report Comment
 

7. techieman said...

like the FT headline - posted below : "Lenders win control of foxtons" - win? hmm interesting concept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-GkwIRbLw8

or perhaps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuJl1T-trLw

Friday, January 8, 2010 04:27PM Report Comment
 

8. jack c said...

HNY techie - try this one

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TagURmwO0Xs

Friday, January 8, 2010 04:46PM Report Comment
 

9. techieman said...

Jack - good old Nick - I saw him once at my local (then) tube station at the height of his "fame". He was wearing a scarf over his face to protect his identity - :-). Stupid really as he only called attention to himself.... hmmmmm??? What a ___.

Friday, January 8, 2010 05:03PM Report Comment
 

10. jack c said...

techieman - come to think of it his career does seem to have stalled a bit - at this rate he'll be back on Deadenders and as Drewster would say "relevance to house prices"? - well he be renting of course priced out because of over inflated London prices !

Friday, January 8, 2010 05:12PM Report Comment
 

11. techieman said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Berry - Blimey lives in epping, down the road from where i saw him in Loughton tube station, both in essex. ok.... no jokes please!

HNY too Jack.

Friday, January 8, 2010 05:28PM Report Comment
 

12. paul said...

Jon Hunt must be laughing behind his kitchen cocktail bar. Seriously, I would be.

Talk about being sold a pup. You gotta laugh.

RIP Poxtons Racing Green wide-boy w%*kers.

Friday, January 8, 2010 06:21PM Report Comment
 

13. jack c said...

Paul those mini's could become collectors items - time to splash the cash as we are still getting 0% on our savings

Friday, January 8, 2010 07:01PM Report Comment
 

14. Thatcherschild said...

Schadenfreude

Friday, January 8, 2010 07:19PM Report Comment
 

15. doomwatch said...

I used to know someone who liked to p1ss on those minis on the way home from the boozer. I told him
to be careful he might catch something, as there had been an even bigger pr1ck sat in it that day.

Friday, January 8, 2010 08:52PM Report Comment
 

16. paul said...

@jack c

Yes, they might become collectors' items, just like MG Rovers have.

Oh hang on ...

Friday, January 8, 2010 10:05PM Report Comment
 

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