The Dean

I think we can stop now.............. this is a case of 'Newbie opens thread with first-ever post, then doesn't bother hanging around to thank anyone for their responses' syndrome......

freewifiavailablehere

Chill. Its a good topic.

weasel decentral

Have the Irish become persona non grata lately? I must have missed the circular on my new status.

Norm_uk

All roads lead to Rome I say...I have a number of clients who prefer property. As long as they realise it's illiquid and make provisions accordingly it can be as good an asset as any.

History it's not the highest performer but not everyone likes high risk to return.

N.

scrubbedexpat141

Just had a call from a new one; Guardian wealth management or something.

Politely told him three times I'm not interested.
Less politely told him once more.
Finished with "look, I'm sorry, actually...I'm not. I'm not interested, I'm not going to meet you or anyone else, I've got work to do and I'm going to hang up."

Click.

Millhouse

Why not hang up earlier?

scrubbedexpat141

No need to be completely rude, I wasn't listening (nor was he actually, he told me that I'd moved my pension here form the UK after I told him I'd looked at setting one up).

scot47

Scamp, you are too tolerant. You should tell those time -wasters that you are coming to get them with a baseball bat.

scrubbedexpat141

They get one chance. If the same firm rings again, then I'm allowed to be rude. I was polite and clear once.

Norm_uk

Guardian are run by people who were kicked out of a firm that has a bad reputation in an effort to clean up their act. Looks like they have set up shop somewhere else carried on doing more of the same. Apparently they were working without licence here for a while was well.

N.

scrubbedexpat141

Opening gambit was definitely along the lines of (don't quote me exactly here) "we're the only FSA(or something like that) regulated / approved firm in the UAE"

Norm_uk

Unlikely story, the FSA doesn't exist any more, things are taken care of by the FCA and the Bank of England back in Blighty.

The UAE has it's own regulation now anyway in the form of several bodies and they are starting to grow some teeth (still a few years off anything close to the rest of the world). Only a few firms have most or all of the licenses such as UAE Securities and Commodities Authority, Central Bank and the Ministry of Economy. We're one of them and I know Guardian are not.

N.

scrubbedexpat141

It was something along those lines.

Still, what they say is their problem. One day someone who knows their shit will catch them out and have some fun.

Patsy Stoned

I got a call from them.....I stopped him in mid sentence and said...no point talking to me..I don't have any money..and I put the phone down