[quote="magicalstar"][quote="springbok"]Sell your house, or at least donate the two months mortgage being paid by your fund,, to the cause of finding other missing/neglected etc children[/quote]
I'm quite surprised that when Clarrie was asking for donations that no journo replied why don't the McCs sell their large expensive house if they're in great need of cash for their search.
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:05 am Post subject: Re: Sell your house Kate/Gerry!!
[quote="BlueBerry"][quote="Lizzy07"]Sell your house if you are short of cash
Sell your car, and save a few thousands by getting rid of that numpty Clarrie
I'm fed up of the pair of them
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Please, explain to us all, exactly how that will benefit their twins, and help find their daughter Madeleine, or her remains ?[/quote]
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I think it will benefit the "find madeleine fund" in exactly the same way as the money gullible members of the public hand over. Except the sacrifice will be made by the negligent McCanns themselves, rather than by widows and orphans. Is that answer enough?
[quote="magicalstar"][quote="springbok"]Sell your house, or at least donate the two months mortgage being paid by your fund,, to the cause of finding other missing/neglected etc children[/quote]
Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 718 Location: Australia
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:30 am Post subject: Re: Sell your house Kate/Gerry!!
[quote="BlueBerry"][quote="Lizzy07"]Sell your house if you are short of cash
Sell your car, and save a few thousands by getting rid of that numpty Clarrie
I'm fed up of the pair of them
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Please, explain to us all, exactly how that will benefit their twins, and help find their daughter Madeleine, or her remains ?[/quote]
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Blueberry becauuuse - it will cut down on the McCann clan expenses, the house is not paid for, they have a huge mortgage, it was proven the McCanns paid their mortgage from the fund. The fund was donated by well meaning people - pensioners & children included - to help search for Madeleine. Have the McCanns had any input into the fund? ...or do they only TAKE? If money is still a problem for them - and it appears it is - well there is a solution CUT EXPENDITURE! sell your house and buy a more affordable one and stop dipping into the fund.
it will help the twins a lot Blueberry - less stress on mummy & daddy and more money to fund the search for their dear sister
[quote="Dimsie"]In the early days of this saga several McCann relations were reported to have said they would sell their houses if need be to fund the search for Madeleine. I think this was around the time they wanted the public to donate to the Fund and wanted people to think they themselves as relatives were prepared to make a real sacrifice for Madeleine's sake.
So, if the Fund is strapped for cash, why not do what they said they would? Obviously Kate and Gerry would be first to sell up, but the others could follow suit. We read in the papers regularly that people sell their house (their only major asset usually) to pay for medication denied by the NHS, for such illnesses as cancer. Also, people sell their property to fund life-saving operations, usually in the US. These people make a genuine personal sacrifice in order to help a family member.
Can someone tell me if the McCanns have made any real sacrifice themselves in order to fund the search for Madeleine? They may have used savings, but they were lucky if they had substantial savings in the first place. Their house must be worth quite a lot of money and with the property price rises of the last year must be worth considerably more than they paid for it, so its sale would undoubtedly raise some cash. Personally, I can't see them ever doing any such thing and I wonder if Kate's little story about Amelie saying 'my lovely house' was intended to head off any such suggestion. After all, who could be heartless enough to suggest selling Amelie's 'lovely house'?
Houses, cars, jewellery, watches (Rolex?) - all these things can be turned into hard cash if money is really needed.[/quote]
I remember Aunt Phil saying this, but afaik, no one actually has. I think the reason they haven't shows they know that it is unlikely Madeleine would be found, otherwise, would they not have put the house up for sale whilst they were still in Portugal, rather than relying on the kindness of strangers? How could they be so sure people would give such a large amount of money.
If all the family members had sold their houses they could possibly have funded the entire thing themselves, but that was never going to happen really was it!?
They could have taken a mortgage break, we did so for a year, that would have left a bit more in the kitty too. I still think it is awful that these people put out begging bowls around the resort as well!
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:46 am Post subject: Re: Sell your house Kate/Gerry!!
[quote="BlueBerry"][quote="Lizzy07"]Sell your house if you are short of cash
Sell your car, and save a few thousands by getting rid of that numpty Clarrie
I'm fed up of the pair of them
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Please, explain to us all, exactly how that will benefit their twins, and help find their daughter Madeleine, or her remains ?[/quote]
The twins don't care what material things they have, the size of their house is of no consequence to them. Selling their house and downsizing would enable them to put some money into the fund, seeing as though most of the british public has stopped donating. Then maybe they could stop using the fund to pay for a team of lawers and their 'PR Guru'.
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:06 am Post subject: Re: Sell your house Kate/Gerry!!
[quote="Lizzy07"]Sell your house if you are short of cash
Sell your car, and save a few thousands by getting rid of that numpty Clarrie
I'm fed up of the pair of them
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And Kate can start buying a hair highlighting kit from the drugstore for $10 and do them herself every 2-3 months instead of forking over upwards of $125 at the salon for each visit.
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Let's see, have I forgotten anyone? If you people TRULY BELIEVE that the McCanns are innocent and Madeleine is out there somewhere, why don't you put your money where your mouth is?
[quote="Mag54"]I still think it is awful that these people put out begging bowls around the resort as well! [/quote]
Yeah, within the first hours, too! And don't forget Gerry trotting down to the Tapas bar a few times a week to mooch liquor to replenish the apartment's wet-bar -- God forbid that the McCanns might die of "thirst."
Joined: 03 Nov 2007 Posts: 238 Location: Belfast Northern Ireland
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:21 am Post subject:
[quote="Tiberius7"][quote="MissNaughty"]They won't do that when they have got a whole big world to attempt to con money from. I really think this despicable,loathsome couple will soon become, if they aren't already, the most loathed people on the planet. [/quote]
the mccanns live in their home, something they have worked very hard for in fact better than i have. I am not jealous of that. my guess is the one thing that they want right now is stability as long as possible and if at some point they really need to sell they would. They have a very nice house and it does seem some of the comments are based on jealousy. I have concerns over their innocence but until convicted will consider them innocent which is also a legal position in this part of the world