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    dlowilly
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    What were your worst investments?

    For me:


    -Cryptocurrency

    -Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stocks

    -Tailing fudgyb

    Some of the worst investments I have made have been from reading gambling forums. Take it from me, do not tail posters on gambling forums about ANYTHING. If you have to do something, fade or go contrarian to what is being discussed. I'm not saying posters are out to mislead you, although there are some that are, but if it's popular with a bunch of gamblers then contrarian will probably profitable.

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    Raptors tonight

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    Quote Originally Posted by tony_come View Post
    Raptors tonight
    I mean besides a specific game

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    sending bitcoin to tony instead keeping it and watching it win win win win win

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    Getting married

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    Quote Originally Posted by tony_come View Post
    Getting married
    Oh Fawwwwk...

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    Penny stock trading.. Lost 30 grand years ago and gave it up.. I gave it a go and failed miserably..

    Playing 21 black jack drunk on the tables all night long with only 100 dollar black chips in Vegas was a close 2nd..

    Live and learn...

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    I sold an online business to a French company and had them deposit most of the funds directly into an investment scheme in Vanuatu... to avoid tax on it basically.

    Karma bitch slapped me for that. Dodgy scheme was shut down and all funds seized for laundering money for a criminal bikie gang in Australia.

    I went from being setup for life to in trouble within about 4 months. Heartbreaker of a time. And took me years to just get back to normality afterward.
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    Yah sports betting

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    Quote Originally Posted by Optional View Post
    I sold an online business to a French company and had them deposit most of the funds directly into an investment scheme in Vanuatu... to avoid tax on it basically.

    Karma bitch slapped me for that. Dodgy scheme was shut down and all funds seized for laundering money for a criminal bikie gang in Australia.

    I went from being setup for life to in trouble within about 4 months. Heartbreaker of a time. And took me years to just get back to normality afterward.
    Jesus man I’m sorry

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    San Antonio Washington over

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    Quote Originally Posted by pilebuck13 View Post
    Jesus man I’m sorry
    Expensive lesson but I got over it

    Was around 2004.

    I can still recall the feeling the day I found out though. Ugh.

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    Ouch Opti

    I warned people about bitcoin

    If you can’t see it and tangibly touch it with your hands , then it’s just a mirage

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    I remember I paid thousands for bulk top of the line laptop computers back in the day and got scammed on Ebay... It was a brilliant scam, they had all the angles covered.. I never saw it coming..

    The criminals were in Italy and I got taken for a ride. I did everything by the book too... I paid and got nothing in return.. Couldn't recover the funds as Ebay was still in the fraud learning process...

    That stung as I was trying to build up my bank roll at that time early on in life... I was pissed and called the Feds, I was blasting Ebay and they could do nothing.. Long story on how that scam played out...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fidel_CashFlow View Post
    Ouch Opti

    I warned people about bitcoin

    If you can’t see it and tangibly touch it with your hands , then it’s just a mirage
    You definitely did. And it's because of a few of you on here that I took my BTP winnings straight out after I received them instead of holding on to the bitcoins as many were saying to do. I regretted cashing out so quickly last year and worried that I would this year as well, but I'm glad I stuck to my guns or I'd be pissed now!
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    My first house, we bought high and sold low.

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    Bitcoin is still an infant of an investment... so many of you don't get it.

    Perfect... it takes 10x skeptics so that some can get rich. Keep selling bitcoin
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    Quote Originally Posted by shari91 View Post
    You definitely did. And it's because of a few of you on here that I took my BTP winnings straight out after I received them instead of holding on to the bitcoins as many were saying to do. I regretted cashing out so quickly last year and worried that I would this year as well, but I'm glad I stuck to my guns or I'd be pissed now!
    Thanks Shari for backing me up on that
    see, I act like a complete fukkstick but in reality am very analytical about everything
    I have to have a keen understanding on something from every angle possible
    in order to buy into it , and that can range from purchasing a new home to buying
    my daughter a new bike , and if you recall I kept telling everyone to really consider
    what this bitcoin actually is . It’s there but it’s not , it’s real but it’s fake
    It’s secure but very unsecured in many ways at the same time
    Some kind of internet pseudo based currency that all the powers that be would love
    see go down in flames. Always felt like a scheme to me , sure some people would thrive
    and get rich , but once again if you really get to thinking dont some people benefit
    and get rich in al,ost every scheme ever invented , yet the masses lose eventually

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    Quote Originally Posted by magaman View Post
    Bitcoin is still an infant of an investment... so many of you don't get it.

    Perfect... it takes 10x skeptics so that some can get rich. Keep selling bitcoin
    good luck then dude , do as you please .

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    I think Shari's good fortune with selling there is just a timing issue. Not holding it when it had just tripled over the previous 2-3 weeks, for no good reason, proved to be a prudent move. However, even after the correction bitcoin is still up 800% from this time last year, and whatever 9 cents to $9000 dollars per unit is all time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dlowilly View Post
    For me:


    -Cryptocurrency

    -Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stocks

    -Tailing fudgyb

    Some of the worst investments I have made have been from reading gambling forums. Take it from me, do not tail posters on gambling forums about ANYTHING. If you have to do something, fade or go contrarian to what is being discussed. I'm not saying posters are out to mislead you, although there are some that are, but if it's popular with a bunch of gamblers then contrarian will probably profitable.
    Yeah, especially pieces of shit like you who post fake videos claiming to have a 100k in cash. You are so full of shit, they're are plenty of reputable posters here that actually know what the fuk they're doing! And unlike you fraud willy, they don't post fake ass Vegas and phony money videos to stroke their egos! You're the worst kind of lying narcissistic douche bag there is!

    Still waiting on that next video willypuss, the one where you show your fuk'in cash in a well lit room, with the water marks on the front of the bills. If you're so big time asshole, put it out there, seaweed clone.

    Like Jake said, you're a two bit fuk'in loser, who wont show his face at the bash and a complete lying attention whore. Even your avatar looks like some 15 year old, so pedophile videos are probably right up your alley.
    Last edited by mikejamm; 03-21-18 at 11:28 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glitch View Post
    I think Shari's good fortune with selling there is just a timing issue. Not holding it when it had just tripled over the previous 2-3 weeks, for no good reason, proved to be a prudent move. However, even after the correction bitcoin is still up 800% from this time last year, and whatever 9 cents to $9000 dollars per unit is all time.
    Most definitely

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikejamm View Post
    Yeah, especially pieces of shit like you who post fake videos claiming to have a 100k in cash. You are so full of shit, they're are plenty of reputable posters here that actually know what the fuk they're doing! And unlike you fraud willy, they don't post fake ass Vegas and phony money videos to stoke their egos! You're the worst kind of lying narcissistic douche bag there is!

    Still waiting on that next video willypuss, the one where you show your fuk'in cash in a well lit room, with the water marks on the front of the bills. If you're so big time asshole, put it out there, seaweed clone.

    Like Jake said, you're a two bit fuk'in loser, who wont show his face at the bash and a complete lying attention whore. Even your avatar looks like some 15 year old, so pedophile videos are probably right up your alley.
    Good God you're a worthless idiot psycho troll

    *Ignored*

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    Quote Originally Posted by shari91 View Post
    You definitely did. And it's because of a few of you on here that I took my BTP winnings straight out after I received them instead of holding on to the bitcoins as many were saying to do. I regretted cashing out so quickly last year and worried that I would this year as well, but I'm glad I stuck to my guns or I'd be pissed now!
    Its been around a while now I dont see it going anywhere anytime soon.

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    It’s a risky situation bonzaii, good luck
    could work out but I think it’s peaked for sure
    and some big time investors are telling ppl to sell ASAP

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    Damn FOMO!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dlowilly View Post
    Damn FOMO!
    Fear Of Missing Out on what ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fidel_CashFlow View Post
    Fear Of Missing Out on what ?
    I'm saying that's what made me invest in crypto like I did

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    Twitter for me. Bought it at $55, it's doing better now though

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    Quote Originally Posted by dlowilly View Post
    I'm saying that's what made me invest in crypto like I did
    I was tempted, it’s been profitable so far
    but I don’t trust it from here on out

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glitch View Post
    I think Shari's good fortune with selling there is just a timing issue. Not holding it when it had just tripled over the previous 2-3 weeks, for no good reason, proved to be a prudent move. However, even after the correction bitcoin is still up 800% from this time last year, and whatever 9 cents to $9000 dollars per unit is all time.
    Oh yeah it definitely was a timing issue but even then I was still seeing stories of people buying up big time and there was a teeny part of me that wondered if I had made a mistake for cashing out the second year in a row. Whatever happens with bitcoin in the future - and for the sake of those who still have a lot invested in it - I'm grateful that it worked out for me this year

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    Quote Originally Posted by Optional View Post
    I sold an online business to a French company and had them deposit most of the funds directly into an investment scheme in Vanuatu... to avoid tax on it basically.

    Karma bitch slapped me for that. Dodgy scheme was shut down and all funds seized for laundering money for a criminal bikie gang in Australia.

    I went from being setup for life to in trouble within about 4 months. Heartbreaker of a time. And took me years to just get back to normality afterward.
    Dam sorry to read/hear

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    Quote Originally Posted by dlowilly View Post
    For me:


    -Cryptocurrency

    -Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stocks

    -Tailing fudgyb

    Some of the worst investments I have made have been from reading gambling forums. Take it from me, do not tail posters on gambling forums about ANYTHING. If you have to do something, fade or go contrarian to what is being discussed. I'm not saying posters are out to mislead you, although there are some that are, but if it's popular with a bunch of gamblers then contrarian will probably profitable.
    Now this isnt a bad thread starter kid. See you can do it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BIGDAY View Post
    Oh Fawwwwk...
    By far dudes biggest mistake.. Wtf are you doing? Bang hoes and get a dog

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