Retired Climber

You climb with skill and a calmness of movement. Nicely done. Looked a bit breezy at the top.

That company looks to be set up to be 'Spongebobbed'. IMO you won't be getting your money back. Confirmation statement being overdue is massive red flag. There are many other red flags. I'd not recommend anyone does business with that company. Their accounts have what appears to be their accountants address on; might be worth a call. All above presumes you did business with the UK Ltd of the same name, with same director name.

Thank you. That's just the wake up call I needed; I didn't realise there was a post counter. Assuming 20 minutes of browsing per post made, if I'd not joined this forum, and done something productive instead I'd have been about £160,000 better off. See ya

I'm not getting drawn into this again. For the sake of all of our sanity, let's agree to disagree.

Certainly no surprise that it's now logs.

I always thought that NPTC were professional qualifications, and Lantra were just the amateur version. No idea why, so feel free to ignore me. Last ticket I did was in 2003, so things may have changed.

Not this again. First things first; a company has to be LTD. If it's not LTD it's not a company. That's not to say you can't have a viable business as a sole trader, you just can't call it a company. I have 2 preferences. For small businesses, I prefer sole trader status. Do a VAT return every quarter, payments on account twice a year, and self assessment once a year and then do whatever you damn well like with the money. For a large business ( probably to be grown to IPO), go LTD right from the start. For everything in between, the answer is, it depends.

Haha, yep they would probably try to.

I said earlier in this thread that i get rid of ETH and then the cash as soon as possible. I'm not here arguing for crypto, or the holding of large amounts of fiat actually.

Actually, if inflation is crazy high you are also better off with the cash in their account

Cash has no physical value. The others are partially only valuable because they are desirable.

It depends. A small part of something valuable, is better than owning all of something that's worth nothing. It all depends on the perceived value. It's no different to diamonds, precious metals, or even cash really.

An fNFT is simply one that can be split up, with smaller pieces sold. It's handy, as in my example, a load of people can buy a piece if nobody would want to spend the money the whole thing would cost.

I can't tell you if they are bollocks or not. My opinion is that some are. When most people think of NFTs they think of those silly NFT collectibles that were popular. Those, in my opinion, are simply a tax on stupidity. If you think that giving someone your money in return for absolutely nothing is a good idea, you deserve to pay the tax. It's not much different to crypto though, a few people made a fortune early on, and that gave the idea enough hype for it to be treated as an investment opportunity. On the other side of the coin, are things like fNFTs, that can actually be useful. I'm preparing / collating all of the research and notes from my first book to sell as a fNFT. Due to the nature of these, I can sell the collection to a group of people, rather than an individual. I wouldn't be able to find anyone who would give me £100 K for the stuff, but I will be able to find a couple of thousand people who will give 500 quid each to own part of the fNFT. It's just the modern day equivalent of first editions being valuable.

Yep, a little cryptic, i agree. The truth is, nobody has the answers when it comes to crypto. Anyone professing to be an expert probably knows less than most. I employ and consult with other types of economist on a regular basis, and the idea that crypto was always going to hit zero (or very close) crops up with increasing frequency. Theories are aplenty, but vary in quality. Based on advice i've received, i get rid of crypto as soon as it's received, and then get rid of the cash as soon as i can. I don't trade crypto per se, but receive ETH from NFT sales.