midds Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'd say wonga and this current Newcastle United are a perfect match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelunchbox Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Dirty tricks does not make any difference. They are paying £24m to Ashley, therefore they are fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Lets hope they've paid it upfront, because if UK laws come in line with the rest of the world their business model would be illegal overnight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thenorthumbrian Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Wonga should be forced to not only refund the money to their victims, err customers, they should be forced to pay the refunds at the same interest rates that they charge, from the day they overcharged to the day they make the refund. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 A company that symbolises the unsavoury traits of man. Most big companies are far from perfect but distill Wonga's business model down to it's essence and it's grotesque in a way few other businesses are. #falsenine #fauxrage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest H09 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Could hardly drop them and yet continue to flog the name of SportsDirect just because one of Wonga's activities was acted upon by the powers that be whilst the zero hour contracts, sweat shops, illegal use of the term sale and clear monopolising that SportsDirect are up to continues. But if people have to wait until the elite make a punishable case before deciding something is wrong then so be it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 H09 makes a fair point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiesteve710 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Given that these fake solicitors shenanigans were ended over 4 years ago, I'd say the revelation doesn't make them any more or less suitable to sponsor us now. Still a shabby shambles of a company mind- not surprising Ashley sees something in them he likes. Must be like looking in a big fucking mirror. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Wonga's dirtiest trick is using a business to further usury. These activities are hardly surprising. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thenorthumbrian Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Wonga: Police to re-consider Wonga investigation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28057143 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Wonga: Police to re-consider Wonga investigation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28057143 As they should! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 B-but they're just the same as any other business or financial institution, they're all equally as good or bad as each other! Surely they've told the police that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Dunno if anyone who isn't just a WUM actually believes that, tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Well, I'm sure they can just point out that alcohol and gambling ruin peoples lives and that will be the end of the matter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 You can piss off with the WUM stuff, presumably just because I think the majority of financial institutions are susceptible to being crooked, rather than just plough in and whale on Wonga. I notice the student loan company has been flagged up for doing the same shit now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Phew, that's OK then. Glad we found someone else who sends fake letters and can rest easy being sponsored by a company that preys on the poor, whose business model would be illegal in pretty much all the rest of the western world, and who get 50% of their profits from fines and charges - ie run a business which would be entirely unsustainable if they loaned money to people who are actually able to pay it back on time. Wonga are a worse class of bastards than most in an industry populated by its fair share, and also scummier than most of the characters who are in the game of sponsoring football teams. This is why they get more shit than most. Some of the hand wringing over their unfair treatment reminds me of the whole Suarez thing, bringing up Shearer stamping on someone 10 years ago as if everyone does this type of thing and it's so unfair people 'whaling' on Luis. Aside from anything else, their business is so dubious that a swipe of the pen in Westminster could completely cripple them by closing the loopholes they operate through and subjecting their industry to proper regulation. Which is not a particularly desirable trait for a long term sponsor to have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 It's a shame that only the "top" clubs seem to get sponsorships from reputable big-name companies anymore while most others have to rely on dodgy loan sharks or gambling sites. You'd hope it would be worth more to be a shirt sponsor for a Newcastle or a Southampton as opposed to being a random sponsor who barely shows up anywhere for Man U or Chelsea, but I guess that's not the case. If the Premier League had any intention of "protecting their brand" they'd put some sort of restriction on what companies could shirt sponsor clubs, but clearly they haven't got the power to do so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 You can piss off with the WUM stuff, presumably just because I think the majority of financial institutions are susceptible to being crooked, rather than just plough in and whale on Wonga. I notice the student loan company has been flagged up for doing the same shit now. You are a WUM, though. A shite one, but a WUM nonetheless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 You can piss off with the WUM stuff, presumably just because I think the majority of financial institutions are susceptible to being crooked, rather than just plough in and whale on Wonga. I notice the student loan company has been flagged up for doing the same shit now. You are a WUM, though. A shite one, but a WUM nonetheless. Seeing as I have no interest in winding you or anyone else up, I'd probably disagree. Feel free to label people as you wish though if it make it easier to dismiss others opinions obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Will do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Hoser Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Just saw this on the Twitter: @HoskingTheTimes · 20m Wonga may ditch its sponsorship of Newcastle Utd. "Everything is on the table," the payday lender's new boss Andy Haste has just told me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 We can only hope Edit: Bollocks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest antz1uk Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 fucks sakes, that says something when wonga is going to ditch us. are we that toxic? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I hope we get respectable sponsors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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