Readers of the new Collinsbone blog now have an opportunity to see what we meant by 'troubled waffle.' (See the exchange with Joe Sinagoga for our use of that phrase). Readers will also notice that their blog has a grey background, which underscores the fact that as far as their hapless investors are concerned, their accounts are 'a grey area.'
We would like to make it clear that at no time did we approach the individual who was considering investing a very substantial sum in a joint venture with Castle & Gatehouse. Neither did this man contact us because of the Blog. Here's how it came about: when Liam Collins/David Bone Jr refused to tell us about the actual state of their accounts, we began to contact the companies they had listed as their business partners, associates and advisors, in order to be better informed about C&G/C&B's activities. We wish that we had taken the trouble to do this before investing, because we found that most of those listed had never heard of Collins & Bone or Castle & Gatehouse. Some of them remembered CBS. In some cases, there was a tenuous connection; in others the companies were outraged to be mentioned as advisors and to have their names used in the brochures without their authority. Yet others on the list were simply puzzled. It was through our queries to one of the firms that the potential big investor got in touch with us by telephone. Note that he had not seen our Blog. He would certainly not have decided against such a joint venture merely on the basis of unfounded rumour, would he?
We would like to make it clear that at no time did we approach the individual who was considering investing a very substantial sum in a joint venture with Castle & Gatehouse. Neither did this man contact us because of the Blog. Here's how it came about: when Liam Collins/David Bone Jr refused to tell us about the actual state of their accounts, we began to contact the companies they had listed as their business partners, associates and advisors, in order to be better informed about C&G/C&B's activities. We wish that we had taken the trouble to do this before investing, because we found that most of those listed had never heard of Collins & Bone or Castle & Gatehouse. Some of them remembered CBS. In some cases, there was a tenuous connection; in others the companies were outraged to be mentioned as advisors and to have their names used in the brochures without their authority. Yet others on the list were simply puzzled. It was through our queries to one of the firms that the potential big investor got in touch with us by telephone. Note that he had not seen our Blog. He would certainly not have decided against such a joint venture merely on the basis of unfounded rumour, would he?
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