May 5

General Chat?

Hi,

Seen Vesp's post on FI forum, and will try and move here.

Thought it would be good to have this thread as a general chat one, much like the big FI one and then all the other threads for specific ideas.

I have a few quid to sink into FI/FS now, because my mortgage is approved and I don't have to worry about the bank asking for bank statements now.

I was gonna put £1000 into FI for a £1000 challenge, to turn £1000 into astroturf'ing our new garden (Circa £3000) when the house is built (was due Oct/Nov but pushed back) and I think that would be fun (with the disclaimer that i do have the money for the garden at a push, saved, but would rather FI pay for it :p)

Then I was looking at FS and £1000 into there or even split the first £1000 into half and half.

The problem I have is, I do see potentially huge growth/profit in FS but it is all subjective, more of a gamble and could all end in tears, whilst FI is smaller, more consistent gains, but with less risk.

Thoughts please...

Chickenman

May 5

Just throwing it out there. Why not throw £500 into both. And run amid as a competition. See which you can utilise to make more. Would be interesting to see how the same person plays the two platforms differently to try and maximise growth.

MrWh1te

May 5

hmm, i really like the idea of a half and half challenge, I am going to do that as soon as we have the exchange of contracts done

next question, where do i publish the challenge, here or fi forum? i dont know what FS does for forums, will ask on slack

THFC1972

May 5

THFC1972 if it was me would be going half & half.

Footstock money would buy loads of Pogba and then loads of cheap transfer speculation type players

Bazza

May 5

I too move when my house is built (Oct but now Nov) I managed to get the gardens turfed for freeeeeeeeee. I do like having a mate who works as project manager on the builders and he advised me what I could push the sales person to get rolled into the price :-)

Also got full length mirrors in the bathroom for nothing, that and I'm a perv and my mrs is younger than me and still fit as a fiddle :-)

MrWh1te

May 5

Nice!!! We can have turf done for £600ish by the company, or cheaper if we go and find our own company. We really want the fake grass though and they dont do that as an offering

I got the price dropped by £5k, £2200 stamp duty paid, flooring through the whole house (antico(sp?) downstairs,tiling in bathrooms and carpet upstairs. Have a feeling we could have got more but the mortgage advisor was worried about the mortgage company (apparently, incentives go against you and there is a set limit you ahve to stay under) and we didnt wanna risk losing the house.

When we go back to do all the picking the features of the house and additions etc im gonna push for more, but i dont think they will say yes because we are about to exchange and we wont have any negotiating power other than 'we had to pay more rent because of the delay on the build'

Bazza

May 5

@MrWh1te Happy days mate - I never bought a new house before, always liked to knock walls down and stuff like that. However im at an age where my time is worth more to me.

So new house, building a little pad in France and 5 or 6 more years of working and I want to be done.

I retired at 40 after working as a contractor in Afghanistan for 4 years - but decided to press the red divorce button 3 years ago and left the wife and kids everything and start again.

Working on a little project in terms of a gambling licence and I will be a stage closer to calling it a day again.

MrWh1te

May 5

@Bazza That is way cool! Will that affect your FS/FI ports?

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MrWh1te

May 5

20% ROI is great, I would love that every few days :)

I know you couldnt do FI in france because it is blocked, would FS be the same?

I still need to settle on a strategy atm, and I think I will put all my bonus players in the raffle just to stop them showing on my port.

Westy

May 5

I coukd do with AstroTurf too! Leather jackets have ruined my lawns.

I think FS is in that opportunity phase, it could explode and early adopters get big rewards, however it could also go bust (think they have before?)

FI is in a more secure phase, less opportunity for growth compared to FS, but yes a safer place to put money surely?

I'd weight the split accordingly... 300 FS, 700 fi? But I like the idea of a 50:50 split as a competition between the products.

MrWh1te

May 7

Wow, FI people really ARE bitter towards FS. I am seeing it all the time now. They need to get over themselves.

THFC1972

May 7

Some people are being very negative and insecure ERICALI, just ignore them it's there loss as Vespasian has said some good wins to be had and fun whilst no football is on.

I'm happy to keep my money in both products and see how we get on when football returns, definitely think Footstock has more potential for a huge growth spurt.