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Man goes bankrupt building starship
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:26 pm
by Tormentius
...Tony Alleyne, the man who turned his apartment into the Star Trek Starship Voyager has gone bankrupt. He started transforming his apartment after his wife left him when he replaced the refrigerator with a 'warp coil'. The apartment is located in Hinckley, Leics, has moulded walls, touch-panel blue lighting, and a command console. He even built a life-size model of the show's transporter room with reshaped windows to look like portholes and set up vertical lights to give the illusion of being beamed up. Tony at one time had the apartment for auction on eBay for $2 million but had no luck in selling. Tony maxed out 14 credit cards accumulating £100,000 in debt. His goal was to lure other Trekkies to pay him to convert their humble abodes...
The original article (with pics):
http://www.uberreview.com/2006/02/man-g ... arship.htm
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:28 pm
by SplishSplash
Tony maxed out 14 credit cards accumulating £100,000 in debt.
How is that even possible. Don't british credit card companies talk to each other?
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:24 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
no need to say anymore
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:23 am
by seremtan
well, almost no need...
...his wife left him when he replaced the refrigerator with a 'warp coil'.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:49 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:17 am
by Dark Metal
I love it.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:49 am
by Canis
That's really fucking sad!
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:59 am
by simply
He should have gotten a biz loan
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:17 am
by Massive Quasars
He never had the ferengi's business sense.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:30 am
by +JuggerNaut+
riddla wrote:I have a starship..... in my pants
pathetic. capt. mazda can do better than that.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:34 am
by Grudge
wow, that's pretty sad
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:02 am
by Scarface
pretty sad, but damn creative
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:11 pm
by seremtan
SplishSplash wrote:Tony maxed out 14 credit cards accumulating £100,000 in debt.
How is that even possible. Don't british credit card companies talk to each other?
credit and debt laws in the UK are incredibly relaxed. the banks are happy to let you sink into massive debt, the govt just made it easier for people to declare personal bankruptcy so you only pay back maybe 1/3 of what you owe, and after 6 years all bad credit data is expunged from your credit record. oh, and credit records aren't related to SSN like in the US, but to the voter register
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:14 pm
by Foo
looks like horka