Buying a brand new car on benefits?

lukesmom · 18-10-2013 02:08PM #1

A neighbour of ours is on job seekers benefit and has been for two years. He cannot find a job. He has a brand new 2013 car worth €30,000 with all it's extras and modifications (his own words). Bought outright. Has a mortgage, wife and three kids. Can't understand how he could afford to buy this.

Before anyone says I'm jealous, I'm not. Just curious as to how he could afford this if he's not worked in two years. My husband has a three day work week and can just about cover the costs of his 2003 car.

Dfmnoc · 18-10-2013 02:09PM

Drugs

MagicMarker · 18-10-2013 02:09PM

Is he black? Everyone knows black people get free cars when they're on the dole.

18-10-2013 02:10PM

The dole allows you to have some form of savings, so perhaps he used that towards buying his car?

Brussels Sprout · 18-10-2013 02:10PM

lukesmom wrote: »

Before anyone says I'm jealous, I'm not.

I don't believe you

run_Forrest_run · 18-10-2013 02:11PM

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

I don't believe you

even I'm jealous

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 18-10-2013 02:11PM

He sells his ass for cash in the evenings???

lukesmom · 18-10-2013 02:12PM

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

I don't believe you

Swear to God I'm not. More power to him for having a fab car.

Tiddlypeeps · 18-10-2013 02:14PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The dole allows you to have some form of savings, so perhaps he used that towards buying his car?

You really think someone can save €30,000 in 2 years while on the dole

Or were you being facetious? I sometimes miss these things.

darkpagandeath · 18-10-2013 02:14PM

lukesmom wrote: »

A neighbour of ours is on job seekers benefit and has been for two years. He cannot find a job. He has a brand new 2013 car worth €30,000 with all it's extras and modifications (his own words). Bought outright. Has a mortgage, wife and three kids. Can't understand how he could afford to buy this.

Before anyone says I'm jealous, I'm not. Just curious as to how he could afford this if he's not worked in two years. My husband has a three day work week and can just about cover the costs of his 2003 car.

I don't believe you. my neighbour is an alien would you believe that ?

chopper6 · 18-10-2013 02:14PM

He's either doing nixers or he's selling tablets.

Either way he wants locking up pronto.

Banjo String · 18-10-2013 02:15PM

Winning streak.

Eight Ball · 18-10-2013 02:15PM

What an anti dole thread on boards??? Well I never.

Oranage2 · 18-10-2013 02:16PM

Not to turn this into a Dole bashing thread but I know a few relatives on the Dole that can afford 3 foreign holidays and countless weekend trips down the country.

lukesmom · 18-10-2013 02:16PM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

I don't believe you. my neighbour is an alien would you believe that ?

It's 100% true I have no reason to lie.

K-9 · 18-10-2013 02:17PM

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

You really think someone can save €30,000 in 2 years while on the dole

Or were you being facetious? I sometimes miss these things.

They wouldn't be on Jobseekers Benefit for 2 years though so the OP is incorrect, plus it doesn't mean they didn't have any savings before they signed on.

Tom_Cruise · 18-10-2013 02:17PM

Pretty easy to do.

If he lost his job 2 years ago and had say 25k in savings, and saved the other 5k from his dole then he would have enough (25k + 5k =31k)

darkpagandeath · 18-10-2013 02:18PM

lukesmom wrote: »

It's 100% true I have no reason to lie.

Neither do I but it's still aint true

lukesmom · 18-10-2013 02:18PM

K-9 wrote: »

They wouldn't be on Jobseekers Benefit for 2 years though so the OP is incorrect.

Job seekers allowance then it's one of the two

Maximus Alexander · 18-10-2013 02:18PM

lukesmom wrote: »

A neighbour of ours is on job seekers benefit and has been for two years. He cannot find a job. He has a brand new 2013 car worth €30,000 with all it's extras and modifications (his own words). Bought outright. Has a mortgage, wife and three kids. Can't understand how he could afford to buy this.

Before anyone says I'm jealous, I'm not. Just curious as to how he could afford this if he's not worked in two years. My husband has a three day work week and can just about cover the costs of his 2003 car.

He probably bought it on finance and will be paying for it for the next 15 years.

lukesmom · 18-10-2013 02:19PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

He probably bought it on finance and will be paying for it for the next 15 years.

He said he paid it upfront.

Tiddlypeeps · 18-10-2013 02:20PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

He probably bought it on finance and will be paying for it for the next 15 years.

An unemployed person would never be able to put 30k on finance. What do you think this is, 2006? :eek:

Hownowcow · 18-10-2013 02:21PM

Inheritance? Gift? Win?

*Probably drugs.

18-10-2013 02:21PM

op out of interest how do you think he afforded it? you know him better than us

he might have savings, an inheritance, a small lottery win, he sounds like he likes to boast, but probably wouldn't admit to an inheritance or a lottery win, some people like to project an image of success based on their own ability rather than through good fortune

18-10-2013 02:21PM

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

You really think someone can save €30,000 in 2 years while on the dole

Or were you being facetious? I sometimes miss these things.

Read the first part of my sentence. The dole allows for some form of savings, so they could have had some set aside before they signed on.

131spanner · 18-10-2013 02:21PM

He might have sold a kidney for cash. Or bone marrow or something.

Maximus Alexander · 18-10-2013 02:22PM

lukesmom wrote: »

He said he paid it upfront.

Well then one of three things are true:

He is lying.
He had substantial savings before he went on the dole.
He is gaming the system and making money on the side.

Best way to find out which would probably be to ask him.

donutheadhomer · 18-10-2013 02:22PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

Is he black? Everyone knows black people get free cars when they're on the dole.

and I've heard the blacker they are the better the car - so I've figured it out - this guy must be in the Minstrels Show on the quiet. Shop him to the welfare for working and signing

Duggy747 · 18-10-2013 02:23PM

Only logical theory is that he's claiming for about 20 people who are already dead.

Maybe he's a serial killer who's addicted to the dole.

lukesmom · 18-10-2013 02:23PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

op out of interest how do you think he afforded it? you know him better than us

he might have savings, an inheritance, a small lottery win, he sounds like he likes to boast, but probably wouldn't admit to an inheritance or a lottery win, some people like to project an image of success based on their own ability rather than through good fortune

I honestly don't know. I do think he likes to boast. As far as I'm aware the dole wouldn't allow for €30,000 savings though I think. €10,000 is the cut off.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 18-10-2013 02:23PM

chopper6 wrote: »

He's either doing nixers or he's selling tablets.

Either way he wants locking up pronto.

Tablets that help you connect to the internet or tablets that help you connect to the infinite wholeness of the universe???

Buying a brand new car on benefits?

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