In Reply to: same all over posted by rbbregent on Sunday, 8. February 2009 at 15:00 Bali Time:
Hey Bobbie, I hear what you say but as far as I am concerned your first time traveler or general holiday makers to Bali are NOT looking at buying Land or Housing, they are just their to relax and enjoy so I don't understand why you would bother posting that. Unfortunaletly I can only speak on what I know and the majority of issues experienced by holiday makers, friends or family over the years has not been at the hands of Balinese people. Though like everywhere in the world you will always find Good & Bad.
And for what it's worth we have people like that in Australia, I live in Geelong and people here have lost their life saving to the like of Pyramid a few years back & more recently to Chartwell which has devastated some family's, some people have even taken their own lives as a result. Generally around Australia there are a lot of investors who have lost life savings by investing & taking risks unfortunately( remember Alan Bond & Christopher Skase). Greed and Deceit are everywhere.
I consider myself lucky to have be friended a few Balinese families over 25 years ago and it always feels like I am returning home when I visit the Island and always make the most of it as do my children and we have now started the tradition in our next generation, my grandchildren have all been & cannot wait to go back.