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Dick Johnson interview in the Sunday Mail....
There was a very interesting interview with Dick Johnson in the Sunday Mail yesterday in the financial section...it would interest any DJR fan...
If you would like to read this article email me at vortexgoldathotmaildotcom and I will send it to you... Just note that I'm having a bit of PC trouble at the moment and it might take some time to send it. |
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Link for that story
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...3-3122,00.html |
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The article doesn't seem to paint too rosier a picture for Dick.
Bills to pay, credit card purchases, units for sale. Reading between the lines, the team could be for sale as long as Dick had something to do, presumably in an advisory role or similar. |
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$4.5 millon was the price in either 1999 or 2000.....
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"Are you a saver or a spender?
Well, I'm not big on leaving an inheritance, because I've got nothing to inherit. I'm not a huge spender, I'm not a spendthrift. I try not to buy things I don't need, but I like to buy things that we will enjoy – like a boat." I guess Stevie had better get paid a shedload of dosh while he is driving then because it looks like he won't get much more than a boat!! |
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Yeah but have you seen the boat!
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If you were in Dicks position would you truthfully tell some chick from the paper your life financial story. Gee he must be in deep crap if he uses a credit card to pay his bills. No one has ever done that. Image the loyalty points the race team would accrue.
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I think you might find that it happens in some parts of V8Supercar too... in the development series perhaps
It is quite scary to think that the team has had millions of dollars a year wash through its hands for 20 years... and none of it has stuck to the sides... |
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Who are any of us to speculate on Dick's personal finances?
I thought some of the questions were fairly invasive and he was quite right to be a little cagey about his answers. The truth is that noone here knows **** about Dick's finances. I hardly think that having units for sale is any reason to speculate that he is short of cash, they may be investment units in a recently completed development. Looks like just another case of the good old tall poppy syndrome! |
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This whole thread is in response to an article in a newspaper that was purported to be contributed to in some detail by Mr Johnson himself. If he chooses to expose his finances to scrutiny by talking about them in public in the media, then the subject becomes open for discussion by the greater world. They didnt ask Joe Bloggs, street sweeper to discuss the intricacies of his financial dealings.. they asked Tricky Dick.. and hoped to get readership by having that person there, and by asking the questions they asked.... |
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From my understanding, they would investment properties on Ephraim. Crickey, how many appartments can one person live in?
I wish I were selling appartments on Ephraim at the moment, I haven't seen too many of them go for under a million in recent times. Good on him for getting in early and buying some in the first place! |
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I have no doubt a few of the true "privateer" teams in the Fujitsu Series operate with the budget of the limits on their Credit Cards.
But I am quite surprised to hear a person with the status of Dick Johnson give an interview stating his financial situation is as shakey as it sounds. Or maybe it's all smoke and mirrors.... Wouldn't be the first time for Dick to use smoke and mirrors.... |
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i am surprised how you guys can read into that article that Dick is in some kind of financial trouble... all i read was that he was a Fitter and turner turned mechanic. no where did i read he was in any financial trouble and i suspect dick is doing OK.
It was hardly a probing interview into dicks financial position. |
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Exactly. Like Dick's gonna give out all his $ info to the Sunday Mail. He'll be fine for a long time - he's no idiot as most well know |
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I think Dick still likes the "battler" tag, and doesn't really want to flash around how much he is worth.
As for selling units on Ephriam Island, Dick's been into property development since he teamed up with Alf Grant in the 1980's. He's probably always buying and selling somewhere or other, we just don't hear about it. When I see the boat getting re-posessed, then I'll beleive he's in financial trouble. |
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