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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:15 pm
by johnpaul
hi to every body in this forum i would like to say that i am very sorry for some of my comments i made in some of my postings i did not mean to offend anybody or upset anybody it is painful for all of us in the forum dealing with debt some of us have been thought a very tuf time of it weather its the first time around or helping others going though it i hope you all accept my apology
JOHN

JOHNPAUL

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:19 pm
by Adam Davies
Hi
Thanks for that.
Good luck with your own IVA proposal
regards

Andy Davie
IVA.co.uk Spokesperson

About me:
http://www.iva.co.uk/andy_davie_profile.asp

IVA Helpline: 0800 197 4838
http://www.iva.co.uk/iva_helpline.asp

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:46 pm
by Lisa2009
johnpaul i believe you when you say you didn't mean to offend anybody. Like i said, for some forum members things are still quite raw. Please keep posting because you have also raised a few good points.

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:01 pm
by bagpuss
ahh bless ya johnpaul. I am sure no-one will hold it against you. Your threads have been very interesting....if i could just offer 1 bit of advice....type your answer...read it back to yourself twice and THEN hit the send key. This is a lesson i have learned on another forum cos at times i have just hit send then thought pants that sounds wrong when i havent meant it to. xx

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:34 pm
by johnpaul
thank you very much andy for giving me a chance and thanks skint and bagpuss for your very kind words they mean a lot to me

JOHNPAUL

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:55 pm
by lily
John Paul

Dont worry about it now, I think that bagpuss said just the right thing, read your answers first and questions too. We are all here in debt and trying to do what is right to pay them back, just like you are. If you have any problems just ask because we care how you are feeling also.



lily

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:57 pm
by admin
Due to the excessive number of posts from JohnPaul and the somewhat unstructured style of posting it has been decided that it is best for all concerned if JohnPaul does not post on this forum anymore.

We wish JohnPaul all the best and hope that the advice he received was of help.

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:01 pm
by bagpuss
thats a shame but i support your decision (sp) if you feel it was best for the site. x

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:07 pm
by lily
Good luck John Paul, I really hope you find your way and solve your own debt problem.

lily

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:47 am
by Skippy
Good luck for the future Johnpaul, I hope you are successful with your IVA.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is the present - a gift to make the most of.

View my blog at http://skippy13.blogs.iva.co.uk/

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:50 am
by Lisa2009
All the best for the future johnpaul. I hope you do well in your IVA

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:07 am
by jpj
Good luck with your IVA John Paul, and I hope that one day you will come to terms with the fact that Credit is going to be forced up on you, by marketing companies, all your life..and just like adverts for food,drink cars and loo rolls! It is our own choice wether we take it or leave it!...thats the beauty of our democratic country!
JPJ

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:21 am
by thebear29uk
Wow

I've been offline most of the weekend and just picked up this thread. JohnPaul was a member for 4 days and has 311 posts!!! That is a lot of questions.

Did I miss anything?

Regards

Dave

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:22 am
by Skippy
Not a lot, although I think it could be starting again...

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is the present - a gift to make the most of.

View my blog at http://skippy13.blogs.iva.co.uk/

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:55 am
by admin
hi skippy,

It may be that 'john' is part of some kind of spamming attempt as he has registered multiple accounts from the same ip address using different emails and names.

We are not sure if this is related but this site has been the surprising victim of over 10 sustained hacking attempts over the last 8 months. Ranging from SYN flood, teardrop attack, IRC flooding, and other sophisticated DOS attacks. We have upgraded the firewall 3 times and upgraded the system architecture 4 times (you may recall the site has been slow from time to time). We host many sites across many different sectors and this is the only one that has had this very high level of hacking and attacks.

It does appear that for some reason there are people who would prefer that this forum/site did not exist! We have monitored the IP addresses of some of the less sophisticated hacking attempts and since these are traceable, we are considering legal action or a publicity campaign against those responsible.

If any of the responsible users of this forum suspect someone like 'john' of being a spammer then please let Andy know through his profile page:
http://www.iva.co.uk/andy_davie_profile.asp

We thank you for your vigilance and its a shame there are people out there who wish to ruin something that is so obviously helping so many people.

Admin Team


FYI: More info on hacking and attacks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack