MSG2004
MB Enthusiast
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This happened at work and on the odd occasion when meeting people at wedding parties etc people that really do not know you.
Has someone ever said to you that you are "rich" just because you have a MB?
FYI, the mid-range MB was bought outright in April 2106 as brand new. GLE, 250d, AmgLine.
FYI I left work a couple of years ago ie retired at 55 as did my other half. We have never had a penny
from anyone and live in a modest house in LB Bexley. We have a few pennies saved and these are being used up and private pensions kick in at 60, another at 65 and state pension at 66. We have a small income from a property we rent out in the same borough. Our three children live in their own properties but do have quite large mortgages and we will give them ??? each when we sell our rental at 60 yrs of age. The rental property was bought 2 years ago so we did pay a lot for it. By no definition, we are "rich."
We are on the lower end of comfortable as we do watch our money to an extent and only able to afford
2 holidays a year, just about.
FYI some of my family is what I would say are rich as they drive cars costing in excess of 140k
and have the property to go with it/etc.
So why do some people think you are rich just because you drive a new/ish mid-range MB
and have you had this said to you?
Just come to me, lol. One fool we see about every 12/18 months at weddings said, "have you won
the lottery" this was a few months after we'd bought the GLE. I told him we don't do the lottery but told him politely that we all worked and did not throw our money away. I did stump him and got a dirty look.
Has someone ever said to you that you are "rich" just because you have a MB?
FYI, the mid-range MB was bought outright in April 2106 as brand new. GLE, 250d, AmgLine.
FYI I left work a couple of years ago ie retired at 55 as did my other half. We have never had a penny
from anyone and live in a modest house in LB Bexley. We have a few pennies saved and these are being used up and private pensions kick in at 60, another at 65 and state pension at 66. We have a small income from a property we rent out in the same borough. Our three children live in their own properties but do have quite large mortgages and we will give them ??? each when we sell our rental at 60 yrs of age. The rental property was bought 2 years ago so we did pay a lot for it. By no definition, we are "rich."
We are on the lower end of comfortable as we do watch our money to an extent and only able to afford
2 holidays a year, just about.
FYI some of my family is what I would say are rich as they drive cars costing in excess of 140k
and have the property to go with it/etc.
So why do some people think you are rich just because you drive a new/ish mid-range MB
and have you had this said to you?
Just come to me, lol. One fool we see about every 12/18 months at weddings said, "have you won
the lottery" this was a few months after we'd bought the GLE. I told him we don't do the lottery but told him politely that we all worked and did not throw our money away. I did stump him and got a dirty look.