Notwithstanding that the circumstances at 1/2 Penny Green may not apply here, how many more times are we going to hear this - another person who's been fooled into paying cash up front with false and vague promises from the equivilant of Pikies in the GA Business.
I also learned at Halfpenny Green and they NEVER asked anyone for money up front. If you wanted to pay some in advance then that was your decision but nobody was ever asked to do so as a matter of course.