Mr Treadstone,
Goodness gracious Sir, you do sound a little disrespectful. Did you do
a Blackpool CSE in good manners by any chance. Anyway.....
If you go into a brokers with say five grand to invest, they will sit you down, give you coffee and start checking your attitude to risk. 'How do you want to play it....how much excitement would you like'. All eyeball to eyeball stuff, as each party assesses exposure / risk / reward etc.. Up to the point of signing or handing over your money, you can simply walk away. It is one of lifes bitter lessons and often played out in a court of law. That you got stung should be a salutory lesson. Actor - Robert 's Carlisles famous 7 p's might help. Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance
Cdr Koi Carpus.