michaelc
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Post by michaelc on Dec 17, 2020 0:24:51 GMT
5 loans per page and no way to change it.
Its getting ridiculous.
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Greenwood2
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Post by Greenwood2 on Dec 17, 2020 8:02:45 GMT
5 loans per page and no way to change it. Its getting ridiculous. And all of mine are at least two years late! But let's not write them off they will still come good apparently. 
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david42
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Post by david42 on Dec 17, 2020 9:44:24 GMT
I use the free Webscraper.io browser extension to collect the loan data from this platform into a spreadsheet. Webscraper.io slogs through opening all the pages one page at a time collecting the fields I want. Although it took some hours to learn how to use Webscraper.io, the website has good training videos and good documentation, and once learnt the tool can be applied to other websites. I also use it to collect detail of the Rebuilding Society loans and for some non financial websites. Warning: keep a backup copy in a text file of any webscraper.io script you develop. When I re-installed my browser I lost all my scripts and needed to redevelop them from scratch. Although I stopped making new investments here some years ago, I still need to monitor the long tail of all the late repaying loans for my tax return. |
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michaelc
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Post by michaelc on Dec 17, 2020 15:04:51 GMT
Thanks David that's a good idea - I might give it a go. And Greenwood2 I totally understand your position as you had a bad experience at the start while they were tweaking their algorithm (at your expense). Things seems pretty stable to me now but definitely don't take that as a recommendation ! My plan is to slowly take out my original investment so that whatever is left is "play" money which I'll leave. I haven't got there yet though... |
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Post by Greenwood2 on Dec 17, 2020 20:19:23 GMT
Thanks David that's a good idea - I might give it a go. And Greenwood2 I totally understand your position as you had a bad experience at the start while they were tweaking their algorithm (at your expense). Things seems pretty stable to me now but definitely don't take that as a recommendation ! My plan is to slowly take out my original investment so that whatever is left is "play" money which I'll leave. I haven't got there yet though... Have you actually made any money? I tried two of their incarnations, lost more on the second try actually, when I hoped they had improved! Then gave up, I may get to breakeven eventually if I'm lucky!
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michaelc
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Post by michaelc on Dec 17, 2020 23:38:50 GMT
Thanks David that's a good idea - I might give it a go. And Greenwood2 I totally understand your position as you had a bad experience at the start while they were tweaking their algorithm (at your expense). Things seems pretty stable to me now but definitely don't take that as a recommendation ! My plan is to slowly take out my original investment so that whatever is left is "play" money which I'll leave. I haven't got there yet though... Have you actually made any money? I tried two of their incarnations, lost more on the second try actually, when I hoped they had improved! Then gave up, I may get to breakeven eventually if I'm lucky! Yes more (percentage wise) than on any other p2p. I'm not joking ! They are hideously opaque though so feel more like a slow-motion fruit machine with payout greater than 100%.
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