Talk:Raynor Winn

Bad Investment

Is this accurate? From Raynor Winn's own description in The Salt Path it would appear that the couple were defrauded by an old friend, and so they argued before the courts. The courts did not agree, but it still seems harsh to describe their financial loss being to due to a bad investment. Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 12:05, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

The content is reliably sourced to the BBC have you got another secondary source that says otherwise? Theroadislong (talk) 12:21, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

No doubt the BBC liked to term it as such, but according to Winn's own account in The Salt Path, they thought they were doing a friend a favour by guaranteeing a loan. Because other things were happening in their lives, i.e. Moth's illness, they were late with filing objections to the court when the friend defaulted. This is clearly explained in the book. I refer you to the book. Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 19:24, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

I have read the book, but we would need a secondary source to support this, not her own book. I'll see what I can find. Theroadislong (talk) 19:38, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

I’ve just read the book; it was an investment in the friend’s business, not a loan. They were presumably prepared to lose the investment, but had not realised they would be liable for the debts when the business failed. Laplarks (talk) 08:30, 26 November 2023 (UTC)