Oh boy do I have an asteroid to sell you
I actually owned 3, 7 stars, and an exoplanet.
It’s really going to be a shocker for the inhabitants of that expoplanet once you get your shit together and get over there yourself to start making changes.
Don’t you get a square meter or something every time you buy a bottle of Laphroaig? Pretty sure I have a couple of those in a shoebox somewhere.
Yup. Same scam. Except you get whiskey too so it’s ok
That’s £200 for a family of four…
The door’s right over there.
Scottish person here, no we do not.
This is a well-known scam that perpetrates a myth that you can become a lord or lady by owning land in Scotland. There is not, and never was a law saying that. If that was the case, my parents would be a lord and lady because we own land in Scotland (my house). In reality, my dad is banned from any official honours. No seriously. Its pretty based.
The firm running the scam claims the money goes to reforesting schemes in the highlands. It does not. If you want to contribute to reforesting in the highlands, look up the national trust for Scotland or the Scottish wildlife trust.
The title of lord is not one that you can buy by getting land in Scotland, it is the British equivalent of senator. I want you to imagine if someone claims that if you a square metre of land in Alaska. You can call yourself a senator.
To me, I never thought the part about the titles was true. It felt very tongue in cheek. To me the bigger scandal is that it’s illegal to subdivide land that small and sell it as souvenir plots of land. So even when you strip away the part that most people understand is a gag, you’re still not even getting the thing they say you do.
Like if someone said “I’ll send you a plastic crown to be pretend to be a king” but they never actually give you one.
You would be very surprised what people believe about my country.
“YOU WON’T BELIEVE THIS LEGAL LOOPHOLE IN SCOTLAND!”
“This just may be the coolest gift ever” - FORBES
Just a quick google reveals there are like dozens of different websites that claim to do this lol
(un) related fun fact: you can make up your own title in most countries.
The only titles you can’t use, are those that would imply that you have authority or qualifications that you do not.
Since being a “Lord” is basically meaningless in North America, you can literally just… Call yourself a Lord. No payment required.
But you can’t go around saying you’re a doctor, or a veteran of any kind, or something like that… That shit will get you in trouble.
You’ve just inspired me. Many estates have grandiose names. I am naming my apartment swamphole, and I am now the lord of swamphole.
I approve.
Said like a true lord.
My last bottle of Laphroaig came with a deed to a square foot of bog, can I come visit? I promise I’ll behave…
Iirc Legal Eagle made a video about this and said the same thing. More importantly though - what did your dad do?
So he was a civil servant (nothing big, photographer and graphic design dept, some of his maps are in a preserved nuclear bunker in Fife) and one day the nurses went on strike and he (despite not being a nurse) walked out in solidarity. He was dragged in front of his boss who told him he was now banned from any official honours, meaning he couldn’t become a Knight, get an OBE, CBE, MBE, get a George Cross or become a Lord.
That’s a much better unofficial honor imo
That’s a pretty based reason and way better than being a lord
Oh right I hadn’t even considered that the titles would be British. I bet he gave as much of a rat’s ass as any other Scotsman would in that case 😂
Thanks for the info and thorough explanation.
The title of lord is not one that you can buy by getting land in Scotland
That’s why they call it ‘Laird’
* smartly taps temple*
Ordered for my girlfriend and myself from https://establishedtitles.com/ and they seemed quite trustworthy to me. Their trustpilot reviews seem good too.
I believe that this is one of the core scammers in this whole scheme.
There’s whole documentary style videos on it, how it’s a scam, and that they’re largely just pocketing the money.
But if it makes you happy to have paid $100 for a piece of paper that says Lord/Lady (your name here), then I don’t see why you would care, if that’s what you are getting from it.
Also, the thought of having a tree planted on a designated plot was a nice thought. I’ll look for a documentary on that topic. Sadly, I didn’t know before.
That’s kind of the idea though.
They don’t exactly advertise that they’re doing a bad thing.
I have my reservations about the tree planting thing. I forget the specifics about it from the material I’ve seen.
IIRC it’s half right? I forget why. It’s been a while.
You can’t get a lordship just by owning land and you can’t sell a sq meter of land who cares what trust pilot says?
I just checked trustpilot after reading all this. Actually I did order there because I heard of that stuff in multiple podcasts. I thought the lord/ladyship would just be a title for fun and the money would go towards reforestation. (I know that the titles and ownership of the land are without any legal ground.)
Wasn’t that YT sponsor shown to be a scam?
Scottish Law forbids the sale of a "souvenir plot”. The title of “Lord” is also defined in UK law and can’t be purchased. If you check out the FAQ of most of these sites they’ll explain you’re not actually buying land or a title but a peice of paper.
Yeah, if you wanted something a bit more legit, https://www.highlandtitles.com/ offers to become a „Lord/Lady of the Glen“™️. And they are open about it being just for fun. They state:
**You will be addressed by your choice of Laird, Lord or Lady of the Glen by us and within our 300,000+ strong community. Please note you cannot buy a noble title. This is for enjoyment purposes only. *You obtain a personal right to a souvenir plot of land. Highland Titles remains as the registered landowner and manages the land on your behalf.But you get a nice printout and some trinkets as well…
FYI - you can do a quote block by putting
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> Like this)I got two of those for my Birthday years ago. In that year I did a roadtrip with friends around Scotland and visited “my” small plot of land and hugged “my” tree. It was a fun present to get my friends to call me lord the whole trip.
Also, as far as I remember it was a nature reserve too. and because it was divided into thousands of tiny plots it would be near impossible to buy the whole land and destroy the forest.
Also, as far as I remember it was a nature reserve too. and because it was divided into thousands of tiny plots it would be near impossible to buy the whole land and destroy the forest.
You only “own” that plot of land in that company’s register. If they even keep that. As far as Scottish law goes, the entire land is just one plot, owned by the company.
It’s illegal to sell such small plots, so it’s literally impossible to actually, legally, purchase a plot of land that small.
They are the only owner and can sell all of it
Not sure I’ve seen that one but the actual thing is a method of land preservation so a single entity cannot own a meaningful amount of land to develop. You get something like a square foot of Blairadam Forest.
Haha *click*
Immediately dropped into ongoing estate crises. Your staff hasn’t been paid in months. An angry groundskeeper has set fire to the stables. A nearby parish seeks restitution for damage to its roof. You apparently have relatives with expensive vices whose debtors won’t leave you alone. The clerk insists that the novelty title company you speak of does not exist and your peerage is duly confirmed.
E: Everyone keeps reminding you that you must produce an heir. Suitors hang on the bell, each of them somehow more hideous than the last.
Wasn’t this debunked ?
In this very thread.
NO GODS NO KINGS NO LORDS NO LADIES EXCEPT SIR IAN HES COOL
but what about Sir Christopher Lee?
He’s cool but not Sir Cool
You can buy a title from Sealand, a dubious claim to a pirate radio station built upon a WWII sea platform. It’s not officially recognized by the UK, but is just offshore from them. They have the debatable claim of actually being able to sell titles because it’s created land outside the UK.
Obviously just for fun. If anyone can buy a title, then what’s the point of having it?
It comes in a legal binder and has my name on it 😁. I’m also supposed to come to the defense of the oil rig if it’s in turmoil; otherwise its just for fun.
Yeah yeah. I am Lord.
I got one of those, my mum got me it for Christmas, I’m a Lord, call me Lord Dumbass.
That’s not how the Sa Sa Le Le meme works…
Lordlandia!
Lordland, the land of the landlords.
Or would that be Landlordlandia?
I dunno, I get confused sometimes.Less than 50 where me fucking change??
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