Yes, Established Titles Is A Scam*

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[LegalEagle]

⚖ Ugh, the *UK* legal system, not the *English* legal system! I know that, d'oh!

[skd]

They contacted me 4 times (I just double checked) about a sponsorship. And I asked if I can tell my subscribers that this is just for fun, not a real title and they said NO. So yeah, they are a scam.

[zedeeyen]

As a Sottish person, I rolled my eyes at their ad the very first time I saw it. Not only is it an obvious scam, it's not even a new scam. I first heard of someone selling this stuff, via magazine ad, back in the 80s.

[notoverlyacerbic]

the fact that an attorney is not worried about using the word scam anywhere in the vicinity of a company is very telling.

[plannein]

They consistently say "if you buy this, you can refer to yourself as a Lord or Lady." I can refer to myself as whatever I want in most cases.

[JABRIEL]

"They're basically making Land NFTs". He has a point.

[magikot]

I'm so glad you pointed out that these are basically land NFTs, because that's exactly what they are. It's like the "buy a star" companies back in the 90s and early 00s, none of which still exist.

[insane_troll]

The legal loophole is that you can title yourself practically anything you want. Whether anyone else is going to agree to call you that is another question entirely.

[lizfisher]

Funny Story. My co-worker had an established titles purchased for her for her birthday. She had already planned a big trip to Ireland with her best friend, so they decided to use GPS to go find her "plot of land". When she got there all she found was a big garbage can. There was a pub nearby so they thought perhaps the GPS was wrong and thats where the established titles was based out of. So they went in and they asked about the GPS coordinates. The first thing the bartender said was "Bought you a plot o'land, did ya?". Her heart sank as she said yes. He said that they get people just like her in there every so often with the same GPS coordinates looking for their 1 foot plot of land. He doesn't know why they chose his coordinates, but they did, and there's nothing there and he's not affiliated in any way with them. She asked if she's at least a lady, and he said no lol. So she asked for a beer and he said that he could give her.

[Francesc]

When companies have to explain why they are not a scam, they usually are a scam.

[readyforlol]

"Implications are not necessarily false advertising"

And this is why so many scams are legal in the US.

[DeadInDenton]

As a Scot, every time a YouTuber launches into an Established Titles sponsorship ad, my eye starts to twitch uncontrollably.

[CorentinRBR]

The crazy thing is that they may have never bought any plot of land in Scotland for Established Titles as they don't need to show any proof of it and they seem to never run out of plots to sell.

[DEFxRECON]

The tonal whiplash of LegalEagle being all professional and using legal terms, and then referring to himself as “your boy” is something lol

[josephconnelly]

At least with the pet rock I purchased in the 70's, you got the actual rock, the packaging that doubles as it's nest and the extremely hilarious hand book for care of said rock.

[Sylvswe]

I am so happy that you brought up the fact that they use "environmental conservation" as a defense when it is clear that only a small fraction of their income actually goes to it. I feel like both defenders and critics have been really bad at mentioning it, when in my eyes it is the most important point. It seems better to just give the money directly to charity and skip having trees cut down for a bogus piece of paper.

[subsonicatomic]

I've run into at least one person who took it very seriously. She got legit offended I didn't recognize her as an actual lady lol

[RossetaStoned]

This is literally the same scam the "Buy a Star" people pulled. They would send a certificate with a listed dedicated star, but it isn't recognized on any registry other than the company's. And since they are essentially selling nothing but a piece of paper and frame, they could pour all their money into advertisements.

[jlj]

I feel bad for people who bought this for a loved one for Christmas thinking how cool it was going to be to explain to them what they got, and now there are dozens of videos explaining how they got scammed.

[corvusdove]

As a friend who runs an occult shop once told me, "Whenever you hear about something 'ancient' or 'forgotten' in advertising, it's crap. People like me have been using it to sell glass spheres and cheap pewter necklaces for centuries as crystal balls and talismans to tourists and rebellious teenagers. We keep the real stuff in the back."