When Matthew paid Dashdot $23,100 up-front, he believed he was taking a step towards securing his children’s financial future.
Matthew and his wife, who asked for their surname to be withheld for privacy reasons, had been saving for years to buy an investment property that could eventually be passed on to their children when they became adults.
“We’re just hoping that there’s a fair bit there for them to give them a kickstart in life,”
he said.
The 50-year-old tradesman had been drawn to Dashdot after researching several buyer’s agencies. He said what set the company apart was that it allowed him to speak to the person who would manage his account before he paid.
“I wanted to know who was going to run my account,” he said.
“None of the other companies would give me that information. They’d say, ‘Pay it, and then we’ll allocate you to somebody.’ Whereas I wanted to interview and have a chat to these people before I actually engaged them, which they allowed me to do.”
But only weeks after Matthew paid the fee, Dashdot entered voluntary liquidation, on May 28.
Dashdot published this farewell message on social media. (Source: Facebook)
The news came as Matthew was overseas on his first holiday in two years, just days after he had spoken…