Getting Rich in the Recession - The Man Who Buys Everything, Channel 4, 9pm Thursday

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• ednwireland Posts: 170

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  06/12/13 - 02:29 #2

  yep amazing, wonder how much he actually turns over a year

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• Andagha Posts: 31,212

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  06/12/13 - 02:30 #3

  I would dread to think, but by the amount of money his wife took off him I imagine he's rolling in it now.
  
  They always say where there's muck there's brass..

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• tco200 Posts: 690

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  06/12/13 - 04:07 #4

  Not seen someone try so hard to put on an act for the cameras trying to play a character in a long time

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• jwball Posts: 1,248

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  06/12/13 - 14:08 #5

  tco200 wrote: »

  Not seen someone try so hard to put on an act for the cameras trying to play a character in a long time

  
  And what an act it was, company worth £80k with £13k in the bank.
  Not making as much as he was pretending to.

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• jwball Posts: 1,248

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  06/12/13 - 14:09 #6

  Andagha wrote: »

  I would dread to think, but by the amount of money his wife took off him I imagine he's rolling in it now.
  
  They always say where there's muck there's brass..

  
  Obviously handing over a sizeable wad of money wasn't done for the cameras.

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• Twenty10 Posts: 416

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  06/12/13 - 16:33 #7

  jwball wrote: »

  And what an act it was, company worth £80k with £13k in the bank.
  Not making as much as he was pretending to.

  
  
  
  Those figures, from Companies House, are at best 11 months old and, at worst, 23 months out of date.
  
  I think it was stated enough times in the programme that the owner was looking for the 'big deal' to make him rich. He thought it might be the one where he bought stock worth about a quarter of a million pounds.
  
  To be honest, Company House figures for companies only supplying abbreviated accounts are pretty meaningless. You don't get to see the P&L, turnover etc.

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• charmarr Posts: 599

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  06/12/13 - 16:36 #8

  The man is cashing in on people's misfortune.
  Bit nasty ..Offering a fraction of what the goods were worth
  He knew the people in trouble we're desperate.
  Watched about half of it,couldn't stomached any more.

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• radcliffe95 Posts: 4,086

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  06/12/13 - 17:30 #9

  Was expecting a bit more detail to be honest.

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• Trsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202

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  06/12/13 - 17:45 #10

  Twenty10 wrote: »

  Those figures, from Companies House, are at best 11 months old and, at worst, 23 months out of date.
  
  I think it was stated enough times in the programme that the owner was looking for the 'big deal' to make him rich. He thought it might be the one where he bought stock worth about a quarter of a million pounds.
  
  To be honest, Company House figures for companies only supplying abbreviated accounts are pretty meaningless. You don't get to see the P&L, turnover etc.

  
  Yes, I agree. However, if his balance sheet total is only £80k, of which £13k is cash (rest is probably stock), he's clearly not in the league where he can make a stock purchase of £0.25m, is he?

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• jimbo1962 Posts: 2,552

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  06/12/13 - 18:24 #11

  charmarr wrote: »

  The man is cashing in on people's misfortune.
  Bit nasty ..Offering a fraction of what the goods were worth
  He knew the people in trouble we're desperate.
  Watched about half of it,couldn't stomached any more.

  
  yeah,. he was a peuch.

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• owl61uk Posts: 3,005

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  07/12/13 - 00:26 #12

  jimbo1962 wrote: »

  yeah,. he was a peuch.

  
  He came across as an odious ****

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• BellaRosa Posts: 36,542

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  07/12/13 - 02:20 #13

  charmarr wrote: »

  The man is cashing in on people's misfortune.
  Bit nasty ..Offering a fraction of what the goods were worth
  He knew the people in trouble we're desperate.
  Watched about half of it,couldn't stomached any more.

  
  I only managed 10 mins and that was enough!

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• Haggis&Chips Posts: 643

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  07/12/13 - 04:37 #14

  Am I allowed to call him a total knob or does that break some sort of DS rule?
  
  The subject of this particular documentary was such a complete slug that I imagine a large proportion of the potential audience also reached for the remote and turned to another channel.

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• Jimmy Connors Posts: 117,800

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  07/12/13 - 05:07 #15

  He reminded me of a slightly younger Jim Bowen ... not as talented as Jim Bowen of course.
  
  I did like his car though.

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• Stansfield Posts: 6,097

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  08/12/13 - 23:42 #16

  charmarr wrote: »

  The man is cashing in on people's misfortune.
  Bit nasty ..Offering a fraction of what the goods were worth
  He knew the people in trouble we're desperate.
  Watched about half of it,couldn't stomached any more.

  Bit of a Vulture I thought - but you may have missed the Women who wanted to sale her cosmetics I think, she got £950 through haggling, when the guy left, she admitted she was hoping for £800...:D

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• jsmith99 Posts: 20,382

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  09/12/13 - 03:42 #17

  charmarr wrote: »

  The man is cashing in on people's misfortune.
  Bit nasty ..Offering a fraction of what the goods were worth
  He knew the people in trouble we're desperate.
  Watched about half of it,couldn't stomached any more.

  
  These are people in business who have to make a forced sale of all their stock. They know (or should know) they're not going to get much for it, and 20% might be a good offer. If they're not happy with an offer, they're free to turn it down.
  
  And while I sympathise with them, it's not usually misfortune (i.e. bad luck) which caused their problems, it's bad decisions and/or a lack of planning.
  
  If you want to feel sorry for anyone, it should be the suppliers they owe money to.

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