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Yeah, I reckon it's the biggest mistake in Apprentice history. They thought the production costs amounted to five pounds but it was actually seven hundred?! That's some mistake. In real life I think all three would have got fired. Not just Debra.
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Yes, Paula. LOL Sorry, I'm getting my names all confused. I'd make a great Apprentice candidate. I wouldn't even remember the names of the other candidates!
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Whenn they went on the street they already knew they had poured a small fortune into the soap. They should have capitalised on this genuine expenditure, quoting Sandalwood Oil at £700 a kilo, saying it was genuine quality with nothing spared - and sold it as a class product at £6.
Hell, Body Shop can do it and sell too. |
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Whenn they went on the street they already knew they had poured a small fortune into the soap. They should have capitalised on this genuine expenditure, quoting Sandalwood Oil at £700 a kilo, saying it was genuine quality with nothing spared - and sold it as a class product at £6. They should have given prospective customers a sniff of the gorgeous sandalwood bottle, what was left in it.
Hell, Body Shop can do it and sell too. |
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At least it have us one of the best quotes of the series so far though...
"No it's half of four hundred and fift...shit"
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Yes, Paula. LOL Sorry, I'm getting my names all confused. I'd make a great Apprentice candidate. I wouldn't even remember the names of the other candidates!
![]() I think Yasmina's previous success in the catering task saved her tonight - she would have been toast otherwise. |
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At least it have us one of the best quotes of the series so far though...
"No it's half of four hundred and fift...shit" ![]() And when Nick said "I'll leave it with you then" made me crack up!
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Floopy, you're not alone - I'm finding it really difficult to remember the candidates' names this year. Kept forgetting Paula's all the way through tonight's episode. Either I'm getting older (which obviously I am) or they're a more forgettable bunch this year!
I think Yasmina's previous success in the catering task saved her tonight - she would have been toast otherwise. Sorry, I'm still a little sore about the result of the catering task. Both teams' food was garbage but some teams' food was more garbage than others... |
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What I don't understand is how they made a loss. Even if you've overspent, that doesn't mean you have to stick with the original price. Did they not work out how much they needed to charge per product to break even? They sold their entire stock and still made a loss; they didn't even think about how much to charge for them.
The real scandal is not opting for a really expensive ingredient, it's selling them for less than cost! |
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Whenn they went on the street they already knew they had poured a small fortune into the soap. They should have capitalised on this genuine expenditure, quoting Sandalwood Oil at £700 a kilo, saying it was genuine quality with nothing spared - and sold it as a class product at £6. They should have given prospective customers a sniff of the gorgeous sandalwood bottle, what was left in it.
Hell, Body Shop can do it and sell too. |
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Whoever bought the rest of the soaps and bubble bath stuff for £400 should keep hold of that stock. They could easily double the price based on the amount of Sandalwood put in.
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I think we'll have to accept that this is now more about entertainment than finding talent.
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Sandalwood = £1700 per kilo
Cedarwood = £26.00 per kilo but smells like it. Dont buy the argument they would have won if they had used cedarwood as there was no guarantee they could have sold at the same price and that quantity. The lady at the end would not have paid £400.00 if they had used cedarwood as she knew she had a bargain. Even I knew sandalwood is very expensive. They knew how much they had spent and they should have charged per unit accordingly. |
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If these guys are the next generation of entrepreneurs, then the UK is in real trouble!
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In my mind, the 100 chickens is the worse mistake. Common sense should tell you that people don't put one chicken on one pizza.
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They are all apparently incapable of basic arithmetic. Having spent £1200, what on earth were they doing selling the stock for £1100? They were tipped of about the c*ck-up, at that point stockbroker boy should have said - right, the unit cost of each item is £4.12 for the gel and £3.62 for the soap, make sure you sell for more than that.
It's incredibly stupid, and betrays the lack of basic skills that they all apparently have. Inability to read a simple document is one thing, but having someone more competent tip you off and still not do anything is another. |
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