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Old 28-05-2009, 12:18
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...we need someone who will take risks and make us loads of money"

Yeah, because that went down so well this decade just gone...
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Old 28-05-2009, 12:49
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...we need someone who will take risks and make us loads of money"

Yeah, because that went down so well this decade just gone...
Your title says it all OP. That was then and this is now.
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Old 28-05-2009, 13:38
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I think what he meant is that he needs rewards quick

and risk=rewards
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Old 28-05-2009, 15:31
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Your title says it all OP. That was then and this is now.
I was pointing out that the conclusion seems rather counter-intuitive
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Old 28-05-2009, 16:04
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I was pointing out that the conclusion seems rather counter-intuitive
Not really... the contexts are a bit different...
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Old 28-05-2009, 16:52
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"In these hard times...

...we need someone who will take risks and make us loads of money"
Not only did Sugar come up with that weird logic, (why would people take big risks during a recession?) he criticized the team with the smaller priced products - and yet they won. He was saying "where's the more expensive items?" (or words to that effect). Had he done the task he would have been on the losing team! 100 percent prove he doesn't get it right all the time. Still, he's super-rich and I'm not so what do I know!
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Old 28-05-2009, 17:43
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Not only did Sugar come up with that weird logic, (why would people take big risks during a recession?) he criticized the team with the smaller priced products - and yet they won. He was saying "where's the more expensive items?" (or words to that effect). Had he done the task he would have been on the losing team! 100 percent prove he doesn't get it right all the time. Still, he's super-rich and I'm not so what do I know!
Yeah - at the time I was thinking 'wouldn't people go for lower cost items at this time'. But like you said, he's this rich guy.. though, I remember that awful beauty product he tried to sell with Tim Campbell.
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Old 28-05-2009, 17:51
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But like you said, he's this rich guy..
He got mega-rich from his Amstrad computers which were one of the first home computers back in the prehistoric era we call the 1980s. But Amstrad never became a global brand. Had it become a global brand I suspect he'd be up there with the likes of Bill Gates and have a multi-billion dollar empire.
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Old 28-05-2009, 21:21
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Not only did Sugar come up with that weird logic, (why would people take big risks during a recession?) he criticized the team with the smaller priced products - and yet they won. He was saying "where's the more expensive items?" (or words to that effect). Had he done the task he would have been on the losing team! 100 percent prove he doesn't get it right all the time. Still, he's super-rich and I'm not so what do I know!
At the risk of agreeing with Sir Alan, not choosing any high price items should have been a fatal mistake, and it's only the awful presentation / direction of the other team that saved them. Yasmina is my favourite and I really thought she had blown it. They said it last night, two more chip friers and the other team would have walked away with it; anyone half competant would have done that, luckilly for Yasmina and co, the others proved not to be particularly competant in this instance.
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