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£900 tea sold for £410
What does that tell you?
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I haven't seen all of it, but what I saw that bit!
How stupid where they to fall for that?! The look on that womans face, barely able to conceal her glee as "she conisdered" their offer while trying not to laugh at their stupidity over the 10 seconds it took her to say yes, said it all!!!! How much did the other team pay for their tea?!!!! |
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They saw you coming ?
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She even had time for some tea during negotiations.....idiots!
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She even had time for some tea during negotiations.....idiots!
How much did the other team buy the tea for? |
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I haven't seen all of it, but what I saw that bit!
How stupid where they to fall for that?! The look on that womans face, barely able to conceal her glee as "she conisdered" their offer while trying not to laugh at their stupidity over the 10 seconds it took her to say yes, said it all!!!! How much did the other team pay for their tea?!!!!
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Thanks. I'l have to watch it in full, Looks like the lesson is its better to let the fine incur rather than buy at any cost?
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Thanks. I'l have to watch it in full, Looks like the lesson is its better to let the fine incur rather than buy at any cost?
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This overpriced tea company has been named on TV. I cant see them staying in business very long. All their other customers must be wondering why they're paying so much.
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they should of just not bothered. The fine would have been cheaper. This why this task isn't about getting 10 products.
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That it's probably cultivated in China for about 10p
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Seemed a bit odd TBH. That woman should have not been so used to trying to fleece in the wholesale buying/selling trade, she wasn't talking about an exactly quotidian commodity. I'm not saying it had the sniff of a setup, but...
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they should of just not bothered. The fine would have been cheaper. This why this task isn't about getting 10 products.
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Did they not watch last years show? One team got all the items but still lost because they paid too much for them. Loralun said it wasn't a treasure hunt, where you rush out and get the items at any cost, it's more about being able to sorce and find the bargin. The tea incident reminded me of the truffle fiasco last year.
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Don't quote me, but given the relatively short gap between series, I imagine that this episode had already been filmed by the time last year's episode was screened.
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Seemed a bit odd TBH. That woman should have not been so used to trying to fleece in the wholesale buying/selling trade, she wasn't talking about an exactly quotidian commodity. I'm not saying it had the sniff of a setup, but...
I reckon someone had a quiet word with her to reduce the price substantially (because it would have been obscene that the team who only purchased 6 items should win). Yes, I'm crying fix!
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they should of just not bothered. The fine would have been cheaper. This why this task isn't about getting 10 products.
Is it just me or as the years have gone by do candidates now defer too much to the PM? |
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I smelt something fishy about it all. It was too far-fetched that the woman would slash £500 off the starting price.
I reckon someone had a quiet word with her to reduce the price substantially (because it would have been obscene that the team who only purchased 6 items should win). Yes, I'm crying fix! ![]() |
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How much tea were they told to buy? I wouldn't have a clue what the best price is to pay for quality tea that would be fit for the Savoy.
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How much tea were they told to buy? I wouldn't have a clue what the best price is to pay for quality tea that would be fit for the Savoy.
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Did they not watch last years show? One team got all the items but still lost because they paid too much for them. Loralun said it wasn't a treasure hunt, where you rush out and get the items at any cost, it's more about being able to sorce and find the bargin. The tea incident reminded me of the truffle fiasco last year.
Last series we at least saw that they had managed to get an idea of some prices (though they ignored the price of truffles anyway) This series they seemed to have no idea at all, and they all went to silly suppliers. What follows becomes very random. That shows in the results. If the girls had failed to get the tea at all, they would have won by a big margin - and if they had managed to reduce the price by £10 less, they would have lost. His Lordship would have then ended up saying the opposite - that they deserved to lose, because they failed to source the goods cheaply enough. |
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I dont think we have ever got the low down on the full prices paid or even expect in a buying task yet. We know nothing about the ice or Physilis. In fact I'm not even sure what the Physillis were - was it those chinese lantern type fruits?
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Since we have no idea of the expected tea price we cannot know what would the fine be if they didnt get it. I still think just £50 extra is not enough.
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I have no clue. It sounds like an STD to me.
![]() The physalis was another thing altogether. I simply cannot believe that not one candidate had any clue what they are, or were beyond the means of very rapidly finding out during the initial stages; in fact, that felt so specious that in the end I was astounded only by the lack of inclusion of signposted STD puns within the backseat-bound 'candid' conversations. I went through a phase not so long ago of buying them regularly from Tesco (physalis that is, not backseat-bound puns), until I went off them as they are way too sweet/granular. |
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It was camomile, wasn't it?
She doesn't even sell it http://www.rareteacompany.com/our-ra...ality-teas.php |
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