Well goodnight everyone, thanks for the laugh. I will report back tomorrow night to see how everyone got on with our game
Results:Did Lord Sugar make the right decision?
Yes
38 (25.50%)
No
111 (74.50%)
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The Apprentice - 'Flip it in Essex'; BBC1 9PM
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Originally Posted by owllover:
“Nobody answered my question - did Lord Sirallan once join this thread? At the start?”
“Nobody answered my question - did Lord Sirallan once join this thread? At the start?”
Yes, he used to post here at the start
Hired from the audience, and some red shorts as a gift.
He's good with that hoola hoop, and could watch him for ever...sorry he's gone...:
Clip...everything's right, but it's gone wrong! lol
Par for the course! lol
Well, both shows were very enjoyable tonight.....
He's good with that hoola hoop, and could watch him for ever...sorry he's gone...:
Clip...everything's right, but it's gone wrong! lol
Par for the course! lol Well, both shows were very enjoyable tonight.....
Originally Posted by Fayecorgasm:
“thanks for the laughs and I want you all back in the boardroom tomorrow with your strategic stories”
“thanks for the laughs and I want you all back in the boardroom tomorrow with your strategic stories”
Only if you promise to change your underwear by then.
Originally Posted by owllover:
“Nobody answered my question - did Lord Sirallan once join this thread? At the start?”
“Nobody answered my question - did Lord Sirallan once join this thread? At the start?”
Yes, I recall him being a member on here
Here you are: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/member.php?u=47603
Originally Posted by Pickpuss:
“Yes, I recall him being a member on here”
“Yes, I recall him being a member on here”
You're having a laugh right?
Originally Posted by Oldnjaded:
“You're having a laugh right?”
“You're having a laugh right?
”
No, he was a member here a few years back and he regularly posted
Originally Posted by Lushness:
“He's got gorgeous eyes.
Him staying was never in doubt...”
“He's got gorgeous eyes.
Him staying was never in doubt...”
This is not about looks lush i thought you were better than that hunny
Originally Posted by Fayecorgasm:
“I heard a great joke today just while we are sat here ... is brian may a more optimistic version of brian cant?”
“I heard a great joke today just while we are sat here ... is brian may a more optimistic version of brian cant?”
Good one but amn't quick enough to top it.
Originally Posted by Fayecorgasm:
“hes had a complete humour bypass that lad hasn't he”
“hes had a complete humour bypass that lad hasn't he”
Yes.
Originally Posted by gillypanda:
“Dara missed an opportunity there. He should have given him a copy of Risk, the strategy board game ”
“Dara missed an opportunity there. He should have given him a copy of Risk, the strategy board game
”
Would have been perfect. But perhaps the silly shorts burst his bubble.
Tonight has been one of the funniest on the thread. Thankyou to all of you xx
Originally Posted by E05297535:
“AS has seriously lost it this year...must be basically deciding this on what future project/item he wants to invest in!!
Jade should have gone....just by deciding to bring Tom back in the boardroom, the one who was working alongside her and helping her along!!
Adam is so full of himself, isn't he?? And his selling 'skills' doesn't impress me either!!
Nuff said for tonite!!”
“AS has seriously lost it this year...must be basically deciding this on what future project/item he wants to invest in!!
Jade should have gone....just by deciding to bring Tom back in the boardroom, the one who was working alongside her and helping her along!!
Adam is so full of himself, isn't he?? And his selling 'skills' doesn't impress me either!!
Nuff said for tonite!!”
I think he's getting rid of who he doesn't want to work with. He's written Azhal off as negative. What they have on offer may decide it or it may just produce a list that excludes say half of them.
He's seen something in Jade and Gabrielle and he's interested in - he's kept them when there was a good case to lose them. Laura is attracting comments - not sure if he wants her to to either stay or go. I think Jenna, Tom, Adam and Nick look good to him to?
An art task again might suggest an interest in Gabi and Jade - he has tested artistic ability before this series. Jade's project sounds too ambitious though - but so did Susan's.
Originally Posted by Pickpuss:
“Yes, I recall him being a member on here
Here you are: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/member.php?u=47603”
“Yes, I recall him being a member on here
Here you are: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/member.php?u=47603”
Originally Posted by gillypanda:
“No, he was a member here a few years back and he regularly posted”
“No, he was a member here a few years back and he regularly posted”
Wow, we were in the company of a knight of the realm, now a lord. How posh are we?
Originally Posted by Oldnjaded:
“Wow, we were in the company of a knight of the realm, now a lord. How posh are we?”
“Wow, we were in the company of a knight of the realm, now a lord. How posh are we?
”
That's the point Oldn. Love Thy Neighbour because you never know how much dosh they might leave you
This has been the most fun i've had with my clothes on i've led a sheltered life. Not back next week week its been fun
. Not back next week week its been fun
Originally Posted by gillypanda:
“Except Azhar, who looked as miserable as ever...”
“Except Azhar, who looked as miserable as ever...
”
I remember that episodes. The guys should be thanking their lucky stars they won that week and they totally tried to sell Azhar down the river before it was announced they won.
I noticed he was also drinking orange juice.
Just finished watching this episode and it's late so I'll sum it up with this one line:
If I ever hear the word 'strategy' again it will be too soon. Even on the taxi home it was mentioned TWICE! I'm going against the masses and thought it was a good firing decision this week.
If I ever hear the word 'strategy' again it will be too soon. Even on the taxi home it was mentioned TWICE! I'm going against the masses and thought it was a good firing decision this week.
I'm confused by these BS tasks,,,,,,,,,,Sugar said buy stock and see what sells and restock the suff that sold,,,,,,,how is it that jades team allthough deservedly lost only lost by a little,,,,,,surely all the stock left over that didnt sell which was about £400 worth was bad stock it didnt sell and yet it was counted as assets.
In normal life yes,,,,but that wasnt the brief sugar gave,,,,surely it should have been about what they sold and the figures counted at the end should have reflected this not adding on left over stock?,,,,,,Jade's team would have still lost but the figures reflected in the brief that was stipulated by lord sugar.
I think he should have fired both of them in the end
In normal life yes,,,,but that wasnt the brief sugar gave,,,,surely it should have been about what they sold and the figures counted at the end should have reflected this not adding on left over stock?,,,,,,Jade's team would have still lost but the figures reflected in the brief that was stipulated by lord sugar.
I think he should have fired both of them in the end
Originally Posted by rhumble:
“I'm confused by these BS tasks,,,,,,,,,,Sugar said buy stock and see what sells and restock the suff that sold,,,,,,,how is it that jades team allthough deservedly lost only lost by a little,,,,,,surely all the stock left over that didnt sell which was about £400 worth was bad stock it didnt sell and yet it was counted as assets.
In normal life yes,,,,but that wasnt the brief sugar gave,,,,surely it should have been about what they sold and the figures counted at the end should have reflected this not adding on left over stock?,,,,,,Jade's team would have still lost but the figures reflected in the brief that was stipulated by lord sugar.
I think he should have fired both of them in the end”
“I'm confused by these BS tasks,,,,,,,,,,Sugar said buy stock and see what sells and restock the suff that sold,,,,,,,how is it that jades team allthough deservedly lost only lost by a little,,,,,,surely all the stock left over that didnt sell which was about £400 worth was bad stock it didnt sell and yet it was counted as assets.
In normal life yes,,,,but that wasnt the brief sugar gave,,,,surely it should have been about what they sold and the figures counted at the end should have reflected this not adding on left over stock?,,,,,,Jade's team would have still lost but the figures reflected in the brief that was stipulated by lord sugar.
I think he should have fired both of them in the end”
The left-over stock wasn't bad stock - counting it as assets was fine. The brief Sugar gave was a real-life one for once, with a simple message - treat the task as if the business was a going concern, rather than an exercise in one-day rip-offs (every other task). It's a far better - and fairer - way to judge a task than mere sales or profit. If Jade had understood the task rules, she would have realised that the aim was not to sell lots of volume - it was to maximise value. And by slashing the tan spray price so far, she created little added value. Nick's team understood this.
Either way, the right team won. But as you say, I was also surprised (and a little disappointed) that the margin wasn't greater. Jade walked out of that boardroom relieved, very lucky, and with no real idea just how badly she'd managed the task.
Originally Posted by rhumble:
“I'm confused by these BS tasks,,,,,,,,,,Sugar said buy stock and see what sells and restock the suff that sold,,,,,,,how is it that jades team allthough deservedly lost only lost by a little,,,,,,surely all the stock left over that didnt sell which was about £400 worth was bad stock it didnt sell and yet it was counted as assets.
In normal life yes,,,,but that wasnt the brief sugar gave,,,,surely it should have been about what they sold and the figures counted at the end should have reflected this not adding on left over stock?,,,,,,Jade's team would have still lost but the figures reflected in the brief that was stipulated by lord sugar.
I think he should have fired both of them in the end”
“I'm confused by these BS tasks,,,,,,,,,,Sugar said buy stock and see what sells and restock the suff that sold,,,,,,,how is it that jades team allthough deservedly lost only lost by a little,,,,,,surely all the stock left over that didnt sell which was about £400 worth was bad stock it didnt sell and yet it was counted as assets.
In normal life yes,,,,but that wasnt the brief sugar gave,,,,surely it should have been about what they sold and the figures counted at the end should have reflected this not adding on left over stock?,,,,,,Jade's team would have still lost but the figures reflected in the brief that was stipulated by lord sugar.
I think he should have fired both of them in the end”
The key to the task was that both teams started with the same amount of money - £150 - and counting how much cash + assets that had grown into at the end one day is a good way of measuring which team was achieving the best margins on its buying and selling. So even if you had some unsold stock at the end of the day, you've bought that with proceeds of earlier sales so should it be included in the net worth as in normal life you would still be able to sell it the next day, so it is still of value to your company.
But because the teams started with the same amount of money, it was still the team that sold more of its reinvested stock at the best margins i.e. fake tan, that won. If the task had not taken asset value into account - just profit over expenditure - that may have been perceived as a disincentive to reinvest - not a good long-term, er, strategy.
Originally Posted by MR. Macavity:
“The key to the task was that both teams started with the same amount of money - £150 - and counting how much cash + assets that had grown into at the end one day is a good way of measuring which team was achieving the best margins on its buying and selling. So even if you had some unsold stock at the end of the day, you've bought that with proceeds of earlier sales so should it be included in the net worth as in normal life you would still be able to sell it the next day, so it is still of value to your company.
But because the teams started with the same amount of money, it was still the team that sold more of its reinvested stock at the best margins i.e. fake tan, that won. If the task had not taken asset value into account - just profit over expenditure - that may have been perceived as a disincentive to reinvest - not a good long-term, er, strategy.”
“The key to the task was that both teams started with the same amount of money - £150 - and counting how much cash + assets that had grown into at the end one day is a good way of measuring which team was achieving the best margins on its buying and selling. So even if you had some unsold stock at the end of the day, you've bought that with proceeds of earlier sales so should it be included in the net worth as in normal life you would still be able to sell it the next day, so it is still of value to your company.
But because the teams started with the same amount of money, it was still the team that sold more of its reinvested stock at the best margins i.e. fake tan, that won. If the task had not taken asset value into account - just profit over expenditure - that may have been perceived as a disincentive to reinvest - not a good long-term, er, strategy.
”
Exactly. And the whole principle of asset valuation - in particular future worth - is one of the ways companies are valued in the real world. 'Valuation' is far more important than 'sales' or even 'profit'. If that wasn't the case, Twitter would be worth about 50p, whereas it's valued at a *little* bit more than that ...
Originally Posted by roddydogs:
“£10 for an unknown make of spray tan? how on earth did they sell them?”
“£10 for an unknown make of spray tan? how on earth did they sell them?”
Its a real tribute to the selling abilities of the winning team that they shifted all the tan they could get their hands on at £10, whereas the other team had tan left when selling at just £3.50. Maybe it was like the old Stella advert said "reassuringly expensive"
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