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#3901 |
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Going back to the small pencils, one of my clients in the education market was at the same Dubai show and they spent some time talking to the folks on their stand. Turns out there was much more to the product than actually shown in the Den and the conclusion at the show from teachers and others was it was a very good, niche product and one on which to build a successful business.
It's all in the editing folks! Given the current price of the pencils in question the "much more" would have had to be considerably beneficial to mitigate paying so much for something that schools can bulk buy for pennies. |
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#3902 |
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So... Pencil couple. Either go to ikea, argos or any bookies, or just snap a normal pencil in 2. Also if it's for a smaller hand why is it just shorter? Why not thinner too.
Also, what idiot cake up with the stupid / boring /irrelevant viewers corner, which adds nothing to the show. Oh they are on the side of the person doing the pitch. Who'd have thought. |
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#3903 |
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Who's to say that the "much more" didn't come out in the Den and it's just that we didn't see it? We all know the show is very heavily edited. It seems reasonable that more info will have come out in the pitch and subsequent questions. If it didn't what's the point of anyone going on the show with a product to pitch? If it did, then clearly it wasn't sufficiently interesting info to either (a) include in the show or (b) generate an offer from a Dragon.
Given the current price of the pencils in question the "much more" would have had to be considerably beneficial to mitigate paying so much for something that schools can bulk buy for pennies. |
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#3904 |
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Here we go.
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He's invented the ready meal. Well done.
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#3906 |
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How embarrassing.
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#3907 |
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What a tit.
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#3908 |
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He looks like he is going to hit someone.
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#3909 |
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"I'm a businessman"
Apart from getting a patent for your product which he just let any old mug get for him and didn't even look at as all good businessman do
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And today's word is: DELUSIONAL!
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What. A. Twunt.
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#3912 |
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He's invented the ready meal. Well done.
Same with weight loss to a certain extent. Someone may prefer to get meals made for them that are tailored to their calorific requirements etc. Trouble is it's a niche market imho because it's inevitably more pricey to buy meals made for you rather than get the ingredients and make it yourself. I've seen products like this in America. |
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#3913 |
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This guy is TV magic, if David Brent did ready meals he'd be this fella.
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Someone punch him please! He is a dreadful person.
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I've met lots of arseholes if that is anything to go by and he fits right into that category!
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"Working 38 hour shifts" - yeah alright mate.
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How could anyone work with him or want to?
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How could anyone work with him or want to?
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I feel sorry for his girlfriend.
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I think he's harmless. He just wants to make it. I don't get the feeling he's acting maliciously or trying to con anyone.
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What a nob. He's just a glorified mobile phone salesman.
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#3922 |
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I feel sorry for his girlfriend.
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#3923 |
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"We'll meet again"...when he plans a heist into BT.
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Future fiance, apparently...
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#3925 |
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Sadly I know men like him and they always get the girls - WHY? I would leave him after 30 seconds of him telling me how wonderful he thinks he is.
Christ, he's like a petulant, stubborn child. |
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