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Old 03-12-2015, 21:21
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No doubt the 'deposits' were around £50 and anyone who genuinely was interested in buying a flat spoke to a proper grown up afterwards. Or maybe even beforehand.
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Old 03-12-2015, 21:26
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I asked myself the same question and came to the conclusion that this week's task was conducted in a virtual property world, where all the customers were stooges laid on by Lord Sugar specifically to test the candidates.

Any commission thus earned would of course have been theoretical, but the task was real enough for the candidates to be judged on their performance.
I disagree with this but I do think the potential buyers had be pre sort but with an opt out clause basically they could secure the flat on the spot but had an option to pull out if required after going through further details etc.

The whole idea of ringing around was completely false as if you got that kind of money to spend surly they work during the day.
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Old 03-12-2015, 21:28
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No doubt the 'deposits' were around £50 and anyone who genuinely was interested in buying a flat spoke to a proper grown up afterwards. Or maybe even beforehand.
Everyone that showed up had a pre interest in the flat except for the streetcaller and what a surprise then went as far as to almost secure a deal on that one.

I think they had an opt out clause probably going throught it properly the next day.

this is why I think they were criticised so much as even with the safety net they could not secure every sale.
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Old 03-12-2015, 21:40
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I asked myself the same question and came to the conclusion that this week's task was conducted in a virtual property world, where all the customers were stooges laid on by Lord Sugar specifically to test the candidates.

Any commission thus earned would of course have been theoretical, but the task was real enough for the candidates to be judged on their performance.
This is what I think. It's like the theoretical stores placing orders in other tasks. I don't believe for one second they would get these candidates in with minimal training and no background experience in selling apartments and sell apartments for £1million+. And also like many others have been saying if it was all real (highly unlikely) then what happened to the commission?

This task just screamed set up to me.
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Old 03-12-2015, 21:50
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The real question is why people would pay that sort of silly money to live in a dump like London.
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Old 03-12-2015, 22:47
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The real question is why people would pay that sort of silly money to live in a dump like London.
It's an investment. Live or don't live there for a year then sell it on and make profit.
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Old 03-12-2015, 23:05
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Sounds unlikely, but they're millionaires, god knows...
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Old 03-12-2015, 23:47
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What terrified me last night was knowing they were all likely real people and Yes people do just turn up and buy houses like that. Its another world
What shocks me more is why anyone with £1.5 million to spend in London would buy a fiat in Stratford. Perhaps they should have visited MCDonalds on the High Street late at night.

So much nicer areas.
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Old 04-12-2015, 00:41
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They seemed like "real people" to me, there are some adverts when they pretend to interview real people to endorse products and you spot the actors straight away - they cant help hamming their part up by exagerrating facial expressions and the level of enthusiasm in their voices.
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Old 04-12-2015, 09:40
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The real question is why people would pay that sort of silly money to live in a dump like London.
London's one of the greatest cities in the world. It may have some bad parts, like any other city, but it has some of the most beautiful and historic too.
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Old 04-12-2015, 14:23
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The real question is why people would pay that sort of silly money to live in a dump like London.
For a lot of the foreign investors it's a safe place to park their money. They won't even be too worried about the 'investment' accruing in value or earning rent. Its more important they have an asset in a stable bolt-hole if ever their own country goes down the pan.
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Old 05-12-2015, 16:24
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The stars of the episode were those two Arab guys? Coming out in the Rolls Royce, that style and flair. This is how the candidates should aspire to be like
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Old 06-12-2015, 02:56
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I would imagine the sales were real, but everyone buying property would not want to be filmed, so actors were used in a reconstruction.
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Old 10-12-2015, 04:45
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Yesterday, I spoke to a couple who took part in this episode. They'd been invited to Lewisham, where they'd registered an interest.

They were frustrated by long delays caused by Gary and Charleine insisting on taking buyers to view what was basically a building site rather than going straight to the show flat. The candidates even suggested that only one half of each couple need view, as they did not have enough hard hats for all. No doubt more of this would have been shown if either Gary or Charleine had been fired.

Sales were real, but with a 48-hour cooling off period.
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Old 11-12-2015, 12:01
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Yesterday, I spoke to a couple who took part in this episode. They'd been invited to Lewisham, where they'd registered an interest.

They were frustrated by long delays caused by Gary and Charleine insisting on taking buyers to view what was basically a building site rather than going straight to the show flat. The candidates even suggested that only one half of each couple need view, as they did not have enough hard hats for all. No doubt more of this would have been shown if either Gary or Charleine had been fired.

Sales were real, but with a 48-hour cooling off period.
Thanks for the info. So that clarifies that what we saw was not quite how it went but that the sales were essentially real. I am a bit surprised but there you go.
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