The Apprentice - 2009

[loki]

Was a shame that Paula got fired. (nice bit of eye candy ) Just goes to show that the best product in the world will bomb if the costings are wrong.

Im hoping that Ben or that lad from the North East get the boot soon. Really grinding my gears. Playing upto the camera being angry to make out they know better than their team mates but when you cut through the BS and the saville row shirts they are probably some of the worst performers upto now

[Pheebs]

They were working in my school friends factory (twas his Brother showing them the scents!) in my home town of Poole! Made me smile!

Gutted for Paula though Boo!

[Jingo]

She was unfortunate as I believe Muruug or that gobby-aggressor should have gone; simply because, as nice as he is, he seemed a tad overwhelmed by the whole ordeal- here's hoping he'll be much better next time as he seems fairly genuine.

It was embarressing to watch the "3 bottles for a pound", but hey, it sold them and made profit.

Sad she went actually as I found her easy on the eye (just not on the ear!)

[Pickers]

loved "muruug's" "listen..listen...listen......guys listen.......... okay" when his team were asking if they could sell for "as much as they could get"

[divine]

What confuses me is who actually pays for the stuff at the time?

Obviously they don't do it themselves else they'd have noticed when the guy said "that'll be £700 please". It can't just be the two cronies because they aren't everywhere all the time when the teams split themselves up, so I can only assume the teams consist of absolute super dumb ****s or there are other people behind the scenes who actually do the nitty gritty of paying people and stuff.

[Pheebs]

They had the list of pricing in front of them... I should imagine they picked what they wanted, figured out the costing themselves and then put in an order (the people would then invoice them later on). So they wouldn't see the costings til later... or at least you'd hope that's how it works

Same thing happens with me and business - I give people quotes and options, they then put in an order, I process it, send the order and then send the invoice

[Desmo]

Aye, in a business like that they'll be ordering and using the products well before any payment is due so it does simulate a business quite well I guess.

I like this video .... http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/epis...m_200075.shtml

James wants a drink at the end but takes a swig out of the wrong bottle

[divine]

Yeah I suppose that makes sense, clearly it helps if you can understand basic mathematics which clearly those two silly bints couldn't manage.

[jmc41]

I'm not convinced they'd have won even if they'd used the cheap stuff, I know Nick said they would have won but if they had used the cheaper stuff (like 4000% less?) would it have been as good a product?

Also they put their prices up high because they'd screwed up, and used the > £1000 a kilo as selling point, or at least Ben did.

Don't get me wrong they definitely should have won... But not sure if it'd have been as clear cut if they hadn't screwed up the costs.

[LeperousDust]

I think it shows quite clearly how the program is edited for twists and turns. The whole episode although enjoyable made it look like even though they screwed up cost that they'd won. But obviously you get to the board room and the bomb is dropped. Now this used to be entertaining but its a little predictable now, and i wish the editing reflected more closely what actually happened, i guess that wouldn't pull the figures in so much though