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Re: Million Pound Property Experiment



From: "Don McAllister" <donmc@xxxxxxx>
> Still no reference to the freebies and the work done free gratis which
> leaves a bit of a bad taste. Nice to see the money going to charity
but they
> should have given everyone the credit.
>
>>>Cross-post from UK_selfbuild....

> >The moral of the story
>
> I think the moral of the story is that a couple of window-dressers
masquerading
> as "Interior Designers" can't make money when pretending to
be property
> developers, even when helped by the Professionals.
>
> What of the £200,000 'profit' given to charity, you may well ask!
Well, most
of
> the materials etc were *donated* to the programme it appears, knock
off that
and
> a fair wage for 'the boys' (how about £2.50 an hour?, no not each,
silly...)
and
> there will be nought left. So, in effect, the donations were by
material
> producers in return for 'publicity'. Bad investment on their part!
>
> In summary? A total con, perpetrated by a public-service-broadcasting
network,
> who should know better, on their unsuspecting licence fee payers! Oh,
and on
> their material suppliers too. At least Sally Beaney splatters her show
with
> loads of health warnings.



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