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sideshowbob
20 Jul 14 21:55
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you missed it, im watching it now, recorded from earlier.

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By:
11kv
When: 20 Jul 14 21:57
Brilliant.
By:
sideshowbob
When: 20 Jul 14 22:16
i'll go in with duncan. i like me crisps.
By:
sideshowbob
When: 20 Jul 14 22:38
8k turnover and they value it at half a million??  Plain

jesus h. deluded isnt really the word now is it deary...
By:
sideshowbob
When: 20 Jul 14 22:47
who would pay 20 odd quid to get a photo framed in a sh1tty plastic frame??
can get better frames in wilkinsons for 99p.
By:
erse2
When: 20 Jul 14 23:56
self-cleaning glass coffee table coming up... deborah meadon to test it
By:
Ramruma
When: 21 Jul 14 19:24
Watching it on iplayer.

Dancing -- he took the wrong dragon imo in plumping for Deb rather than Duncan & Kellie combined -- Duncan could have stuck it straight into his health clubs, and Kellie knows about design.

Crisps -- a good investment imo since they've already got national retailers and basically are just skint. Piers is right that there are already competitors in supermarkets but it's a young market. Hopefully they'll find an angel who was watching.
By:
terry mccann
When: 21 Jul 14 19:35
how people gonna buy them kin crisps now? loads!
very smart move going on the show
By:
danniellasmincepies
When: 21 Jul 14 19:40
Could be a problem for her with those trainers, did she say it was her idea?  Remember Adidas Adicolour from 1980, coloured pens in the box for your own designs .
By:
Ramruma
When: 21 Jul 14 21:03
Tank -- I don't get it.

Shoes to draw on -- dunno. A bit like crisps in that if they've already got it into big chains, it might be profitable, but while I can see children might want a pair, I can't see them wanting a second pair once their feet have grown a bit. Glad she got the offer but let's see.

Radiator cover -- no. I don't see how the business scales. Mind you. I don't know who buys that generic art you see in the diy shops.

Photo frames -- no. Their designs were rubbish and if it looked like succeeding, established companies could do it better. No-one saw Peter's offer coming. I might need to play it again to check what happened.
By:
sideshowbob
When: 21 Jul 14 23:05
the trouble i have with the crisps is the more obscure brands are very hard to get in the shops. i know theyre supposedly healthier, which helps, but think of stuff like brannigans. theyre one of the nicest crisps going, but virtually impossible to actually buy the damn things. all but the biggest supermarkets just fill the shelves with the same old walkers, doritos, whatever else. very hard to break into that monopoly.
By:
sideshowbob
When: 21 Jul 14 23:13
im glad most of the dragons thought the frames were crap, cos as soon as i saw them i thought no way i want that ugly ass thing on my wall. looks slightly better on shelves, a bit retro i suppose, but still £20+ is absurd. id love to know how they cost 8 quid each to make, may as well just buy a bulk load of much cheaper ones from a pound shop that look just as crap.
By:
The Leopard
When: 21 Jul 14 23:35
On again bbc2
By:
sideshowbob
When: 21 Jul 14 23:37
id watch it again, weird as that sounds, but ive just put on the blu ray of one flew over the cuckoos vest.
By:
The Leopard
When: 21 Jul 14 23:39
That'll depress you Bob....you know it always does
By:
sideshowbob
When: 21 Jul 14 23:41
probably, but the big guy escapes at the end which is nice.
By:
The Leopard
When: 21 Jul 14 23:42
Have you seen Game of Thrones?
By:
sideshowbob
When: 21 Jul 14 23:44
nope, not at all. not even a smidgeon of it.
By:
The Leopard
When: 21 Jul 14 23:49
Nor me....son has watched it all streaming it but says the free pirate sites are all being closed down
By:
timbuctooth
When: 22 Jul 14 03:01
Watch them all here, no downloads or signing up.

http://www.free-tv-video-online.me/internet/game_of_thrones/
By:
The Leopard
When: 22 Jul 14 09:28
Comes up with : Error - site blocked

Could be my anti-virus
By:
timbuctooth
When: 22 Jul 14 12:28
Are you with Virgin? I understand they block access to streaming sites.
By:
The Leopard
When: 22 Jul 14 13:46
No....BT
By:
Emden
When: 22 Jul 14 16:15
bannatyne hasn't bought nothing in the last 5 series - he's practically skint living in a log cabin somewhere in Skegness I believe
By:
timbuctooth
When: 22 Jul 14 20:58
In that case, Leopard, sorry but I don`t know what to say. Shame, as it`s an excellent site.
By:
sideshowbob
When: 27 Jul 14 21:02
you missed it again. im watching it recorded from earlier. again.

the average brit spends 15k in their lifetime on curry. wtf??
ive probably spent about 20 quid. on 15 frozen birds eye currys. in 40 odd years. never had a takeaway one or had one in a restaurant. curry is just spicy gravy, init?
By:
sideshowbob
When: 27 Jul 14 21:07
im gonna offer you all of the money. but i want 150% of the business. Plain
By:
SlippyBlue
When: 27 Jul 14 21:15
Sounds a very reasonable figure to me bob. Say about 12 curries a year in a restaurant, with a few beers that's about £300. Times by say 30, that's £9K Add to that supermarket buys, another £1500. I reckon I'm up to 10 grand so far so £15K by the time I peg out would be about right.
By:
Crisp77
When: 27 Jul 14 21:49
If you name your kid Harry potter you can save £18.99
By:
AFTERTHOUGHT
When: 27 Jul 14 21:58
I went on Dragons Den the other night and showed them my Dad's shotgun.

Peter Jones said, "And what's your idea?"

I replied "It's a simple concept Peter, just put the money in the f*cking bag!"


(Credit to Bigmo for that one)
By:
Ramruma
When: 27 Jul 14 22:05
Curry bloke who has made £1 million then spent it on two cash-losing curry houses based on microwave-based food that he wants to take national? He does not seem to have anything other than a desire to be rich.
By:
sideshowbob
When: 27 Jul 14 22:13
yeh i dont even like curry, but even i can tell that people who buy it kinda want it vaguely fresh. otherwise theyd just get a frpzen one out the freezer.
By:
Crisp77
When: 27 Jul 14 22:19
pizza is all about sharing but other foods are different. I wouldn't even share my naan around my mates.
By:
Ramruma
When: 27 Jul 14 22:26
Dog food was interesting. I used to work with someone who left to set up his own dog food company. I guess in a limited sense there is the same paradox as in the curry franchise bloke -- the people who buy niche dog food don't want the mass-produced stuff, but to make serious money they need to get their new food mass-produced and on the supermarket shelves.

What I think Piers missed in his fear that if they were successful, the big pet food companies would just undercut them, is that it is far more likely that one of the existing firms would buy them out, making everyone rich.

Deborah was the right dragon -- her little black book was the crucial factor. They were daft to turn her down.
By:
Ramruma
When: 27 Jul 14 22:29
Coloured shaving gel -- what's the point?
By:
Crisp77
When: 27 Jul 14 22:30
Shaving in the dark?
By:
sideshowbob
When: 27 Jul 14 22:32
no idea. i wouldnt buy it. crazy product.
By:
Ramruma
When: 27 Jul 14 22:42
Breakfast -- haven't they wandered down a supermarket cereal aisle lately? Granola and muesli brands are ten a penny. For the third time tonight, there is the tension between fresh and mass-produced.

Otoh, I liked their fist bump in the lift and suspect that one day they'll be successful but maybe not selling cornflake substitutes, even with two dragons.
By:
Ramruma
When: 27 Jul 14 22:45
Taxidermy? No.
By:
Ramruma
When: 27 Jul 14 22:54
Personalised story books? Dunno. Maybe. Who knows?
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