Britains Spending Secrets
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Europa1 said:
This is the quote on her company website: ""We connect brands to the thought leaders, bloggers and celebrities who count generating sonic booms of online awareness for our clients ". What the actual f&ck?
It's like b
ks buzzword bingo but all in one sentence.Also have little time for companies/individuals that use "we" when there is blatantly only one person in said company.
Edited by kev1974 on Friday 21st August 09:50
trowelhead said:
Zoon said:
That's a shame, i was thinking "good for her". Now i'm thinking she must be delusional.How odd that she has a £2m valuation on a company with net assets of £-11k.
I wonder how she can afford 50k a year in hotels...
ks' alarm for me.I know £1,300 isn't peanuts but it's hardly a vast sum of money.
It was made out to be some amazing event with a personal stylist in tow, apparently no interest in checking the prices and a private shopping suite (or whatever it was called) made available. And yet, despite the fact that her sole aim was to show how wealthy and successful she was, she managed to spend only £1,300. I was expecting £5k minimum and more likely 5 figures.
PorkInsider said:
The clothes shopping bit set off the 'bks' alarm for me.
I know £1,300 isn't peanuts but it's hardly a vast sum of money.
It was made out to be some amazing event with a personal stylist in tow, apparently no interest in checking the prices and a private shopping suite (or whatever it was called) made available. And yet, despite the fact that her sole aim was to show how wealthy and successful she was, she managed to spend only £1,300. I was expecting £5k minimum and more likely 5 figures.
She could have also returned all the items for a refund the same day.ks' alarm for me.I know £1,300 isn't peanuts but it's hardly a vast sum of money.
It was made out to be some amazing event with a personal stylist in tow, apparently no interest in checking the prices and a private shopping suite (or whatever it was called) made available. And yet, despite the fact that her sole aim was to show how wealthy and successful she was, she managed to spend only £1,300. I was expecting £5k minimum and more likely 5 figures.
The stylist could be a friend, after all some of the clothes he recommended were shocking.
Zoon said:
She could have also returned all the items for a refund the same day.
The stylist could be a friend, after all some of the clothes he recommended were shocking.
Haha I said that to the wife, She would have been as well taking Stevie Wonder with her rather than that 'stylist' bloke.The stylist could be a friend, after all some of the clothes he recommended were shocking.
Mcphisto said:
Zoon said:
She could have also returned all the items for a refund the same day.
The stylist could be a friend, after all some of the clothes he recommended were shocking.
Haha I said that to the wife, She would have been as well taking Stevie Wonder with her rather than that 'stylist' bloke.The stylist could be a friend, after all some of the clothes he recommended were shocking.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Is there anyone like me left in Britain? I go out of my way to create an image of being far poorer than I am.
I find that if people think I've got nothing, they are less likely to tap me up for money. Also, I quite like to be underestimated. I think in life that gives you an advantage.
Me too. It stops the tax man asking questions.I find that if people think I've got nothing, they are less likely to tap me up for money. Also, I quite like to be underestimated. I think in life that gives you an advantage.
This programme shows how many Walter Mitty characters there are in the world. The difference is - I actually could go out and buy a premium brand car for cash if I wanted to, which I don't.
Zoon said:
PorkInsider said:
The clothes shopping bit set off the 'bks' alarm for me.
I know £1,300 isn't peanuts but it's hardly a vast sum of money.
It was made out to be some amazing event with a personal stylist in tow, apparently no interest in checking the prices and a private shopping suite (or whatever it was called) made available. And yet, despite the fact that her sole aim was to show how wealthy and successful she was, she managed to spend only £1,300. I was expecting £5k minimum and more likely 5 figures.
She could have also returned all the items for a refund the same day.ks' alarm for me.I know £1,300 isn't peanuts but it's hardly a vast sum of money.
It was made out to be some amazing event with a personal stylist in tow, apparently no interest in checking the prices and a private shopping suite (or whatever it was called) made available. And yet, despite the fact that her sole aim was to show how wealthy and successful she was, she managed to spend only £1,300. I was expecting £5k minimum and more likely 5 figures.
The stylist could be a friend, after all some of the clothes he recommended were shocking.
What a load of morons, basically. 
I liked the bloke and the Baroness, plus the hippies were fairly harmless, but everyone else really was a bit mental. Starbucks bloke was just absolutely fking dreadful, but I also found myself getting worked up by the charity shop woman who kept bleating on about being poor and struggling to feed her family of six. Don't have four kids then. No-one needs four kids. I'd be poor too if I had four kids, thus I don't have four kids.
I liked the
bloke and the Baroness, plus the hippies were fairly harmless, but everyone else really was a bit mental. Starbucks bloke was just absolutely fking dreadful, but I also found myself getting worked up by the charity shop woman who kept bleating on about being poor and struggling to feed her family of six. Don't have four kids then. No-one needs four kids. I'd be poor too if I had four kids, thus I don't have four kids.David87 said:
What a load of morons, basically.
I liked the bloke and the Baroness, plus the hippies were fairly harmless, but everyone else really was a bit mental. Starbucks bloke was just absolutely fking dreadful, but I also found myself getting worked up by the charity shop woman who kept bleating on about being poor and struggling to feed her family of six. Don't have four kids then. No-one needs four kids. I'd be poor too if I had four kids, thus I don't have four kids.
I was expecting the "hippies" to be claiming benefits of some sort - fair does to them. Squatting may be illegal, but the landowner didn't seem to be doing much about it, and as for stealing from bins, well big deal.I liked the
bloke and the Baroness, plus the hippies were fairly harmless, but everyone else really was a bit mental. Starbucks bloke was just absolutely fking dreadful, but I also found myself getting worked up by the charity shop woman who kept bleating on about being poor and struggling to feed her family of six. Don't have four kids then. No-one needs four kids. I'd be poor too if I had four kids, thus I don't have four kids.The traveller guy showed what you can achieve by being savvy, and with no need to break the law to get what you want. All credit to him.
Magog said:
Zoon said:
PorkInsider said:
The clothes shopping bit set off the 'bks' alarm for me.
I know £1,300 isn't peanuts but it's hardly a vast sum of money.
It was made out to be some amazing event with a personal stylist in tow, apparently no interest in checking the prices and a private shopping suite (or whatever it was called) made available. And yet, despite the fact that her sole aim was to show how wealthy and successful she was, she managed to spend only £1,300. I was expecting £5k minimum and more likely 5 figures.
She could have also returned all the items for a refund the same day.ks' alarm for me.I know £1,300 isn't peanuts but it's hardly a vast sum of money.
It was made out to be some amazing event with a personal stylist in tow, apparently no interest in checking the prices and a private shopping suite (or whatever it was called) made available. And yet, despite the fact that her sole aim was to show how wealthy and successful she was, she managed to spend only £1,300. I was expecting £5k minimum and more likely 5 figures.
The stylist could be a friend, after all some of the clothes he recommended were shocking.
nicanary said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Is there anyone like me left in Britain? I go out of my way to create an image of being far poorer than I am.
Me too. I actually could go out and buy a premium brand car for cash if I wanted to, which I don't. 
Think you need to work on it a little!
Edited by hermitage henry on Friday 21st August 14:56
hermitage henry said:
nicanary said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Is there anyone like me left in Britain? I go out of my way to create an image of being far poorer than I am.
Me too. I actually could go out and buy a premium brand car for cash if I wanted to, which I don't. Think you need to work on it a little!
Magog said:
She also paid for it using her silver HSBC debit card, which must be the titanium silver 1.8 litre e46 on steelies of the debit card world. Although hers did say 'business' on it, which might get the VAT man excited, if he wasn't already by her jeans and boots combo.
Well spotted. Surely she should be banking with Coutts with such a successful enterprise 
kev1974 said:
Good point, as far as I know you're not allowed to put clothes (other than stuff like construction site PPE) on expenses / the company. Freelance TV presenter types used to do it but I don't think even they can now, the TV company has to buy their outfits and take them back after the show. And there are quite evil tax implications for Directors Loan these days, so definitely dodgy ground to be mixing up personal and company accounts, even if it is a credit card that sends a statement and she pays it back.
I think you can claim company branded clothing and uniform/workwear related to your business. In her case it's blurred as if she is a "blogger" in some capacity she might be able to claim that those purchases should be allowable expenses if she was writing about them for example thus a necessary expense to conduct her business?
Megaflow said:
I thought it was very interesting that Mr Aspirational's wife, who brought most, if not all of the family's income, drove a Kia. I'm not sure what the car alloance is that goes with her job, but I'd put a pint on it being more than a Kia costs to run.
I wonder what she will think when she watches it...
OK the chap has some sartorial 'issues' but I think he's cracked it! He's living the dream. A bit of housework, some cooking and whilst the kids are at school a free day. Sound familiar? Plus whilst the 'breadwinner' goes out bustin' their balls if/when it all goes pearshaped they get half of money they've never earned.I wonder what she will think when she watches it...
He has no need to worry about paying bills apart from topping up his Starbucks App. When he can 'convince' her he needs a decent car so that 'potential employers' can take him serious he's got the cherry on the cake.
Very interesting programme.
Dole girl is annoying. The bloke earning 10grand per year when his Mrs is earning 90 grand. I think it should have worked the other way. Perhaps she isn't as frugal as he is with the spending.
Baroness - really like the old money style. Older clothes, Older house, Older car. Walking around Mayfair I saw an old 80s Bentley Mulsanne which was obviously old money. I like the idea of that rather than the blingy Helicopter flown caravan park owner who house interior was disgusting.
Dole girl is annoying. The bloke earning 10grand per year when his Mrs is earning 90 grand. I think it should have worked the other way. Perhaps she isn't as frugal as he is with the spending.
Baroness - really like the old money style. Older clothes, Older house, Older car. Walking around Mayfair I saw an old 80s Bentley Mulsanne which was obviously old money. I like the idea of that rather than the blingy Helicopter flown caravan park owner who house interior was disgusting.
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