Are these Vloggers just a scam? SOL or Shmee etc???????
Discussion
p1stonhead said:
Would a journo (either freelance or through a publication) not be insured for such a thing?
I think I remember Harris saying he paid an astronomical sum to get insured on one car or another and likewise with Catchpole possibly in an F1?
Insured to stack it, maybe. Killing a mechanical component? Probably not.I think I remember Harris saying he paid an astronomical sum to get insured on one car or another and likewise with Catchpole possibly in an F1?
Yipper said:
camshafted said:
monthefish said:
Andrew[MG] said:
NickCQ said:
Danxr46 said:
Tge ldn is a London banker and also fitness gym owner so is successful there
Don’t make me laugh! TGE appears to do some kind of mid level admin job at whatever bank it is that he works at. He’s got far too much free time to be one of the few people still earning decent money in a London bank.https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/LrK3Ty...
He must have more than 24 hours in a day to work full-time, do the whole vlogging thing and run LDNM. Fair play.
Even assuming a huge net profit margin of 20%, that only gives £300k split between the 4 owners. So, less than £100k each, at best.
It's likely that they're using the cashflow to get debt or leases and that is how they are buying the cars.
If he gets £50-100k from LDNM + £50-100k from London bank admin + £20-50k from YT and elsewhere, that is still a reasonably good salary for someone in his early 30s.
Good luck to the dude. He is part of creating a successful small business, which is more than >90% of people have ever done.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/interview-with-ldn-m...
Margin on supplements will be lower, perhaps 50%. (their supplier is located near me, and i have pricelists etc from when i was looking at setting up a supps business last year)
Split 4 ways, i bet they will be drawing £100k+ dividends each easy
Finance on a fleet of supercars with the likes of lombard / jbr is easily done with those combined income sources
Just a quick update for those of you interested in how youtube support handled my request about the "dislike bomb" on a couple of my videos.
They essentially emailed back saying there was no unusual activity on the channel and attached two graphs (views to dislikes).
These are the two graphs. Am I alone in thinking there's some pretty clear unusual activity...
They essentially emailed back saying there was no unusual activity on the channel and attached two graphs (views to dislikes).
These are the two graphs. Am I alone in thinking there's some pretty clear unusual activity...
jon- said:
Just a quick update for those of you interested in how youtube support handled my request about the "dislike bomb" on a couple of my videos.
They essentially emailed back saying there was no unusual activity on the channel and attached two graphs (views to dislikes).
These are the two graphs. Am I alone in thinking there's some pretty clear unusual activity...
You´re not alone but it´s pretty well known that youtube doesn´t give a f about your channel unless you´re really big and make them a lot of money.They essentially emailed back saying there was no unusual activity on the channel and attached two graphs (views to dislikes).
These are the two graphs. Am I alone in thinking there's some pretty clear unusual activity...
Shmee said:
KHK said:
A bit OT but I was wonder what happens to all the supercars/luxury cars reviewers test out? Do the manufactures sell them to car brokers and end up on used car lots or are the vehicles destroyed?
They are normally either going down one of two routes. I think most regularly when cars that are used on press events, say these new Bentaygas, they then return to base to be freshened up before heading for the dealer circuit. That gets them continued to be used for salesperson familiarisation as well as invited customer or perspective customer drives. From there they'll often his an auction between dealers before they are then onto the used market with some being held back for the manufacturer to keep on a longer term fleet, possibly in different countries.
The other is when they are so new that it's test vehicles that must be destroyed after. I've noticed this a few times but it's not very frequent, normally you'll see mention of a prototype in the documentation somewhere.
trowelhead said:
Yipper said:
camshafted said:
monthefish said:
Andrew[MG] said:
NickCQ said:
Danxr46 said:
Tge ldn is a London banker and also fitness gym owner so is successful there
Don’t make me laugh! TGE appears to do some kind of mid level admin job at whatever bank it is that he works at. He’s got far too much free time to be one of the few people still earning decent money in a London bank.https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/LrK3Ty...
He must have more than 24 hours in a day to work full-time, do the whole vlogging thing and run LDNM. Fair play.
Even assuming a huge net profit margin of 20%, that only gives £300k split between the 4 owners. So, less than £100k each, at best.
It's likely that they're using the cashflow to get debt or leases and that is how they are buying the cars.
If he gets £50-100k from LDNM + £50-100k from London bank admin + £20-50k from YT and elsewhere, that is still a reasonably good salary for someone in his early 30s.
Good luck to the dude. He is part of creating a successful small business, which is more than >90% of people have ever done.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/interview-with-ldn-m...
Margin on supplements will be lower, perhaps 50%. (their supplier is located near me, and i have pricelists etc from when i was looking at setting up a supps business last year)
Split 4 ways, i bet they will be drawing £100k+ dividends each easy
Finance on a fleet of supercars with the likes of lombard / jbr is easily done with those combined income sources
Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple do 30,000 to 120,000 times more revenue, and at least 2 to 6 times more revenue per employee, than LDNM... they have unimaginable scale for software, downloads, services and physical products... and their net margins struggle to get above 20-25%.
With at least 4 owners dipping into the cash pool, on modest revenues and scale, it points to modest, not big, payouts. And if they are making big payouts, then it may not be sustainable.
Either way, it's fair to say he is doing a good job for himself. All income streams combined, a crude guess suggests he's making £100-300k a year, which is pretty good for that age (any age).
Yipper said:
Folk always overestimate profit margins for companies.
Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple do 30,000 to 120,000 times more revenue, and at least 2 to 6 times more revenue per employee, than LDNM... they have unimaginable scale for software, downloads, services and physical products... and their net margins struggle to get above 20-25%.
With at least 4 owners dipping into the cash pool, on modest revenues and scale, it points to modest, not big, payouts. And if they are making big payouts, then it may not be sustainable.
Either way, it's fair to say he is doing a good job for himself. All income streams combined, a crude guess suggests he's making £100-300k a year, which is pretty good for that age (any age).
I worked for the World's largest business software provider for 15 years ..margin was over 30%Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple do 30,000 to 120,000 times more revenue, and at least 2 to 6 times more revenue per employee, than LDNM... they have unimaginable scale for software, downloads, services and physical products... and their net margins struggle to get above 20-25%.
With at least 4 owners dipping into the cash pool, on modest revenues and scale, it points to modest, not big, payouts. And if they are making big payouts, then it may not be sustainable.
Either way, it's fair to say he is doing a good job for himself. All income streams combined, a crude guess suggests he's making £100-300k a year, which is pretty good for that age (any age).
As for LDNM their main product is a diet / exercise plan in a downloadable pdf. Costs for that would be negligible I would imagine
This is getting almost as bad as people trying to dissect Chris Harris' finances and how he got his cars a few years ago.
The cars are all on the drip so who cares? If you don't have a large mortgage and kids and have a decent salary you can get into a lot of nice metal.
I'm enjoying all the Instagram posts at the moment. I'm fairly sure its now law that you have to post a pic of your supercar out in the snow with hashtags like #NoGarageQueen #Snowmobile #DailyDriver
I think this was introduced following the successful requirement in December where you had to post a pic of your impractical sports / supercar with a Christmas Tree strapped to the top of it.
The cars are all on the drip so who cares? If you don't have a large mortgage and kids and have a decent salary you can get into a lot of nice metal.
I'm enjoying all the Instagram posts at the moment. I'm fairly sure its now law that you have to post a pic of your supercar out in the snow with hashtags like #NoGarageQueen #Snowmobile #DailyDriver
I think this was introduced following the successful requirement in December where you had to post a pic of your impractical sports / supercar with a Christmas Tree strapped to the top of it.
AJB1971 said:
Yipper said:
Folk always overestimate profit margins for companies.
Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple do 30,000 to 120,000 times more revenue, and at least 2 to 6 times more revenue per employee, than LDNM... they have unimaginable scale for software, downloads, services and physical products... and their net margins struggle to get above 20-25%.
With at least 4 owners dipping into the cash pool, on modest revenues and scale, it points to modest, not big, payouts. And if they are making big payouts, then it may not be sustainable.
Either way, it's fair to say he is doing a good job for himself. All income streams combined, a crude guess suggests he's making £100-300k a year, which is pretty good for that age (any age).
Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple do 30,000 to 120,000 times more revenue, and at least 2 to 6 times more revenue per employee, than LDNM... they have unimaginable scale for software, downloads, services and physical products... and their net margins struggle to get above 20-25%.
With at least 4 owners dipping into the cash pool, on modest revenues and scale, it points to modest, not big, payouts. And if they are making big payouts, then it may not be sustainable.
Either way, it's fair to say he is doing a good job for himself. All income streams combined, a crude guess suggests he's making £100-300k a year, which is pretty good for that age (any age).
Feels more in the ballpark than the other folk who have been watching too much Wolf of Wall Street.
Edited by andy.mod on Wednesday 28th February 15:45
dannyDC2 said:
Goodness. It definitely wasn't an automated response? That's shocking.
Hope I never have an issue if these are the responses you get.
I think all you can do is be philosophical about it, remember that it's ultimately a hobby, not your primary income stream, and if some weirdo is just so riled up by you that they want to spend real money on getting some eastern European bot net to aggressively downvote you... well, that's a bit sad, really, isn't it?Hope I never have an issue if these are the responses you get.
InitialDave said:
dannyDC2 said:
Goodness. It definitely wasn't an automated response? That's shocking.
Hope I never have an issue if these are the responses you get.
I think all you can do is be philosophical about it, remember that it's ultimately a hobby, not your primary income stream, and if some weirdo is just so riled up by you that they want to spend real money on getting some eastern European bot net to aggressively downvote you... well, that's a bit sad, really, isn't it?Hope I never have an issue if these are the responses you get.
AJB1971 said:
Yipper said:
Folk always overestimate profit margins for companies.
Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple do 30,000 to 120,000 times more revenue, and at least 2 to 6 times more revenue per employee, than LDNM... they have unimaginable scale for software, downloads, services and physical products... and their net margins struggle to get above 20-25%.
With at least 4 owners dipping into the cash pool, on modest revenues and scale, it points to modest, not big, payouts. And if they are making big payouts, then it may not be sustainable.
Either way, it's fair to say he is doing a good job for himself. All income streams combined, a crude guess suggests he's making £100-300k a year, which is pretty good for that age (any age).
Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple do 30,000 to 120,000 times more revenue, and at least 2 to 6 times more revenue per employee, than LDNM... they have unimaginable scale for software, downloads, services and physical products... and their net margins struggle to get above 20-25%.
With at least 4 owners dipping into the cash pool, on modest revenues and scale, it points to modest, not big, payouts. And if they are making big payouts, then it may not be sustainable.
Either way, it's fair to say he is doing a good job for himself. All income streams combined, a crude guess suggests he's making £100-300k a year, which is pretty good for that age (any age).
Edited by andy.mod on Wednesday 28th February 15:46
Beefmeister said:
AJB1971 said:
Yipper said:
Folk always overestimate profit margins for companies.
Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple do 30,000 to 120,000 times more revenue, and at least 2 to 6 times more revenue per employee, than LDNM... they have unimaginable scale for software, downloads, services and physical products... and their net margins struggle to get above 20-25%.
With at least 4 owners dipping into the cash pool, on modest revenues and scale, it points to modest, not big, payouts. And if they are making big payouts, then it may not be sustainable.
Either way, it's fair to say he is doing a good job for himself. All income streams combined, a crude guess suggests he's making £100-300k a year, which is pretty good for that age (any age).
Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple do 30,000 to 120,000 times more revenue, and at least 2 to 6 times more revenue per employee, than LDNM... they have unimaginable scale for software, downloads, services and physical products... and their net margins struggle to get above 20-25%.
With at least 4 owners dipping into the cash pool, on modest revenues and scale, it points to modest, not big, payouts. And if they are making big payouts, then it may not be sustainable.
Either way, it's fair to say he is doing a good job for himself. All income streams combined, a crude guess suggests he's making £100-300k a year, which is pretty good for that age (any age).
Edited by andy.mod on Wednesday 28th February 15:46
MrReg said:
Beefmeister said:
AJB1971 said:
Yipper said:
Folk always overestimate profit margins for companies.
Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple do 30,000 to 120,000 times more revenue, and at least 2 to 6 times more revenue per employee, than LDNM... they have unimaginable scale for software, downloads, services and physical products... and their net margins struggle to get above 20-25%.
With at least 4 owners dipping into the cash pool, on modest revenues and scale, it points to modest, not big, payouts. And if they are making big payouts, then it may not be sustainable.
Either way, it's fair to say he is doing a good job for himself. All income streams combined, a crude guess suggests he's making £100-300k a year, which is pretty good for that age (any age).
Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple do 30,000 to 120,000 times more revenue, and at least 2 to 6 times more revenue per employee, than LDNM... they have unimaginable scale for software, downloads, services and physical products... and their net margins struggle to get above 20-25%.
With at least 4 owners dipping into the cash pool, on modest revenues and scale, it points to modest, not big, payouts. And if they are making big payouts, then it may not be sustainable.
Either way, it's fair to say he is doing a good job for himself. All income streams combined, a crude guess suggests he's making £100-300k a year, which is pretty good for that age (any age).
Edited by andy.mod on Wednesday 28th February 15:47
Beefmeister said:
Why do you all care so much? Do you really think it's appropriate to be showing all of this in a thread on PH? Very strange, I'd suggest you go and play in the snow outside, it's far more fun.
I was just trying to address some of the comments in this thread. If it doesn’t interest you then that is your prerogative.
The accounts are public information. Nothing in my post is private. Anybody who chooses to trade as a limited company knows that.
TGE discusses how he finances his vehicles in the following video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbfqphlTEig
egor110 said:
Don't they sell like protein powders and supplements ?
When they brought out their range of supplements, I thought the packaging looked identical to another brand (Protein World, if you can be bothered to look them up they look identical). So innocently enough, I asked on instagram if they were repackaged products and he blocked me straight away. Think I touched a nerve!Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff