Are these Vloggers just a scam? SOL or Shmee etc? (Vol 2)

Are these Vloggers just a scam? SOL or Shmee etc? (Vol 2)

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e30m3Mark

16,205 posts

173 months

Sunday 22nd July 2018
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TheAngryDog said:
A vlogger I subscribe to has put a vlog out saying he has quit his job to focus more on his yt channel and his brand. Admittedly his job is only 25 hours a week so it isn't going to be a massive loss compared to if I did it, but i think it is an odd decision. Llf has over 3 times more subs yet has had to go back into work to make ends meet. Ok this vlogger still lives at home (sensible if youre going to quit your job) but I struggle to see how he will make money from it, especially given the amounts of money now paid by yt. I may be wrong and I hope for his sake that I am, but it is going to be tough.
Especially running a Subaru with a half ton of plastic tubing in the engine bay!

TheAngryDog

12,407 posts

209 months

Sunday 22nd July 2018
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e30m3Mark said:
TheAngryDog said:
A vlogger I subscribe to has put a vlog out saying he has quit his job to focus more on his yt channel and his brand. Admittedly his job is only 25 hours a week so it isn't going to be a massive loss compared to if I did it, but i think it is an odd decision. Llf has over 3 times more subs yet has had to go back into work to make ends meet. Ok this vlogger still lives at home (sensible if youre going to quit your job) but I struggle to see how he will make money from it, especially given the amounts of money now paid by yt. I may be wrong and I hope for his sake that I am, but it is going to be tough.
Especially running a Subaru with a half ton of plastic tubing in the engine bay!
More things done one the cheap one suspects.

Burwood

18,709 posts

246 months

Monday 23rd July 2018
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TheAngryDog said:
A vlogger I subscribe to has put a vlog out saying he has quit his job to focus more on his yt channel and his brand. Admittedly his job is only 25 hours a week so it isn't going to be a massive loss compared to if I did it, but i think it is an odd decision. Llf has over 3 times more subs yet has had to go back into work to make ends meet. Ok this vlogger still lives at home (sensible if youre going to quit your job) but I struggle to see how he will make money from it, especially given the amounts of money now paid by yt. I may be wrong and I hope for his sake that I am, but it is going to be tough.
The LLf guy probably hasn’t realised that YT are demonetising this moronic and dangerous content. If you want to drive like an ass on public roads they won’t get paid. Common sense.

e30m3Mark

16,205 posts

173 months

Monday 23rd July 2018
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TheAngryDog said:
e30m3Mark said:
TheAngryDog said:
A vlogger I subscribe to has put a vlog out saying he has quit his job to focus more on his yt channel and his brand. Admittedly his job is only 25 hours a week so it isn't going to be a massive loss compared to if I did it, but i think it is an odd decision. Llf has over 3 times more subs yet has had to go back into work to make ends meet. Ok this vlogger still lives at home (sensible if youre going to quit your job) but I struggle to see how he will make money from it, especially given the amounts of money now paid by yt. I may be wrong and I hope for his sake that I am, but it is going to be tough.
Especially running a Subaru with a half ton of plastic tubing in the engine bay!
More things done one the cheap one suspects.
I was probably being overly harsh there? He's a young lad who's relatively new to the whole modding thing and trying to do it on a budget. I'm sure I did some pretty tasteless mods to my MK3 Cortina (and the M3) but at least he's got some genuine enthusiasm.

I saw a great video today about a commute into London.

Who knew 'cold start video' would become a thing?

Anyway, this responding to my 'other' PH account is far too time consuming. wink

TheAngryDog

12,407 posts

209 months

Monday 23rd July 2018
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Burwood said:
TheAngryDog said:
A vlogger I subscribe to has put a vlog out saying he has quit his job to focus more on his yt channel and his brand. Admittedly his job is only 25 hours a week so it isn't going to be a massive loss compared to if I did it, but i think it is an odd decision. Llf has over 3 times more subs yet has had to go back into work to make ends meet. Ok this vlogger still lives at home (sensible if youre going to quit your job) but I struggle to see how he will make money from it, especially given the amounts of money now paid by yt. I may be wrong and I hope for his sake that I am, but it is going to be tough.
The LLf guy probably hasn’t realised that YT are demonetising this moronic and dangerous content. If you want to drive like an ass on public roads they won’t get paid. Common sense.
llf is the one who has had to go back into employment and sold his M3.

e30m3Mark said:
TheAngryDog said:
e30m3Mark said:
TheAngryDog said:
A vlogger I subscribe to has put a vlog out saying he has quit his job to focus more on his yt channel and his brand. Admittedly his job is only 25 hours a week so it isn't going to be a massive loss compared to if I did it, but i think it is an odd decision. Llf has over 3 times more subs yet has had to go back into work to make ends meet. Ok this vlogger still lives at home (sensible if youre going to quit your job) but I struggle to see how he will make money from it, especially given the amounts of money now paid by yt. I may be wrong and I hope for his sake that I am, but it is going to be tough.
Especially running a Subaru with a half ton of plastic tubing in the engine bay!
More things done one the cheap one suspects.
I was probably being overly harsh there? He's a young lad who's relatively new to the whole modding thing and trying to do it on a budget. I'm sure I did some pretty tasteless mods to my MK3 Cortina (and the M3) but at least he's got some genuine enthusiasm.

I saw a great video today about a commute into London.

Who knew 'cold start video' would become a thing?

Anyway, this responding to my 'other' PH account is far too time consuming. wink
Yes that is fair, he does have enthusiasm and he does at least tackle the jobs himself. I think he cuts a few corners and does things differently to how I would like, but at least he is out there having a go.

I think he is going to struggle though. ~30k subs doesn't make you money, and he has already stated that mods etc will be more limited, so I aren't sure what his content is going to be. I just hope he has thought about it properly.

Oh and Mark, stop talking to yourself, people will think you've gone mad.

Edited by TheAngryDog on Monday 23 July 11:33

Butter Face

30,308 posts

160 months

Monday 23rd July 2018
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Who are you talking about?

TheAngryDog

12,407 posts

209 months

Monday 23rd July 2018
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Butter Face said:
Who are you talking about?
Lee Lockwood

CharlieH89

9,080 posts

165 months

Tuesday 24th July 2018
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2011 seems a life time ago hehe
When did you start Shmee and what car did you have back then?
Some progress you have made clap


roystinho

3,767 posts

175 months

Tuesday 24th July 2018
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Archie spanking Tony’s performante around Anglesey. We’ll have more content like this please. Yep, yep, yep etc

https://youtu.be/dtuu7_s9h8A

Butter Face

30,308 posts

160 months

Tuesday 24th July 2018
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I see yianni has collected his new Urus.



It’s an ugly fking car ain’t it hehe

I don’t mean just his, I quite like the colour scheme, Aleems interior looks gopping in comparison, just the actual car is fugly.

e30m3Mark

16,205 posts

173 months

Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Butter Face said:
I see yianni has collected his new Urus.



It’s an ugly fking car ain’t it hehe

I don’t mean just his, I quite like the colour scheme, Aleems interior looks gopping in comparison, just the actual car is fugly.
Were they judging a silly haircut competition?

+1 to the Anus being one pig ugly SUV or whatever it is? Then again, it's all about the badge and the price ticket anyway I guess.

TheAngryDog

12,407 posts

209 months

Thursday 26th July 2018
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The latest instalment from llf is just....well, I didn't get more than a few mins in....

DannyScene

6,628 posts

155 months

Thursday 26th July 2018
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Archies video spanking the Perf was brilliant

94OD

1,075 posts

122 months

Thursday 26th July 2018
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DannyScene said:
Archies video spanking the Perf was brilliant
Agreed, more content like that needed!

djdest

6,542 posts

178 months

Thursday 26th July 2018
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TheAngryDog said:
The latest instalment from llf is just....well, I didn't get more than a few mins in....
As I said about his last effort, utterly cringeworthy. This one is even worse.
Fake gangster accents and the rest of it, just terrible.
It’s actully embarrassing to watch

Edit: check someone’s comment on it about Luton, oh dear!

Edited by djdest on Thursday 26th July 15:51

94OD

1,075 posts

122 months

Thursday 26th July 2018
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djdest said:
TheAngryDog said:
The latest instalment from llf is just....well, I didn't get more than a few mins in....
As I said about his last effort, utterly cringeworthy. This one is even worse.
Fake gangster accents and the rest of it, just terrible.
It’s actully embarrassing to watch
"State your name, cuz"

"Mans on road, innit"

hehe

Shiv_P

2,747 posts

105 months

Thursday 26th July 2018
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Burwood said:
johnwilliams77 said:
Shiv_P said:
I reckon sid will stack it first. LLF drives quickly but with less of the drifting lark
I’m going for LLF. He seems half asleep most of the time and not paying attention.
And 150mph+.... only a matter of time.
150mph+... really?

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 26th July 2018
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94OD said:
djdest said:
TheAngryDog said:
The latest instalment from llf is just....well, I didn't get more than a few mins in....
As I said about his last effort, utterly cringeworthy. This one is even worse.
Fake gangster accents and the rest of it, just terrible.
It’s actully embarrassing to watch
"State your name, cuz"

"Mans on road, innit"

hehe
Do you guys actively look out for content you hate or is that just a coincidence?

Meridius

1,608 posts

152 months

Thursday 26th July 2018
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Does anyone watch that Doug DeMuro guys videos? They get massive numbers of views in a short amount of time but something about the videos are just so funny to me, the low quality production and quirky geekiness of Doug DeMuro, its like one of those 90s DIY car salesman commercials.

Maybe its actually a self-aware satire or something, I dunno wobble

TheAngryDog

12,407 posts

209 months

Thursday 26th July 2018
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Bernie Sanders said:
94OD said:
djdest said:
TheAngryDog said:
The latest instalment from llf is just....well, I didn't get more than a few mins in....
As I said about his last effort, utterly cringeworthy. This one is even worse.
Fake gangster accents and the rest of it, just terrible.
It’s actully embarrassing to watch
"State your name, cuz"

"Mans on road, innit"

hehe
Do you guys actively look out for content you hate or is that just a coincidence?
It came up on my phone despite my not subscribing to him.

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