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Why did Susie get no credit for selling the bracelets?
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I thought she did a really good job there - she took a risk and (from the editing) it seemed to pay off. Also, having just rewatched the episode, SirLord says "come back to places like this" so going to a different wholesaler was still in the spirit of the task. I know she didn't 're-invest' as such, but she still deserved some praise? Am I missing something?
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Of course she reinvested.
She may have been praised by Sugar but it just didn't make the edit.
She didn't reinvest. Bracelets were bought on the second day, but she didn't return to buy more bracelets with the money she earned from selling bracelets, did she?
I agree with Kittycat. It would be nice if Susan's move was acknowledged and praised in board room. Then again, no one had acknowledged and praised Susan's involvement with the copper tanks deal from an earlier task either.
Also, I doubt this, as otherwise Natasha wouldn't have been likely to try and use her as a scapegoat.
What she did was not too far away from using a skill, such as juggling, knowing you can make a killing on Covent Garden, and proceeding to make money for the team like that. Totally missing the point of the exercise, but making money just the same, and winning to boot.
I think Sugar had got the red mist because the task didn't go the way he wanted it to go.
I doubt she did anything that was contrary to the rules of the task.
Sugar was furious that they won because of their supposed failure to reinvest (although they clearly did).
Had they in any way broken the rules he could have used that to legitimately adjust the result rather than indulging in the little temper tantrum that he did.
Susan did not get the praise she deserved and Natasha was shown up for the clueless buisiness person and nasty woman she really is last night
Plus she sold very well, which wasnt picked up on much, her and Jim won the task - they won inspite of Natasha's poor leadership not because of her.
BBC wanted distance themselves from that fact
I think the point of the task was that they were meant to go back and reinvest in more product more than once. It wasn't just necessarily more of what they were given.... the point was to take the goods sell them and reinvest the money in more goods to sell and so on!
Susan knew that the duvets and towels were duds so she homed in on things she knew she could sell at a good price - which she went on to do with a vengeance (much to Natasha's disgust - and jealousy!).
Lord Sugar:- Voiceover:- It wouldn't matter about the items that were given to them that they didn't even try to sell, the wholesale cost of those items would still count towards their total. They couldn't pick items other than those issued at the start. There had to be restrictions on the products or it would be very time consuming just selecting the products.
But the whole way the task played out - both teams - contradicts that.
Perhaps both teams mis-understood Lordalun?
I certainly thought he was pissed at them going 'off-piste' with regard to the stuff they sold. Though it seemed more that some had also mis-understood that stock value would be added to cash to give the total so they had no reason to hold back from buying more stock. Certainly Natasha seemed to think LordAl was only interested in cash.
It's possible.
As I've said elsewhere, this task was a complete foul-up.
Setting up a two day task and using a wholesaler that closed for a quarter of a day without telling the teams was yet another major failing on the part of the producers.
According to my calculations if the wholesaler had not taken a half day off Melody's team would have won - probably even without Sugar's fine.
After all keen viewers of past apprentice will know how this has screwed tasks before.
"Half day off"? Some wholesalers operate during mornings only, some during normal working hours, and some 24/7. A wholesaler near where I live opens every day from 4am to 12noon only.
If they had been trying to go to a business at 17:00 or even, at a pinch, 16:00, then yes, it might have been provident. But 14:00 is ridiculous for a business that sells to other businesses. (Of course, they might open very early but as they were initially provided with a palate they had no chance to clock the opening times displayed at the site.)
I don't think anyone else in any series has turned up at a business to business seller and found them shut just after lunch.
Yes. You know. When you shut after lunch. That's usually known as a half day.
Funny. It sounded as if you found the idea of a wholesaler closed during afternoons unusual. I was pointing out it wasn't unusual. Let's face it, they didn't think to check the closing times of their chosen wholesaler (I'm assuming it was a different wholesaler because Jim managed to buy umbrellas half an hour before 6pm).
I dont see how knowing from previous life expereince can ignored
On what basis do you suspect that? The wholesalers had an entirely legitimate-looking premises, and there was extensive filming inside.
They didn't. Melody and Helen found that wholesaler themselves. They said that they'd spent quite a bit of time ringing round various wholesalers trying to find one who stocked the duvets, the only two they could find was the one which shut at 2 (which they should have checked) and the one the producers originally set out for them, which was 2 hours' drive away.