Reply to: I was offered £50

[Paddy]

to sit in a studio (at the Beeb?) via some woman from MORI to watch some sort of political debate next Thursday and then give my opinions.
I had to decline as I will be back at work next Thursday, but had i not been I think I'd have gone along.

So they were canvassing in St Anns Sq in Manchester if anyone's interested

Dear respected television viewer,

i have chOsen you to be a trusted meMbeR of the audiunc for a political debated on the English television. The honourable Gordon Cameron, David Brown and Nicklegg will be for you questionable. For this we are willing to pay £50 (fifty pounds) into you bank account but you will have to pay the taxes of £20 first.

Please supply you full name.

Bank account number.

Mother maiden name.

Pin number.

[Clippy]

Its standard market research. My ex flatmate worked for marketing companies like this. There is nothing untoward about it at all. I once sat for an hour watching new advertisments for soft core p0rn on Sky's Adult channels (no Im not making this up). We were given £40 cash in hand, and all the crisps and drinks we could go through in the hour we were watching. After it was finished we had to make notes of what ones we liked. Which were too explicit in our view etc etc.

They do make you sign a form though saying you haven't done more than 2 of those in the past month as they want to stop serial marketing audiences just signing up for the tax free money and free food.

About 6 months after Darling was made Chancellor, he was taking a drubbing from the press.

Around about this time, I was invited to a market research evening where we were asked about our views on Darling, his performance, the shadow Chancellor etc.

Not sure who instigated the research and why but it was an easy £50 for an hours 'work' of an evening.

[threaded]

I was going to make some joke about seedy propositions and Pogle turning it down cos it didnt match her day rate but the threads been going too long now

Me too. I was going to wait for it to appear in LR before looking.

[SueEllen]

Pompous much?

He is not being pompous.

Loads of people don't understand the First Past The Post system.

They presume if they vote for someone their vote always counts.

There as if you vote for the 3rd favourite candidate in your area you are generally splitting the vote so the candidate that wins gets in with something like 33% or less of the vote.

[Pogle]

I was going to make some joke about seedy propositions and Pogle turning it down cos it didnt match her day rate but the threads been going too long now

Have to admit, i was surprised (and quite pleased) no one has

[AngelOfTheNorth]

Wow - you must have been making money hand over fist!

Trust me, we had already been through every 'joke' you can think of by the end....... there was one advertisment for 'Helicopter Man' ...... im telling you these Japanese are into anything! (and to this day Im still not sure how he didnt suffer a severe injury doing what he was doing, Im pretty sure it wasnt designed to take the full weight of a human being while being rotated around like that.

[DaveB]

I was going to make some joke about seedy propositions and Pogle turning it down cos it didnt match her day rate but the threads been going too long now

[The Wikir Man]

I once sat for an hour watching new advertisments for soft core p0rn on Sky's Adult channels (no Im not making this up). We were given £40 cash in hand, and all the crisps and drinks we could go through in the hour we were watching.

Wow - you must have been making money hand over fist!

[The Wikir Man]

Pompous much?

No, it's a sad fact about the area where I live.

[AngelOfTheNorth]

They have started to pay for pseudo crowds now ??

Next we will hear all the cheering that Gordon gets where ever he goes was all paid simulated stuff.

Where do we draw the line ?

Its standard market research. My ex flatmate worked for marketing companies like this. There is nothing untoward about it at all. I once sat for an hour watching new advertisments for soft core p0rn on Sky's Adult channels (no Im not making this up). We were given £40 cash in hand, and all the crisps and drinks we could go through in the hour we were watching. After it was finished we had to make notes of what ones we liked. Which were too explicit in our view etc etc.

They do make you sign a form though saying you havent done more than 2 of those in the past month as they want to stop serial marketing audiences just signing up for the tax free money and free food.

[Pogle]

This election is the first that I will vote in where my vote might actually count.

Been Labour since 1935. Hasn't elected a Conservative in 100 years, but might (if people vote tactically, which they probably won't because they are too thick to understand) go Lib Dem this time.

Pompous much?

[The Wikir Man]

>SIGH< I know, I know...
I sense another spoilt ballot paper

This election is the first that I will vote in where my vote might actually count.

Been Labour since 1935. Hasn't elected a Conservative in 100 years, but might (if people vote tactically, which they probably won't because they are too thick to understand) go Lib Dem this time.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

>SIGH< I know, I know...
I sense another spoilt ballot paper

I wish we could get a majority vote for "you are all tulipe (or tulip)"

[fullyautomatix]

They have started to pay for pseudo crowds now ??

Next we will hear all the cheering that Gordon gets where ever he goes was all paid simulated stuff.

Where do we draw the line ?

[Pogle]

Nope you would have worked out they all are just full of hot air.

>SIGH< I know, I know...
I sense another spoilt ballot paper