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Pointless property programs

john539
john539 Posts: 16,968 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
Pointless property programs.

Why are they still on Tv ?
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  • domcastro
    domcastro Posts: 643 Forumite
    because I still enjoy them
  • Conor_3
    Conor_3 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    There's a new one on BBC about making profit from developing in a downturn that seems to use pricing from October this year.
  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    Because they were mostly filmed before the poo hit the fan.

    Give it another year and there will be none.
  • Sally_Gee
    Sally_Gee Posts: 32 Forumite
    Price conditioning for the masses , if the telly tells people their house is worth £250,000, then thats whats its worth! and not a penny less!
  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Real property developers can make a living in any climate, it is the ones who jumped in and relied on hpi that will get their fingers burned.
  • napoleon
    napoleon Posts: 611 Forumite
    john539 wrote: »
    Pointless property programs.

    Why are they still on Tv ?
    Krusty and Phil still need the money. Exactly what else are they qualified to do?
  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    napoleon wrote: »
    Krusty and Phil still need the money. Exactly what else are they qualified to do?

    They both have first class degrees in 'Ramping and Smarming'
  • Pennywise
    Pennywise Posts: 13,468 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    john539 wrote: »
    Pointless property programs.

    Why are they still on Tv ?

    Because people still watch them. Is it really any different to pointless quizes, pointless cookery programmes, pointless soaps, etc?
  • stevetodd
    stevetodd Posts: 1,016 Forumite
    Pennywise wrote: »
    Because people still watch them. Is it really any different to pointless quizes, pointless cookery programmes, pointless soaps, etc?

    Absolutely correct with the full sky package and 100's of channels to choose from we still would really struggle to be entertained without the recordings on the planner
  • Squish_21
    Squish_21 Posts: 676 Forumite
    I enjoy em! The Home Show rocks!
    Squish
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