Jonathan.
P.S. Can we have our fleeces back now!!!

Firstly, he went to the guy in Manchester with a figure in mind and asked big. Although he didn’t get that figure he did get a large amount. I don’t believe any of the other contestants specifically asked anyone for a specific amount.

Secondly, if I heard rightly the Betta (sp?) people said they’d put collection tins in their workshops – so Gavin effectively had a small army of people collecting on his behalf too.

All in all, an interesting show. Not quite The Apprentice, but certainly entertaining and showed an interesting collection of salespeople and gave some inspiring tactics to keep in mind.

Well done Gavin, and also well done to Danny who was undoubtedly the most consistent salesman of the show.

You are right, Grievances should be aired behind closed doors. I was just astonished that Andrew from the furniture store had comments to make on an online forum and not to me in a one to one environment.

I tend to ignore this blogs and comments but when I was informed that Andrew was critizing me then I was greatly dissapointed in his lack of proffesionalism. Andrew or Vincent if you wish you contact me to discuss proffesionally problems I may of had during the week 1 task then you can contact me on gavindavis883@btinternet.com. Hopefully Andrew will be gracious enough to explain his comments to me. I do actually feel sorry for Vincent in all of this.

By the way David It was a differnent Andrew that sold Windows. Andrew Glover of West Yorkshire windows. A splendid man and a great manager during task 2.

Well everyone, the door is finally closed on Natural born sellers as far as I am concerned. Thank you to everyone who supported me. I am delighted that I could share the winnings with Dan and his Family, they are superb people and I hope life is made easier on them. Dan is a great friend. One thing Dan, just imagine how depressed you would havve been if Anna Marie won!!! But it was only a gameshow afterall.

I may never be the best salesperson but if anyone out there in the salesworld is struggling then learn from me. Anything is possible and there are some fantastic people out there who can help increase your skills, like Sean Mcpheat, just keep at it.

Thank you so much everyone and I look forward to recieving an email from Andrew soon.

Dan your a legend.

Gavin

Britain most Unsucessful, sucessful salesman

If I lived in England I’d be happy to buy windows from Andrew/Vincent – especially as I know I don’t have to deal with any of that inflated price and “oh, I’ll just talk to the manager, see if I can get a discount for you” rubbish.

I’m astounded Gavin won a challenge! However, it was certainly very decent of him to split the cash. Danny was undoubtedly the most competent and consistent salesperson of the lot even if some of his tactics are jarring to the consumer.

What a shame the experience seems to have left a bitter taste for you both (for different reasons). As intellegent men you must have considered the potential pitfalls before signing up for the programme and slagging off Ideal Homes who lets face it together with the other companies involved contributed to your winnings is such a shame. All the companies took a risk in participating and were not responsible for the rules set by the producers or had any say on who stayed in or didn’t.

Suprised you seem to be taking a swipe at Ideal Homes and questioning their integrity, wouldn’t seem very fair to me particulary as it would appear you and Danny changed the format of the show slightly by seemingly having a pact between you to keep you in and share the spoils. Wonder how Ann-Marie and others feel about that?!

Also Danny if you don’t rate the sales team strange you emailed Ideal Homes recently offering your services for promotional work!! Wouldn’t have thought you would want to have been associated with them. Guess when an opportunity to make some money arrives integrity for some people leaves!!

Thanks for responding to my post. It’s nice to see a real friendship came out of the programme. So many ‘reality’ shows have people pretending to like eachother for their own benefit. I genuinely really liked both you and Danny.
I actually have been in contact with Anna-Marie before, and I wont go into details at all, but she is certainly very hyper! I have nothing against her as I do not know her all that well personally, but I was disappointed to see her vote Scott off, and as has been discussed, felt there was more to her than met the eye….her ideas in the final showed she is a smart woman, and not as ditzy as she was made to come across or wanted to come across..I’m not sure which.

It was apparent that you were not confortable in face to face selling…did you know that would be what the programme would be based on almost entirely when you applied? It was very brave of you to go for it, and full credit to you. It was obvious you were much more confident on the phone.
Perhaps you and Danny could look at doing your own venture I would love to set up my own business, but like you I find face to face selling quite nerve-wracking. I do promotions work in my spare time, and it is very intimidating sometimes. If you aren’t naturally confident or extroverted it can be very hard!
I often have to psyche myself up to do this kind of work, and I got the impression you were the same. You needed them to help build your confidence but didnt find as much encouragement as you probably would have liked to achieve as much as you could have otherwise…I might not be right, but that was how I perceived it anyway! x