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Interesting thread. About 9 years ago I worked for 2 years as a business development consultant. We did many types of consultancies,, many in retail situations. One thing I can say is there is no "golden formula" Another dominant theme is the difference between being the owner of a biz and being a customer. You will hear from customers things like- I wish they would sell things cheaper, they should do this, that. If I owned this place I would do >>>>>>>>, they are so bzy here they must be making a fortune, I dont go there its too expensive, I dont go

nice to see its been done away with. Good call MM

nice post tom, and totally accurate. I punched your green button for this post.

I agree with Bazle and Gawd. I don't like it. It can be manipulated despite MM's assertion that it can't/won't be. I see it as attempt to post "more agreeably' I voted that "reputation rating " be pulled. ps this has nothing to do with m own shitful rating. Although I have lost sleep

ahhh I see it!! the green plus button and the red minus button. Never used them. I will now be banging them incessantly to improve my ratings. can green hits be bought and sold in the same way as say carbon credits?

Excuse my ignorance but wats the go with the "reputation" rating.? How long has it been in? What does it represent? I see MM has 313- im guessing the higher the better? Is it an attempt for greater poster compliance-ie posters seeking a more positive "rating" please advise. p.s.- will the over use of emoticons lead to a higher rating?

coming soon- the VIRTUAL barfine.

from aust my preferred airline is singapore airlines followed by malaysian. My least preferred is jetstar. I am mostly driven by price but will pay and extra 100$ to go on singapore. I would not fly jetstar unless it was under 300$ each way.

statistically it may look frightening.In reality I dont think it will have much impact. Many of the extra boys in china are one child policy kids. Most of them are big girls anyway. They are so emotionally weak they will just accept their lot. The statistics assumes that ALL males are suitable mates for available females. This is definitly not the case in china. Not sure about india. Given global travel I'm sure the extra males will gravitate to where the chicks are. The social bonus is that even the uguly girls will now be able to get a root. The social downside is that even

your comprehension skills need brushing up Tom. Actually the points being made about better service and feel in KK exactly reinforces my point. Service in patts is poor because service is poor.The service personnel, desperate to fit in with collegues fall in line to deliver the accepted level of service, which is blot. In KK it is better BECAUSE service is better- hence the service personnel fit into the better service/smiles in order to once again fit in and not stand out from their collegues.Thats the generation they are.

I will concur with many of the points made.However I offer a slightly different perspective. I have had quite a bit of interaction with genY, through employing them and renting out rooms to students. This generation is the most over indulged, over inter connect, most superficial, lazy generation in the history of mankind. Its not just in western countries, the chinese soccer team was beaten so many times it looks like not qualifying to play in the next world cup elim games.The national coach- a westerner, stated in a news conference that the results have something to do with the one ch

Can;t take the question seriously. No. Why would I bother? Its not like theres a shortage of shagables. Why be so desperate to " sneak " two hours in? Maybe you think your getting one up on the other guy? Whatever floats your boat, but again- why bother?

last time i used it was approx 3 months ago. the fee was either 12 or 14$ online. the amount was less tha 100$ AUD.Sent to phils. I think that the more you send the more you pay now? I could be wrong. Its well known that WU is the most expensive way to send $$$. Here in aust we can use electronic transfer overseas at banksfor 25$ for any amount.Not sure how the exchange rate mechanism works with it.

the exact %%%% GREG B doesn't really matter.What matters is the trend and the fact that more and more of we westerners are getting some kind of govt handout. Unemployment is USA is just shy of 10%.Thats say 30 million adults plus their dependants.If each one had say just 1 dependant thats 20% of the total population.Add in all the other kinds of benefits and you can easily arrive at towards the 50%. You can argue its 48%, 45% whatever, but thats not really the point. Here in aust we were up to 44% a few years ago but currently we are at 37% due to the mining boom.However that %%

If 1% of the 5 mill visitors became a sponsor thats 50,000 "sponsorships" available each year, assuming no repeat offenders. If there are 35000 girls in patts thats, on average say 1.5 sponsors per girl. You could argue that of the 35,000 girls at least half would last less than a year so there is 17,500 ish " core " girls with floaters making up the total numbers. Hence the 17,500 core plus a few casuals , say 2500 makes 20,000 girls sharing 50,000 sponsorships.About 2.5 for each and every girl. In reality At least half those core numbers would be unable to attract eve

get used to it guys.The time for whitey domination is coming to an end. most white societies are run under democracy- a system which has more and more flaws each day as being POPULAR in politics exceeds the need to be competant. democracies are failing and are getting poorer.Pehaps not in macro terms but in micro terms, individual by individual its happening.Exchange rates of traditional visitors to LOS have been going south for a while.with the exception of the mighty aussie dollar. democratic govt cannot stop spending on the welfare system.In the USA 50% !!! of the population s

totally agree. I read many of the hotel reviews, especially when getting close to trip time.Its a great resource. Updated to say the last 12 months would increase relevancy re pricing, quality , facilities etc.

Amazing that with all the info available thru the net these days , that people still seriously consider such a proposal. As humans we tend to emphazise the goods things and ignore the bad things when sub consciously we WANT to do something. " built to western standards" is an example- thats what you want to believe is'nt it? I make the following points 1.Why do you want to pay 100% to "own" 49%? 2. why is it below build cost of 8 years ago? What is wrong with it? How do you know what the build cost was 8 years ago? Why is build cost even relevant- has the market dropped th

on the Gold Coast here in OZ we have an excellent system. every morning in the wee hours the beches are thourghly clean by specially designed beach cleaning trucks.Some kind of scooping system.The sand is levelled out in the process. Foreign tourists of different kinds and some aussies to I guess, leave rubbish on a regular basis in the sand, not the least of which is ciggie butts,Garbage tins are placed on the beach during the day and collected sometime after dark and stored higher up on the beach so the tides dont wash them away.In fact they are probably locked up so the fwits d

This is totally correct.The first research has been completed into forum sites recently.I wish I could find the article so i could quote it.The main sites used were trip advisor and facebook and 2 other "localised" forum sites. Not named. Results showed a propensity to "gang up " on newbies and anyone disagreeing with the concensus. It also showed forums were often dominated by a "group " of main contributors who kept things going with others drifting in and out. Research concluded that "survival" in a forum was contingent on being aligned with the main "group". It noted that forums

nice summation.Here in Australia I would add an unnatural tendency towards self obsession/absorption.

Interesting thread. Im an aussie who has travelled to both USA and Thailand in the last 12 months. Here in aust wages are quite high and tipping is pretty much reserved for restaurant, bars and cafes, maybe taxis.It is quite common not to tip also.Levels of service here can be quite poor and robotic.Its not unusual for waiters to forget items regularly. Often bars give you the change on a saucer to encourage you to leave a tip.This totally shits me and I never leave a tip in these circumstances.I always tip in resataurants between 5/10$ depending on service.A chinese gf I have here alwa

I don't think your on your own there miami.Eventually the illusion falls over.

sorry to disagree but thats errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr total bullshit. Maybe you stayed in a 2 star dive ? Dont try telling me you stayed 5 star now

yeh rick the trick in bali is to stay in a hotel with its own beach, like in nusa dua.Vendors are controlled.Bali is terriffic if you avoid kuta beach.