j_jza80 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 As per this article; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17189296 Here comes the rant £930,000 for those rings?! At a time when plenty of british tax payers are being put out of work, this seems disgusting to me. This amount could easily keep 40 of our redundant armed forces staff in jobs for another year. I'm all for the Olympics, I think it's a great honour to have the games here. What I don't like is some consultant/designer taking home £500k at the expense of the taxpayer, on a barge that will have a life span of 2 or 3 months! Is there a longer term plan for this barge??? The cost of making the Ark Royal into a floating museum would have cost a similar amount (according to figures banded about when she was scrapped) and they could have painted Olympic rings on the side of it. They have a similar setup with the USS Intrepid in New York and it is a huge tourist attraction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Always puzzles me when costs like that are banded about for something that is clearly not even worth £100k, crazy times we live in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Lets hope there is no copper cable used to power them ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkddav3 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 a million pounds...they are taking the giraffe with that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Someone is laughing all the way to the bank !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Lets hope there is no copper cable used to power them ! They've anticipated that possibility... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 a million pounds...they are taking the giraffe with that one You can only "have" a giraffe I am afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 ... I'm all for the Olympics, I think it's a great honour to have the games here. What I don't like is some consultant/designer taking home £500k at the expense of the taxpayer, on a barge that will have a life span of 2 or 3 months! It's worse than that the bloody rings are going into storage until the Olympics - so they'll only be in use during the Olympics - presumably as the rings are not the logo of the paralympics they won't be out during that. So we are talking about 2 weeks worth of use. and what's all this about free events for every Borough? I've not heard anything about Preston Borough's free event !! Jason I hate you - I was completely oblivious to this travesty until you posted up I'm tempted to let you have some infraction points because I'm so damned annoyed Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Someone is laughing all the way to the bank !!!!! That would have been a nice contract, im in the wrong game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 It's worse than that the bloody rings are going into storage until the Olympics - so they'll only be in use during the Olympics - presumably as the rings are not the logo of the paralympics they won't be out during that. So we are talking about 2 weeks worth of use. and what's all this about free events for every Borough? I've not heard anything about Preston Borough's free event !! It's shocking. Jason I hate you - I was completely oblivious to this travesty until you posted up I'm tempted to let you have some infraction points because I'm so damned annoyed Mike that's not very nice, never offering you a cupper again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 that's not very nice, never offering you a cupper again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 It is shocking indeed I think I heard on the radio the bill for this 3 week event is 9 billion pounds and rising! And am I right in saying it is most footed by londoners? And we wonder why we are in a recession still. The company which won the ticket sale arrangement has gone to the states instead of a company here! Grrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 and what's all this about free events for every Borough? I've not heard anything about Preston Borough's free event !! but we get the Guild this year. [edit] that smiley may be sarcastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 anything anyone dones for the goverment gets milked, well any contracted work anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 They did say that the cost of the Olympics are under budget. Not the point though. They also mentioned that just before the rings were bought and set off so they were clearly trying to calm people down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I read an article a few years back by a chap who basically keeps an eye out for government contracts. He then forms a company dealing in said commodity/resource and outsorces this to a proprer company. Naturally he takes the lions share of the money. Once the initial contract is over he dissolves the company and moves on. Funnily enough he is a multi millionaire!! Back on topic the games are a travasty. What a senseless waste of money. Millennium Dome 2!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 You can only "have" a giraffe I am afraid. If you had a giraffe, I could take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 If you had a giraffe, I could take it. but would you want it after H had "had" it ? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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