Looking to expand PennyDrinks.com into the UK!!!

[SillyJokes]

I think its a little arrogant to assume that no one else could make the idea work and that the UK is a little country just off the coast of the US which could be covered by one person with little effort.

Perhaps Britain isn't as big as Texas :roll: but with a population of nearly 59 million theres a lot of profit here for someone who can put in the time to develop the idea here.

Of course someone was going to take the idea and run with it if there is enough money to be made.

What you should be worried about are the people who are now also doing it but haven't been fool enough to post on here, Duncan Ballantyne included.

 

[sarmonkey17]

I'm not contesting that the idea was free info, hence a public forum.

What I'm contesting is the ethics and possibly legalities of posing as an investor with the intent of getting further, more detailed information on how the operation works (which was not posted) so he could reproduce the idea down to the T.

Any comments?

 

[Cornish Steve]

JC,

The ethics of the matter are one thing; the law is quite another. I'm sure we'll each draw from this sequence of events our own conclusions about the protagonists involved.

In the true spirit of competition, the market is there for you to win or lose. Go for it, my friend.

 

[sarmonkey17]

Oh don't worry. I have every intention on being in the UK very soon. And with more innovative ideas than Mark will ever be able to keep up with.

Anyone interested in joining a winning and ESTABLISHED team?

 

[Fusu Group]

Barvest and Luminar leisure two chain nightclubs with over 40 venues between them already have this marketing scheme in place and have run it for at least four years, originally through email campaigns and then through mms and sms messages to their members.

As I told Mark there is nothing new here in terms of the idea (which i am not disputing is a good one) only the fact that it will be nationwide and will be a subscription service.

Just a word of warning for you both but I have been a club a promoter for 5 years and have run this numberous times sometimes to good effect sometimes none, but remember this has always been an option available to us so you may find it a difficult pitch with the clubs and bars.

Best of luck though as its going to be a hard cookie to crack with the increase in services like skiddle.com and whereuat who both do discount drink and entry price incentives for free and who do not charge the club either, it is their website ads which draw in the revenue.


Nathan

 

[sarmonkey17]

Well that's the fun part about new business. I get to take a chance at reinventing the wheel.

 

[sarmonkey17]

Well so much for Mark's thread. It's gone now. Did a moderator delete it or is it possible to delete your own thread?

 

[sarmonkey17]

Well I've had interest from regional managers in both london and manchester and already have one who will be taking over the nottingham area.

Is anyone else interested in any other cities?

Also, I am eagerly looking for a Director of UK Operations. This person would literally be in charge of ALL uk operations from management of regional managers to marketing/advertising, to acquisition of investors. This person would be entitled to a large portion of all revenue generated from the UK.

If you're interested let me know but only the most qualified and experienced applicant will have a chance.

Warm Regards,

JC

 

[adam]

Get in touch and I will think it through having a history that may benefit the concept but time is very limited.

Who is this Mark person and what has he done with the idea?

 

[sarmonkey17]

Get in touch and I will think it through having a history that may benefit the concept but time is very limited.

Who is this Mark person and what has he done with the idea?

I sent you a private message. I'm interested in seeing how we can work together.

Anyone else interested in bringing the original PennyDrinks idea to the UK?

 

[freecybermag]

Would you be interested in running Penny Drinks in Switzerland. I need to make some extra cash :biggrin:

Chris

 

[adam]

This has been picked up on Shell Livewire now - http://www.shell-livewire.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11982

Mark is a member there and has announced his "new venture".

 

[Faith28]

He announced it here too but I think its been removed??

 

[sarmonkey17]

Would you be interested in running Penny Drinks in Switzerland. I need to make some extra cash :biggrin:

Chris

Actually that wouldn't be the worst idea. Maybe I can hide my money in your banks! haha.

Does Switzerland have a Penny in it's currency?

 

[sarmonkey17]

He announced it here too but I think its been removed??

Yeah it just dissappeared suddenly. Maybe the moderators can't stand people like him.

But he's posted another one without putting his website in the subject line. It got caught right away and he got called out on it. Pretty funny if you ask me.

 

[sarmonkey17]

This has been picked up on Shell Livewire now - http://www.shell-livewire.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11982

Mark is a member there and has announced his "new venture".

Yeah i was sure to post on his thread there too.

 

[Learning!!]

A quote springs to mind.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. Machiavelli.

 

[sarmonkey17]

A quote springs to mind.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. Machiavelli.

Maybe. But for my business in particular it's not something that can be kept a secret. It needs to be talked about and people need to come on as regional managers in order for it to work.

But don't worry. There are certain parts of my site that I haven't told a soul about (except my web designers of course).

 

[JustOneUK]

This thread makes for an interesting read...and let it serve as a lesson to everyone.

Non disclosure agreements rule.

Shame to see a UKBF member get burned in this way.

James.

 

[sarmonkey17]

This thread makes for an interesting read...and let it serve as a lesson to everyone.

Non disclosure agreements rule.

Shame to see a UKBF member get burned in this way.

James.

Point taken and lesson well learned. I've used NDA's ever since my encounter with Mark Pearson.

 

[MarkPearson]

I wish you good luck JC, We know that you have been playing very dirty games with our 'missiontoparty' venture. (snapping up all realated domain names and endless email spam, oh and not forgetting the 'hacking' allegations!!) lol

When we spoke x3 very brief 2 liner emails, you never divulged any information that no one could not see on your website.

Our sites are very different and we have a webdesigner adding some very interesting new features, we will be the new myspace of nightlife and have many new features to take the idea of a penny drink voucher onto the next level.

Please don't try once again to dirty my name on here or shell, I think you should be spend your time on your own business, than trying to put a stop to my similar venture and dirty my name.

This post is only a method to put my side across into the debate, im not looking for another slanging match (its not my style)

Mark

 

[DuaneJackson]

Thread locked - I think it's run its course now.