Indeed places like that will always make you eat the costs in other more
inventive ways.
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Andi Meek <kwikpasta@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> trying to use these as a means of getting money off the job. A few of the
> bigger places I've been to in soho (no names) are ridiculously plush - one
> of them had the name of their company etched - ETCHED - into their glass
> mineral water bottles! They want the moon on a stick, five star hotel
> surroundings and the cheapest possible rates, it's no good for the business
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> Andi
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> From: avid-l@outpostfacilities.co.uk
> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:26:30 +0100
> Subject: RE: [Avid-L2] Pepper Post
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> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
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> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Pepper Post
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