At least you bought cellotape I had to pinch drawing pins from the uni notice board

@@kingfisher9072 LOL

I stole toilet roll from my uni if it there was a spare one... I don't now, but I only had £250 to last for 3 months. I was completely desperate.

Event Horizon I did that with toast

£995* €995 is about £834, still a crazy amount though, especially for students Also, nice idea with the bin bags and tape

I am genuinely mystified why the other woman invested in this. It's the worst travesty I've seen so far and yet she got an investor.

For that- I'm out

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@@kirkjohnson9353 and le beanok is still in business after all these years, selling between 4-500 pounds. Her website has a bad mobile design but has that and at the bottom it says 2020, which a lot of other websites i searched for from the show doesnt bother updating their website. Like that foldable bottle that people say "they mocked it but sold 100k bottles in 2 years" and changed its name to Ohyo(you can still buy them on Amazon) but i am not sure if anyone takes care of the website because it has 2013 in the page

"poor founder" I think that's why she's here

It's actually British Pounds which is roughly $1,376 USD.

Me too... until i got drunk 🤣😂

Yeah I never would have had the money for that. BUT, I did end up staying with two separate friends who had just bought a hammock and strung it up to their ceiling. They'd have never spent more money than they did on one though.

Lol.

Did you have parents? This is def a Christmas present idea hahaha

I don't know if it's still worth it after such a long time, your muscles are probably completely gone by now

🤣🤣🤣

Mad lad

hilarious!!!

You have just made me cry with laughter, bloody brilliant comment, fantastic x

Jedi Mantis touché. Zoos should all be closed tho

Not very many zoo's around though so the marketplace would be tiny.

@@vegantina6565 So you can read animal minds and know that no animal could ever appreciate not having to worry about predators or finding food?

Jedi Mantis they use firefighter hoses to make hammocks for them - the orangutans would tear those to pieces in minutes unless they went with much sturdier materials

@@DocBree13 but they'd have fun doing it.

I think your upstairs neighbours will be in your flat with you in the near future.

I dont give less than 2 grand, sorry.

JesusJuenger why are you all jumping around on it?

@A B r/woosh

@@gdani92 Whoosh to all of them, no one seems to understand it was a joke.

@@humblecommenter A lot of the deals don't go through after the show. Sometimes it's because the entrepreneur thinks the percentage is too high and other times it's because when they do due diligence, the dragon discovers the figures are not what the entrepreneur presented in the den.

Well Duncan had the last laugh actually considering the deal never went through. Students would never buy this product, and neither would anyone replace a sofa with that thing. She may sell to those with big houses here and abroad who have plenty of space and like the quirkiness of it, but the market is very limited and she certainly won’t retire early with this business.

Duncan's*

Pretty sure he's laughing because the entrepreneur got screwed. I can totally see the investor's easy profit.

No body would ever buy this daft product not even rich people there are so many other quirky sofas which look better than this hideous beanik whatever you call it. She ain’t gonna be successful with this business she should’ve just gone back to her day job

Why wouldn’t they, indeed? Students are wealthy.

@@MrJamberee except that they're broke

"Why wouldn't they" must be the the most heard comeback on this show, makes me cringe every time Haha

@@TheNoobPube except that was sarcasm

😂😂😂

This idea is a total disaster.

empty emptiness - and the gigantic holes in the ceiling!!! 😮

You say that, but unlike most sofas, you could very easily take the covers off and put them in the washing machine. You could also buy new covers and change the colour... not so easy with a settee. With a bit of work, this product will do fine. The biggest issue, which isn't product related will be the safety aspect when hanging it up. It has very specific requirements. This will be on the buyer though, not her so long as she covers legal issues with warnings and disclaimers. Price point shouldn't be pitched against sofas though, because they only cost so much because they are usually made in multiple countries and have to be shipped around on containers during the construction process. Very expensive! If made in a single country, they'd be way more environmentally friendly. It isn't a million dollar product, but it'll do fine. The key thing would be to suspend it on 2 chains rather than 4... smaller imprint, more likely to fit in most rooms with strong enough beams. Disaster it isn't. Hope she has a bit of luck. Someone with a good business head involved can make a world of difference. I've worked in furniture... people are weird and buy almost anything. Something different sells, you might be suprised.

@Tai Chi Tube i saw websites but couldnt tell how successful its been. Nice single whip hand by the way.

Holy crap , I would have lent you the pit for one packet of noodles and for that reason I am out 😂

That is one hell of a deal tbh. Noodles cost less than 1 pound haha

Hahaha

Hahahahaha

Probably a better marketing direction lol

she must write the puns for this show

She also said "SO FAr" like she'd want to leave that "r" out

Someone should of responded: "as far as I can see you have already done that, so I don't see why you're here."

This show is just so tacky in the way they start the presentations. They make these entrepreneurs lug their crap up the stairs, looking like they are setting up a garage sale.

You should apply for a job with 'The Daily Mail' with your apparent aptitude for spin. Crazed and running out of breath? She was merely nervous -- both natural and common under the circumstances. Afterwards, her relaxation and poise clearly come back to the fore. "Trying to get an investment" implies a negative outcome, which wasn't the case. Actually the majority of dragons thought it was a good idea (3 out of 5).

@@PokeySoggybottom Crazed Soggybottom overreacts to comments about crazed lady with bean bags out of puff.

@@peterd788 Shirty Peter D is unreceptive to constructive criticism .

@@MrJamberee these are older episodes, they've got a lift now and have had one for many seasons

So basically, it's a terrible product. Yeah, I completely agree.

Another advantage of a sofa is they're often not one thousand pounds, no idea where she gets the idea they're double that. I can go online and get a second hand one in good condition for 200 max

But the vacuuming would definitely be worth it 😂

And for that reason Jenny is out!

We know dear. the lady is on some thing strong.

Really good point, I can imagine lounging in one with my wife or maybe my brother but I wouldn’t feel comfortable being that close to most people so it would quickly turn into a one seater.

Trueeee

Not to mention, you have to face one way. You can easily rearrange a sofa, you can't do anything with this!

*_Hangout._* Literally.

I just had a visual of someone casually coming around for a coffee, cut to the both of lolling around in a hammock together looking incredibly awkward 😅

She even argued with dragons when they were agreeing with her! I'd bet you the price of one of her bean bags that she's divorced.

@@alanmorgan8647Its just her natural disposition that she lacks the ability to change in different circumstances it seems, theirs nothing bad about it other than its rigid and confrontational

@rishabh bajaj femenism was a good thing in the past its just recent feminism and sjw stuff that bad

Very headmistressy

@rishabh bajaj well whats your point just because shes has brash unpleasant mannerisms and lack of business sense at present she must be a feminist? Ive met a woman similar and she was definitely not a feminist

benaloney 😁

Kinky

Pinhead got his interior design degree.

Most expensive sex swing haha not for me im out hahah

There are no innocent beanbags.

I'd buy a ps5 and a second hand couch

It's not in dollars you weirdo yank

​@😂😂😂

That's an odd comment from Doug. Maybe he was being nice to the poor lady.

@@longq5198 no sirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

@@OakApplegardens invite her to join

@@PolitischTourette Far better pricing than she was talking about on DD. I wouldn't have one but sure many will.

@@OakApplegardens Yes indeed. I bet the pricing was due to the dragon , who allready mentioned that 900 Quid was too much

Lol

@Benny G lol

Hard and unpleasant

That thing in her hair says it all

Crazy cat lady of the future

@@SevenSagesRO what's wrong with cats?

@@chrystianaw8256 Ikr? Never understood why people say that. Cats are just as lovely as any pet. Regardless, originally that saying was to describe someone who didn't like people so had cats as company instead. This woman probably wouldn't get along with people or animals so I don't see how it could apply.😃

Objectively a hilarious sentence

This was before Duncan's extremely traumatic divorce. The divorce without the pre-nup.

Actually epic 🤣

Check out the one with the woman who doesn’t like the Spanish

@@sammmm87 Ha beat me 2 it what i thought

@@FederationStarShip Oh, Alex. Yeah, she was bored with her own pitch.

@@sammmm87 I've gotta admit this was pretty witty and funny. 😂

You havent watched the show much if you think this is theworat

It's nearly 20 years old now. I have never seen any of these ever

Cool story

True for most stuff that appears on here tbh

No wonder. She retained only 51%, which means that she could not dilute herself for additional investors. She doomed her business when she accepted an offer for a crazy, almost unbelievable share giveway.

@@TomorrowWeLive apart from that disgusting Reggae Reggae sauce. That's everywhere in every supermarket.

I've watched 100s of these and every time I check their business turnover afterwards. Only about 5 weren't dissolved within a few years.

Delusion is what she has going on- disillusioned sets in later. For a bone head like her, much later.

they are still selling them to this day...not that delusional after all

Disillusioned means the opposite of what you used it for

@@lajeandom yes but a lot cheaper, the original price was way to high

Seriously, that's putting it too mildly. I thought they are perpetually broke!!! At least the normal ones are.

Is this really true? Have you got any more info? Thanks

@@Matt-Durham www.tigermobiles.com/dragons-den/ Google (or Duckduckgo) is your friend

She also died in 2012

@@Nthstar I cant find anything saying that, surely the website would have mentioned it as her name is still plastered all over it 🤔

Company was dissolved in 2018.

Right?? It certainly doesn't look like a thousand pound piece of furniture, it looks quite cheap, if I'm being honest. And how do you lie down in one without falling right out? You can't even relax in it, cuz you have to constantly work your leg muscles to stop from wobbling all over. And on top of all that, you can't even move the thing! What if you wanted to redo the layout of the room? You can't, not without going through all that effort of drilling even more holes in the ceiling.

£100 worth of materials is VERY generous, you can bulk buy chain and canvas very cheap, especially as the chain doesn't have to be particularly high quality as they're bearing quite a small load for the size of such chains.

When I was student, I would only dream about spending 200 on furnitures. I reached out to relatives for old furnitures they didn't want/need and I was surprised how much nice stuff I got from just asking around, and how happy they were that someone would actually need em.

Shhhhhhhhhh....................you can t say that. She is a business person/ woman what ever the latest expression is . You have to politely look the other way, remember??

Don't forget that no landlord, especially not a student landlord would let them drill holes in the ceiling to install it

Bafflingly, she tried to market this as a gaming chair and a sofa for special needs. Lady, I'm not special needs and even I can't use that thing. It looks miserable to clamber in and out of, and you can't even have a coffee table with it! Can you imagine trying to host company with those things? "Welcome everyone! Please, have a seat. Oh it's easy to get in, here, you just swing your leg over and...yes, that's it, now the other one...oh, be careful! Are you hurt? Here, let me help...hold on, stop kicking...ok, now you gotta sort of twist your body the other way...no no, the OTHER way....give me your foot, you're a bit tangled...no, your butt's supposed to be facing the other direction...now just put your arm over that side and pull yourself up...ah! There we go. Comfy, right? By the way, I hope you all ate and drank before coming over, cuz there isn't really any way to hold a cup or set a plate down in here. Now, isn't this fun?"

@@WobblesandBeanany gamer worth their salt would NEVER want these things. When the game gets serious you can’t get up and do the “focused” pose (if you know you know). Relaxing doesn’t always lend well to tough challenges in gaming.

Yes, and stuffed with pegasus down feathers.

That Peter Jones then bought..

It didn't get backing like a lot of other businesses. Company is dissolved, website still up and selling em at 350 instead of 995

There’s hope for us all!

@@kuling12345 Yeah cause women.

It’s hard to believe she found a sucker for this silly idea.

almost, think the coffee cup jenny invested in may edge it

Bean bags are all one needs :>

How many's a lot?

@@sammmm87 on estimate, maybe about 100. I used to live on in a warehouse district with about 15 homes on the strip. In mine alone I lived with 29 other people, and that was just my church, so yeah. A fair few.. And as you can imagine in that sort of environment, people move to other warehouses and you go and visit, etc etc. I've peobably seen hanging bean bags over 15 times for a fraction of the price is all I was saying.

@@nesultimate3854 Well if you've seen so many maybe it's a better idea that it seems

Obviously it didn’t 😂

The ceiling ain't that supportive 😄 😄

@@pauljones4763 Neighbour: Excuse me my dear, I've just popped down for a cuppa.

And if anyone ever actually bought one, imagine the personal injury lawsuits when people start dropping out of these things

Debbie Sunlight actually there is a market for this. this item is obviously a resort & luxury product not a diy project. 8 out of 10 luxury resorts ive visited or even those i’ve just seen pictures of have some sort of hanging bedframe / sofa / hammock contraption. it would also fit into an avant garde / minimalist luxury home where it hangs in a corner as a statement piece not really to sit on. however i have to say seeing that she isnt a known designer 1000£ is quite a bit for this design. 300-400£ would probably be more reasonable. if she was famous at 1000£ people would buy it. if she isnt know then for 1000£ it would need to come with a frame, or a different design that incorporates a frame, either in metal or wood.

@@QQ-ll4fd and for that reason, you're out

@@brendan904 Yea out of the Le Benoch with a curved spine 😃😃😃😃

@@QQ-ll4fd spot on…these idiots in the comments clearly don’t understand the market for this product

I agree....Nothing over 150 actually

They are still in business. Their small one seems to go for 250 pounds and the bigger one for 350, so at least their prices are a bit more reasonable.

@@Inepressiera that's a much decent price range. Kudos to her for still being in business!

Well the company went bust (obviously), so you can get a cut price one on Ebay for about 250. In my opinion, it doesn't look very comfortable if there's more than one person on it.

@@rolirolster lol obviously 😁😁😁

lmao expected

💔

Actually they seem to be doing fine.

@@L.C.Sweeney With a reaction like that you're probably her son! I see she's also decided to drop the price from wanting £900 down to £400.

@osamabinsmokin actually the company dissolved in 2018

I've never heard "yes I know that" so many times in one pitch

The woman is a nightmare to talk to or reason with. She could have brought in the cure for cancer and I would pass on it just so I wouldn't have to deal with her.

Does it help you see the flow signals?

I love the face Peter makes just before that at 9:33 too 😂

@@WobblesandBean, so often the dragons say so much in expressions than they do with words. 😁

I think all that remains is the website!

She should sell them for a 10th of the price, especially considering nothing about that is protected by IP laws (nor is even original) and uses materials and labour about 1/50th the £995 ticket price. You can't buy some chain and canvas, attach it together with mass produced components then ask for an amount equal to a whole year of most people's living expenses.

The company is dissolved it went bankrupt

The company has been dissolved since 2018. I'm guessing she prepaid on several years' worth of webhosting, such that the website is still up even though the company is no longer in operation.

@@Involent no its still in operation , you can purchase this online..

Company is dissolved now

@@samluke8121 Seems like they have had a new start. website up and running , though did say dissolved odd

Price is still the same (2024).

and after spending £900, we need to find a joiner who can do work in the roof to securely hang this trampolines from.

The idea is that the parents want them out so badly, they will gladly give them cash to buy furniture that hangs from the ceiling.

Seren_ dipitous yeah cuz we suddenly have that in our pocket

exactly :o/

and we wont talk about load ratings of ceilings, will we? .

@@markwng of it's screwed into a joist there's probably no problem. If...

Also as soon as it's taken down, there's a hole in the ceiling even if it was done properly

@@Septimus_ii Who is responsible for the install though? Some dingus or a builder?

Lol

@rishabh bajaj that's not Deborah Meaden. That's Rachel Elnaugh. And this was recorded back in 2005

thought the same myself.

Lies

Couple of milions earlier xD

Oh God didn't need that 😂

P OM yeah - I noticed that, too :)

You are cruel :-)

Dreadful crowns and discoloured real teeth. Now he has perfect teeth and more hair 😆👦

Of course Goop herself would be all over this 🤦🏼‍♀️

Posting an Instagram of yourself in one in a hotel isn't "backing".

The company has been dissolved since 2018. I'm guessing she prepaid on several years' worth of webhosting, so the website is still up even though the company is no longer in operation. Edit: Crap, I posted this reply in the wrong thread, so if it feels misplaced, that's because it is. 😑

I mean, iPhones go at 4-5x their production value merely because people want to show off.

Fast Forward Stop(ffs)??

@@djbillye4943 "for fucks sake" in case you're not whooshing me.

Haha! Wow £15k that's nearly as big as Google

I shouldn't laugh but she did have an air of _I know everything! I'm right, everyone else is wrong!_ about her. People that say _"Yeah I know"_ to everything when clearly they didn't know are a frickin' nightmare to be around.

Oops

Well thanks for THAT mental image

He’s gorgeous

@@PolitischTourette Just because the website is still up doesn't mean the business didn't go bust , which it did incidently.

@@PolitischTourette The deal DID fall through. Rachel backed out cuz someone tried to change the terms of the deal, dunno if it was Rachel or the hambag woman.

It looks like something you'd see in those Delia*s catalogues that were everywhere in the 90s.

I don’t get it?

@Cee Dub619cameraman True, true. (Chain) swings and roundabouts.

Anton Clark she said 30% but the first season wasn’t as clear cut. I think you could negotiate a bit more.

she did. 30%

Then add to that the installation cost... lol

And how would they be able to install it in a rental?

I found my first couch on the pavement. A bit of cleaning and i was still able to eat pasta for the rest of the month. With that amount of money i bought a car. This is completely nuts pricing.

Also, out of college, you were probably renting from somebody who wouldn't let you drill holes in the ceiling.

😂😂🤣🤣

Gee whizz Pete that's a bit rough pal

Women sticking together

The investment was never made. According to the Mail Online (OK, not the best source but...), Le Beanock Woman wanted to change the terms and Rachel pulled out.