What's your flavor?

The holiday season is coming up and that brings a lot of questions upon us. What to put under the tree, which color balls to hang in it, what to serve for diner and the list goes on and on. Generally this process than be summed up with one word : Expensive.

You what better way to search for alternatives that will make this period a little bit less expensive without reducing the spirit of Xmas. As your personal christmas shopper I have put on my red suit and white beard and strolled in the streets to that special gift that will provide us with it. Santa Bos discovered quick that nowadays all the merde is for sale in shops and all the interesting things are for sale online and therefore no need to run around looking like an escaped psychiatric patient of planet Christmas, just lounge on the sofa and surf!

Within in minutes I have discovered that you can dress up cats, order a turkey online, get plastic christmas trees that smell like the real ones and I discovered that Papa Santa Claus is getting hammered on vodka in Lapland. Interesting facts but not really very effective. Well, I guess the solution I need is simple and should be available in the land of Burgers. Easy said, I continued my online research and YES, within minutes I found what we all are looking for ! The perfect gift during christmas dinner, something that has everybody and hardly costs anything... Curious?
Well, its in a bottle (how creative) and sold as a pack... Soooo, well it is pack that includes Ham, Egg nog, Apple sauce and Turkey flavored soda ! Fantastic, why didnt I think of this before! No time to waste cooking, just one simple visit to the store and joy joy ! I cant hardly wait to open up my bottle of Turkey soda, however it leaves me with one question; How can I get the stuffing in it?

Blond + American a lethal combination

No really? Not sure where she is from but I guess it might be the US of A ... It clearly shows that Peroxide and being American can have serious effect on your brain. However the lack of a brain wont give her any headache...

A sandy dream

When I was a little boy, running around on my wooden shoes in the windmill of my parents making brrrrrrr sounds and covering myself in sand. Yes, some people would blame it on too much sugar I just blame it on the need for speed...this nothing being the of the drugs variety. The speed of cars and motors driving to the desert and defying all laws of human power and achieving a boys/girls dream.
What am I talking about? Lisboa Dakar Rallye of course! 15 stages of dust drinking and sand eating for crazy people that like to spend 15 days in a car driving 6 000 kilometers and stretching their car beyond what you will do we it in more than 10 years and risking their lives to get what? TO THE FINISH! I think its an amazing adventure and I really respect people who have participated, they are not doing to win just to proof to themselves that they are capable of extra ordinary things, when they are motivated and passionated about something.

Maybe one day I will decide to borrow Abs 4x4 (pls fix the radiator...) and take a small holiday to give it a shot! The thing about dreams is that they are nice but the reality offers far more, so instead of blogging about it I just need to do it.
A 4x4 sponsored by JuniorSenior would be a super PR stunt of course, with stickers on the side Sand Sucks ! I reckon that we could do very well, providing that we get the money sorted and I understand the non GPS stages...
Picture this; a pink 4x4 with Sand Sucks, cruising through the desert to go where no man has gone before, chasing a dream that started in a windmill!
Wow, poetry in motion ! Let's goooooooooooooooooo

Mr Bos, you have a problem!

Today there was another proof that there is something seriously wrong with moi. This time it came through my letterbox and had big red letters on it warning me.
With my fingers trembling I opened the letter and discovered another sign that I have a problem and need to act now!

As noted in the attached letter, the solution is invisible and discreet and will provide renewed joy to my life. ( I was not aware that there wasnt any..)
The problem was underlined with phrases like ; Harder, longer and bigger. Well for the moment I dont really have ambitions to become longer or harder let along bigger, BUT the brochure told me I need to act now.

Of course the solution was also provided in the Direct Mail, namely the Sex Patch!
The what? A patch that keeps me from having sex like Nicopatch for smokers? No gracie! Apparantly my male zone (see picture) should be glowing like the nose of a clown or maybe more topical...like a christmas tree.

After being reminded every day (10 times a day) by email that size matter and bigger is better, the army of Viagra Soldiers have arrived on my doorstep and frankly... its quiet scary! Graphs in the brochure have show that they are right and I am wrong, it needs to be at least 6cms longer and that for 4 hours.
A real christmas tree of joy and pleasure.

People like the Amsterdam based Kevin Meyer have been Sex Patched and are be able to use their manhood to hang their towel to dry on. Its really written!
I guess that in hard times (..) people really need to count on the Sex Patch!
Leaves me just with one question to be answered...Where to stick it on ?

The phrase that pays...

Some people ask me what I do for a living. Well my partner Ab (with the same pink businesscard hahh) always answers; I make companies earn more! Smart answer from the curly man. His answer leads often to interesting conversations and sometimes even to business, which is of course a very positive approach with an excellent result.
Well I lack the curly hairdo and the catch phrase and as partner this is of course not very positive for our relation... But what do I generally say than, you might wonder? Well, back in the old days I always replied; I stimulate an desire in your head that you were not aware off and that like to consume. In the current political correct culture we live this is borderline sexual harrasment, so I am in need of a new phrase.
Naturally I could start a poll and let you guys do the tough job of picking the right one, but being the person that I am, I guess I can do it without it.
Getting back to the phrase or the lack of it, what will be a good one?

What do you for a living Mr B? I provide a service that makes you stand out! or I am a supplier of WOM (Weapons of Masscreativity), I turn companies into a ROI (Return on Investment eg King), I find creative answers to your business questions, I am the key that will open the door to profit. I can continue but I guess there is food for thought here. Anyhow, the first step has been taken and I have to say, curls are what makes us man!

A body shaped to happiness

Being fat and happy is kind of utopia in the land of the skinny french ladies and short man. But is fat bad? Well, I am sure that eating healthy doesnt make you fat. That vitamins are seldom found in burgers and sitting on a couch drinking beer and eating chips has not been added to the fortcoming Olympic games as a new sport.

Children are getting heavier, seats in classrooms get bigger, big people ordering 2 seats for an airplane are no news; our body shapes are being challenged!
Although in French there is also the other movement, people that hardly eat to stay thin, not a happy bunch either.

However in my research I have come across a gentleman that beats all of them. Recently captured in the above shown picture, is Bob. Bob cured its anorexia and is a model for all people, big, skinny or normal, that being happy is just a state of mind, dont waste it!

Newsflash for Plant Lovers

After the highly successful Chrysal, the creators at Pokon have developed a completely new and revolutionary product call Viagra-kon ! Get some life back in your plants, without the use of your green fingers ! And dont worry; it works miracles for all plants not only the penis plant !
Soon in a Spam box near you.

Be clear about your image!

Saturday was turned into visiting Italy and finding an even better house than I already found... travelling around in the rain to see about 6 houses. All were very different but had one thing in common...they were in Italy.

Being funny Mr Bos? Maybe but at least I am clear. Something which we at JR-SR try to do is educate our (future) clients about having a clear message to the outside world eg your clients. Very often a client thinks that his product is the best and nobody is getting close to their level. This phase is often followed by overall sadness, when they are being overtaken by the competitor in spectacular fashion.

Your brand is the image of your company and needs to be understood rapidly by an outsider. Today I ran into an example that is clearly not being helped by us...
My second favourite thing todo on a Saturday in Italy is having an espresso.
Today when my cafe arrived my eye went straight to the little bag of sugar.
This coffeebrand provides the sugar for free to the cafe to built his brand, however in his case I was really wondering. In short ; An italian cafebrand that has a logo of a little man wearing a sombrero and is called Mike???? Hello! Did the brandmanager went on a holiday and combined all this in one statement?

Please Please, your brand is everything, dont try to put your life story in it, be clear and simple ! Its coffee, for Mike's sake!

Team Work is Rewarding

Everybody knows that having success is not due to the fact that the individual person is smart, it really depends on team work. When the team is performing well you are be able to perform well. For some this is a load of rubbish but in order to proof them wrong I now have the results proven !

Recent studies have proven that when its concerns rewarding people financially, the feel good factor and personal satisfaction is increased when we know what the other person has been rewarded or what he has achieved. In more medical terms, the reward center in the brain shows increased activity.

One area in particular, the ventral striatum, the region where part the 'reward system' is located. In this area, we observed an activation when the player completed his task correctly."

A wrong answer, and no payment, resulted in a reduction in blood flow to the "reward region". But the area "lit up" when volunteers earned money, and interestingly showed far more activity if a player received more than his partner.

This indicated that stimulation of the reward centre was not merely linked to individual success, but to the success of others!

So, clearly, team work pays off, if your colleague is earning more than you than you reward system is ready to be boosted ! Go for it and be a winner, your brain will thank you for it (not to mention your boss too...)

Wine Tasting at BCC

Tonite there is yet another event organised by the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) which caters for the cream de la cream of international company owners, ready to network the night away accompanied by a nice glass of wine and a good meal!
There will be a wine tasting course that will be a major challenge for me, since my nose is the right size but completely blocked and my buds are on strike !

The current weather is not really helping me to recover, cos its pouring down like there is no tomorrow. Fingers crossed for tonite, not really for the start but rather for the ending, when the majority needs to get back in there Chelsea tractors and try to get out of the labyrinth called Sophia Antipolis, not helped by the lack of light and the sligth alcohol dase...
Yours truly will be tasting the sparkles of that super vintage bottle of San Pellegrino, life at the BCC is not for the faint hearted..

Snot Face

Yesterday it started and while virtually everything in France is on strike, my nostrils have decided to compensate and do overtime! This has caused a major problem in my household and that is, how to get rid of it. I started taking some medications but that didnt help so I only had one option left over and that was, blowing my nose.

Not a very complicating thing today, however you need to have the paperwork, so to speak, to get the job done. I have been testing various elements and I have come to the conclusion that; A. pc keyboards leaves marks, B. A4 80 grams papers is useful but you still end up having it in your hands... C. the electricity bill, nice to get rid off but comfortable is different and D. A Ikea bag, big enough to cater for it, but kind of weird to carry around all day. So, having established what not to use, I try to move over to a more conventional method, kitchen towel! Its great, soft but yet strong, ok size and I discovered when left over night you can use it again in the morning... Isnt that great?

Well, dear readers, I have now ran out off kitchen towel and just ran across the street to buy a pack of tissues. The lady at the till, phd in till science, looked at me and said; having a cold young man? Remarkable observation skills, or was my face really spelling out...SNOT FACE?

Anyway, I am back behind the PC, tissues on the right and coffee on the left, better no mix those up... happy wetnesday!

The Wonders of WE

When back in Holland, I went back to visit the store I worked at when I was 17 as a sales assistant. The shop was than called Hij and part of the WE concern and know its all rebranded and called WE. I worked over 2 years with them and had a great time selling like a crazy guy and even winning the award of best sales person and getting a trip to Disney for the whole team ! Now you know who to blame for that awful Dutch dress sense...

However when I entered I was a bit scared to ran into an old colleague called Ida. She is everybodies worst nightmare and if you are looking for customer friendlyness or good advise...well she is for sure NOT the person to ask !
Programmed not to smile and insult only your best customers whe was a joy to work with... I was lucky, she was on a lunch break!

So, I had a quick browse and was happy to see that they are still be able to produce some nice things at really affordable prices. The shop was quiet busy and I was really proud that they managed to adapt to the customer taste and still going strong.
Good communication for sure ! Well, having had a closer look, I ended up seeing there latest outing. Oufff, well it was clear that this campaign was hugely inspired by spending too much time with IDA!

Therefore a warning to all communication agencies; beware of the Ida !

Wood you know?...

We tend to wear something around our feet to protect them, to keep them warm and to make sure that you look nice when wearing a suite, bear feet doesnt seem to have sex appeal. Obviously we are all tempted by those fantastic looking crocs... Plastic spells comfort and design...

Lately, I have been coming across people of all ages that wear them, and they all look like they are happy. Sweaty feets and plastic shaped shoes must indeed be enjoyable... But with fashion as in advertising, repetition makes us more aware of it, so after awhile I thought, well maybe I have to buy them as well?
Look silly but be part of the tribe of plastic wearing croccers. It seems just a bridge to far for me and instead of admiring the croccers I really pity them. Some even wear imitations bought at Waterloo plein ! Where is the world going to?
As a proper Dutchman I was reminded again of the power of our design, the comfort of our shoes and the stylish looks of Dutch designer shoes. Classic design, hand made and eco friendly, try that you Crockies! I remember the first pair I had, they were red and handpainted, they fitted like a wooden glove and ended up being burnt in the fire place by yours sincerely...

I believe we should strike against the Crocs movement and start wearing some proper Dutch gear ! Have a look at the picture and pick your favourite, be quick cos soon Mephisto will launch a new model and the Crockers will go for that...

Amsterdam Window Policy

Having been around a little over the last years, I always seem to run into people that ask me to explain the drugs policy of the Netherlands.
My current story is simple; we are Dutch and like to make money, drugs are illegal which makes them attractive, so we legalize them and the law of supply and demand will do their miracles...merci des Francais, there is no business like snow business..,

However, explaining them so clearly what why we are who we are, often leads to question number two. Why do we put prostitutes behind windows?
Simple answer, cos we care... I mean, imagine if they were behind bars or in a cage? They might catch a cold and pleassee dont get me started about the social security system in Holland.

But the final question, also related to windows... Why do we hide our sausages behind windows? Well, this can only be answered by the great Doctor Febo...
But be honest, isnt it true when you pass in the Kalverstraat that you get attracted to this little cheeky kroket that is looking at you through the window?
I do ! Last passage kept me opening up three windows and releasing, three snacky friends to a short lived freedom...

Dutch window policy is hard to explain but well, its all about pleasure...

JuniorSenior Party Time

Time to work and time to play ! at JuniorSenior we have acknowledged the importance of this phrase but just waited 10 years to do so :) Tonite is the night, we will party the nite away and this with partners and clients in naturally our famous style...Fun and creatively and we might even throw in some food and drinks...

The Afab connection have gone through great lenghts to make the would more positive and I can only congratulate them with the success ! Top job guys !
Being in a merci mood, I also would like to thank them for Plan A and Plan B, my two new assistance! I feel privileged to be able to train and share the wonders of the world ... Arent they pretty ?

Grey is the New Black

Shock horror, this early morning. With the JuniorSenior party of the year coming up tomorrow I obviously need to look a million bucks .... so in between meetings, calls and serveral email I headed to the hairdresser at 8.30 in the morning.
It has been 5 years I get my hair cut at Jean Louis David and Bertrand is the lucky one that can touch mine 'engelenhaar'. As always he is in for a good laugh and kicked off with...sorry Erwin, we are on strike ... since the whole of France seems to enjoy a day off and feel the need to march in the street holding silly signs...

Moving on, he started to cut my hair and than all of a sudden stopped. Erwin, I have a great thing for you. L'Oreal has just launched a product that would be great for your hair. Ok, I am listening. My hair will be what? Softer, stronger, glowing in the dark? No, no, it is a light colour wash that gives the natural colour back to your hair. Which I figured out is a polite way of saying...YOU ARE GETTING GREY HAIRS! ahhhhhhhh, isnt this suppose to kick in while being old? Or isnt this considered to be sexy ? Isnt grey the new black?

A simple visit to the hairdresser can provoke a hair raising asking... Am I getting old? or should I just change hairdresser....

Pimp my Dog

At JuniorSenior we recently developed a successful campaign for the WSPA, I sign for animals to underline that we need to start treating our animals better, world wide.
After recent meetings we heard that in France there are over 30 million animals running around ...50% of the human population, which is quiet scary!
However as always the France have taken it to another level and created all types of products to make the life of the animal more enjoyable (read owner) so it can happy that you will see a silly dog head sticking out of a specially designed Louis Vuitton bag wearing Ray Bans...

And it doesnt stop there, complete shops of the South of France cater for any type of stylish attribute to Pimp your Dog or cat!
Being the proud owner of one dead gold fish and the adoptive father of a cat called Whiskey, chased by its not so very smart elderly owner, I could not believe my eyes when I saw this shop (picture) there were so many shiny and diamond like stuff hanging around that my camera had difficulties getting a proper pic. But, I still managed one of a lovely Dog couple wearing the autumn collection of Karl Lagerdog.

Swedish Security Sucks

Being the owner of what is considered a state of the art, top of the range Swedish car. I should be proud and happy to be protected by Swedish car designers that fear that outside your car, the world is a bad place...
Frankly, they are right, driving fast through Nice, with your hands on the klaxon, shouting and if lucky getting to see typical French gestures of bienvenue. Generally down to one finger....

However, I really feel that this time those Blond Ikea chaps have pushed it too far!
Yesterday evening after a 30 minutes drive to Nice to find a parking space that is be able to welcome this Swedish Design Diesel Monster, I find one space.
Excellent, since the weather is still nice I had the windows open. When finally parked I closed both my windows by a simple command button and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Window Right moved back in his rubber housing but Window Left went half way and seemed to be scared to continue and than went down. Grrrrr, after having spend 10 minutes to open and close, switch of the engine, close it again, etc I was getting fed up. This problem has surfaced before and is linked to the Swedish Security Number 8, as being, the Anti Child Cut in Half Window Closer System.

A great invention but when not having kids hands to cut in half I prefer to just close it. THIS he didnt wanted! So forced to drive home to put it in the garage and go to visit the chaps at the dealership in the morning .... having driven 5 meters....the Security Systems decides to allow kids arms to be cut off and closes!
Thank God for Swedish Design. Bringing Window (Gates will love it) bugs to a car near you!

Sound of Music

Saturday was fast approaching and I was considering my options, a good meal in the resto, a nice movie, a stroll along the seasight or staying in a reading a book. Indeed an exciting life... On my conquest to saturday nite enjoyment I wandered in the streets of a poorly lit Nice oeverthinking my options, when this beautyful sounds got hold of me and dragged me across town. A sound that makes your hair stand up (in my case not really a change), makes you feel a warm and think back of the days when music was the only source of entertainment and people joined hands and danced the streets until the dawn of morning...

It has been over 8 years and I never know that this music was produced so skillfully in Nice and now I was about to enter in the kingdom of music gallore.

I looked around me, right and left, and quickly entered l'Accordeon Beach Dancing Club, for the best nite of my life...

Kleider machen Leute

Next week on Thursday, JuniorSenior International will be celabrating 10 years of creative pitches and success and a private jet with AbFab + Bosaster will be heading to the HQ to party the nite away. Good fun you might say, yes but it seems to raise one important question...What to wear ? JR-SR is of course a new generation agency so we can basically show up in a pick jump suit and mickey mouse ears which will make an impression..but will it be the right one?

Where should I start the quest for the perfect outfit....mmm, I had a look at my shirts, not to brag but I like shirts and I stopped counting at 60, not to mention the ironing involved.
Not very helpful. Suits? or casual chic? Well, as part of the company I guess we should be wearing a suit, cool that is settled than. I will be wearing a suit!
What colour? I think boring would be good, so black. So in order to 'unboringfy' the suit, I should settle for a funky shirt and tie...Pink?, Purple? Red? Blue? or just plain IBM White?
Oufff, I need a cup of coffee to make my mind up, its all quiet complex.

However, recently pointed out to me, is the decision of the perfect accessory that is making it even harder for women to pick an outfit.
A LV or Gucci bag is nice but not enough space so the item now is the Hermes Birkin bag, softly priced at just over 3.000 euros, a bargain....

But ladies I have found the perfect solution for it. Check this website out and change bag as often as possible at a small fee, no fakes ! OrangeEmpire Friday Fashion report...

PSV ? no way !

Nothing gets people so worked up, as football (if u r reading this in the USA..soccer) In Holland you can roughly separate the country in three pieces which are than covered by three teams (what a surprise); first Ajax; without any doubt the best team in the Netherlands since 100 years, Feyenoord, if you like to work in the docks you probably support them, and thirdly PSV, a club that will turn off the lights in all stadions if they cannot win! Better be warned :)

Number one and number two are clubs that have a rich history and a strong following and have produced excellent results in Holland and outside, although Ajax is of course a brand of its own.

When I was visiting the desert like country of Namibia, I mentioned once Ajax and the majority of people were be able to come up with at least 5 players!

PSV on the other hand is lacking the rich history and is basically a sport club funded by Philips (hence de P) that plays boring football and will never manage mystical status as Ajax does.

So what is the point than? Well, currently they are without a trainer/coach after Koeman left them for a more serious club... The candidates list is long and of quality for the job but ....shock horror for PSV....The candidates DONT want to become the new coach of PSV!

I have therefore decided to offer myself for this job and solve this huge (...) problem.

My first act will be to sell all there good defenders to Ajax for 5 euro each and a bag of Crocky crisps. My second act will be a change of strategy; PSV wants to get records! Becoming the team with the most goals against them, most red cards, to name but a few.

The third act will be that I will demand a 2 million euro pay off when being sacked (which will obviously wont take too long)

I reckon the Dutch Championship can be saved and let nature take its course... Ajax will be Kampioen !

Planning a Revolution?

October is kind of an important month if you like to walk onto a big red coloured square while pushing your legs high up in the air (and waive them like you just dont care...)

Almost 90 years ago a tiny country had enough of their leader and decided to replace them by entering into a small argument called revolution...

Since than things have changed and keep changing but what stays is the power of advertising or in revolutionary terms... propaganda.

Many of those were created by artist and some are actually quiet nice to look at. Check out Ebay cos plenty are being sold there. When I was in Vietnam, a communist country that still strive on the red colour and yellow star decoration (even when its not christmas) I saw some that are their to promote the virtues of Parenting, Education and Hard work. Many of them spread over town and the size of a small mini bus... Are they effective? Did they stimulate me to start a family while working hard and studying? I am afraid to say...no, but I appreciate the images.

So, please, strap on your boots, start marching in your town square and Smile!

No Evolution without Revolution Comrades ! Proletarii vseĥ stran, sojedinjajtes!

Today is the Day

Done and dusted! The deal has been officially accepted. Having spend the last 2,5 hours in a small notairy office looking out on the new tramway practicing. The future owner has kept his promise and together with his whole clan of interestingly clothed male friends, we put our signature 86 times (!) down in a office that would fonction well as sauna in many countries.

The notaire took his time to explain all the important law things and we shook the future owner his hand and the deal was done!! That simple. Now he just needs to get the paperwork done within about 15 days and than we go to the next phase. Officially he can kick me out the Palace as of the 15th of January.

So, just wait and see...and buy another place, get it all shipped out and enjoy some holidays for Xmas. Nothing major...

Bottelero...

France is a great country for cheese, wine and civil servants... but recycling? Not really!

For years I have separated my papers, fruit, plastic, glass jars and searched the whole neighbourhood for bins that would respect my urge to class them into categories. This has been a struggle but slowly thing are changing here too. Now each street has several bins that are there to welcome you if you provide them with paper or glass and there is even a small advert campaign asking people to select and dont bin it all in one bin. Not to mention that the age of free plastic bag gallore at the supermarket is over as well! Ms M will be happy :)

This obviously makes me a happy camper and I finally feel that the French are taking it serious.

However, the art of taking things serious is good but does the art needs to become Art?

Mmm, interesting question Dr Watson... Have a look at the picture and judge for yourself.

Do you have the bottle ?

Sunday Culture Day

When the weather is not that good, only 22 degrees, I decided to enjoy a small tour to sniff some culture in my increasing none culture head... First sniff at Chagall, and surprise surprise first Sunday of the month, which I forgot, all museums are free! Excellent, so plenty of people and quiet a few with their parents wondering what the hell they were doing here until they discovered Chagall painted nice naked ladies too...

I do like Chagall use of colour but I am not Wowed about it, and moving further on is the section of biblical inspired paitings. Some illustrate his vision of paradise, plently of colour and floating angels and well I dont mind going there.

Than I would down the boulevard to the Head of Sosno to the Mamac, the Modern art museum of Nice. Quiet a crowd too but a temporary expo of mirrors with images on them. Not sure if this is art, however it makes you think about it and it certainly makes you want to take pictures of it and participate in some kind of creative process, great fun. Moving on to the more established artist I do like Warhol, maybe because of my marketing back ground, but popart is fun and likes to take a fun look at the world! Then there are quiet a few Niki the St Phalle sculptures that are colourful and fun and of course Sosno and Klein, square or blue. Of course there is Ben too, the guy that paints interesting phrases on black surface with white letters. Simple and powerful.

But what I really like is the question, what is art?

Well, after having spend hours in the museums I have to admit that art is something that evokes a strong reaction, good or bad you just want to talk about it, or even blog about! Sundays is Nice are not boring and art is fun!

Our house in the middle of the ...

Today we entered the final stages of the bidding process... And its looks like one party doesnt like the used car sales man technique and prefer to have a bit more time to think. I reckon that this is due to being from Paris.... However, they can think a lot but Tuesday end of the day we will sign the papers at the notaire which will give them a max of 7 days to do something about it or else..... they loose out!

Obviously this has been interesting pricewise for me but sometimes you need to take a decision and act upon it cos when looking for the big cheque you might end up with no cheque at all!
Coming from a Dutchman I have to admit, this might sound strange but knowing the legal works in France it is very important to have the right buyer. In terms of the backing of his bank, his job profile and the eagerness to purchase are all conditions that make him or her a serious candidate.

Looking back at the whole selling process I have to say it was interesting and I learnt a lot about the ways of working of French Real Estate agents. It is obvious that with the right attitude and follow up (read anglo saxon way) you will succeed far better than the majority of agencies that are cluttered through Nice. Just for the record, one of the agents, a very prestigious one, has the house displayed in the etalage close to the most expensive hotels of Nice. A very good place to target potential buyers however I just saw that they made a mistake and prices the house at 920.000 pound, which is a slight bit more expensive than I asked for. But a very clear reason why they didnt really have any candidates.

Anyway, the weekend is around the corner, next week will be very important, fingers crossed and watch this space for more news.

The Ice Man

Yesterday I mentioned the bidding war and the comparison to a used car sales man. Well, today I have found a little commercial of my example. The guy that make me want to work harder and succeed! Ice Man Jackson ! Yeah baby!

But as you can see being a sales man isnt an easy task you never know what will happen next...

No guts no Glory...