Chrysalis Posted 19 February 2019 Posted 19 February 2019 18 hours ago, Legend_in_blue said: It's all relative. A quarter of the average persons weekly salary is what, £200? As annoying as it would be to lose £200, it's hardly a huge amount of cash. Would you pay £200 to a middleman to secure a car? No, no you wouldn't. You'd just walk down to the garage and buy the car yourself. I think the average man earns maybe £300-500 a week, the reported averages are inflated by a few earning silly money, plus even the reported averages are not £800 a week.
hackneyfox Posted 19 February 2019 Posted 19 February 2019 19 hours ago, Legend_in_blue said: Before tax? Unlikely 14 hours ago, danny. said: The average UK wage isn’t over £41k, its closer to £27k, and if you took out the outliers I’d be willing to guess your average person earns more like £400/week Average in 2017 is £550 per week. Minimum wage would put you on £328 per week (40 hours)
TonyN11 Posted 19 February 2019 Posted 19 February 2019 Mind you, as Vardy knows, yellow cars do look classy. Here's Noddy in his, going for a drive with Gary Lineker...
TheLittleBigMan Posted 19 February 2019 Posted 19 February 2019 Nobody likes to get ripped off. I felt a bit like that after the wolves game..
Fox92 Posted 19 February 2019 Posted 19 February 2019 On 18/02/2019 at 16:59, AjcW said: - How on earth are we still allowed to promote article from the S** on here? Should be an instant ban!! Agree.
Long Eaton Fox Posted 19 February 2019 Posted 19 February 2019 Vardy hasn't lost his pace. He can now do 190mph.(Or will do soon)
woddyuk Posted 19 February 2019 Posted 19 February 2019 9 hours ago, Chrysalis said: I think the average man earns maybe £300-500 a week, the reported averages are inflated by a few earning silly money, plus even the reported averages are not £800 a week. Agree,, majority of the real world "man/woman in the street" are between 16-25k pa. I'd sure like the 41k " average".
foxile5 Posted 19 February 2019 Posted 19 February 2019 The average is so misleading. Each millionaire in the country is contra'd by thirty people on sub 20k. Thus is the danger of an average.
FoyleFox Posted 19 February 2019 Posted 19 February 2019 Regardless of whether you earn £400, £4000 or £40,000 a week, it doesn't entitle anyone to rip you off. And regardless of income you're entitled to be pis$ed off if they do.
danny. Posted 19 February 2019 Posted 19 February 2019 3 hours ago, woddyuk said: Agree,, majority of the real world "man/woman in the street" are between 16-25k pa. I'd sure like the 41k " average". Where are you getting 41k from?
Guest seanfox778 Posted 20 February 2019 Posted 20 February 2019 17 hours ago, HitchinFox said: I'm not being funny, but if you buy anything from someone that looks and dresses like this, you're on your own... I'm guessing the Vardy's didn't watch Black Panther, the guy showcased his shady side to millions.
everton carr Posted 20 February 2019 Posted 20 February 2019 8 hours ago, danny. said: Where are you getting 41k from? From the legend in blue who thinks the average salary is £800 pounds a week?
Golden Fox Posted 20 February 2019 Posted 20 February 2019 On 18/02/2019 at 08:47, Babylon said: Why on earth do so many footballers seem to use dodgy middlemen (who usually look like estate agents) to buy their cars. Because they don't live in the real world! A few years ago now, but I was auditing a football agency & they had a room of people dedicated to just helping out their younger clients with day to day living - bills, cleaning etc. Actually, a lot of these footballers are young kids that are thrust into the world far younger than they would be in other professions, and they do genuinely need this help. And it probably just becomes habit that they rely on other people to do things for them. (Admittedly, Vardy does not fall into the category!) And to save the hassle. At my last place, we had an issue with a car we were buying which got escalated up to me to sign off. It was a complicated case with a chap who was young to be selling an expensive car and who had a German passport, and at face value was all very dodgy. But the was instantly recognisable as a Leicester City player with an interesting back story, so it all made sense. But apparently this was unusual as most the footballers drove cars owned by companies so would never have come my way - it was just for various reasons he'd bought this one himself & was then selling it - and this just caused all sorts of headaches for him, so I can see why they would just concentrate on their football and leave this stuff to others. But yeah, in a case like this, Vardy should know better & difficult to have any sympathy with him...
The Doctor Posted 20 February 2019 Posted 20 February 2019 17 hours ago, foxile5 said: The average is so misleading. Each millionaire in the country is contra'd by thirty people on sub 20k. Thus is the danger of an average. Only if you're looking at the mean - that can be skewed in either direction by the extremes. Median is far better for this sort of discussion, and the median salary is £28,600 gross (£550 per week - https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2017provisionaland2016revisedresults#main-points)
foxile5 Posted 20 February 2019 Posted 20 February 2019 34 minutes ago, The Doctor said: Only if you're looking at the mean - that can be skewed in either direction by the extremes. Median is far better for this sort of discussion, and the median salary is £28,600 gross (£550 per week - https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2017provisionaland2016revisedresults#main-points) Nice one. I'm no mathematics scholar so lacked the knowledge to explain that. Cheers.
The Doctor Posted 20 February 2019 Posted 20 February 2019 8 minutes ago, foxile5 said: Nice one. I'm no mathematics scholar so lacked the knowledge to explain that. Cheers. the difference between mean, median and mode is taught in primary school.
HighPeakFox Posted 20 February 2019 Posted 20 February 2019 If Vardy has been the victim of a crime, then I sympathise with him. Otherwise I just end up victim shaming, which has become extremely and worryingly popular.
foxile5 Posted 20 February 2019 Posted 20 February 2019 4 hours ago, The Doctor said: the difference between mean, median and mode is taught in primary school. And that is a significant distance in the past now.
TonyN11 Posted 22 February 2019 Posted 22 February 2019 On 20/02/2019 at 16:46, The Doctor said: the difference between mean, median and mode is taught in primary school. Think it was a bit later than 'primary school' but at my approved school the approximation was; Mode - Median = 2 x Median - Mean and yes, I cannot form meaningful relationships
Guest Col city fan Posted 22 February 2019 Posted 22 February 2019 If boredom at reading The Doctor’s posts was plotted at 0 to 100, the median would be 50, there would be no mode or mean. I’d plot the figure on my little graph at 99.9 recurring
MPH Posted 23 February 2019 Posted 23 February 2019 On 18/02/2019 at 08:03, DrezZone said: TBH, if I was making that much money and lost 40k, I wouldn't be fuming. I'd take it as a blessing in disguise. Who knows? Maybe that car could've seriously injured or even killed him in the future. Sure, 40k might seem a lot for us, but when you're making about 120k a week, you shouldn't really feel like complaining because you can obviously go buy the car with less than 2 weeks of wages. Plus, I'm sure he spent much more than that on crap he doesn't need or doesn't even know he has. you think this would stop him from getting a fast car?
sishades Posted 23 February 2019 Posted 23 February 2019 On 19/02/2019 at 11:25, Chrysalis said: A quarter of the average persons weekly salary is what, £200? For you maybe...for the rest of us it is more like 50-60%.
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