'Alan didn't want to get involved...'

[Brian Griffin]

I'll just leave this here

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/alan-barnes-guardian-angel-katie-11882946

 

[Nuggsy]

How can you charge £700 a day for PR services? Robbing bitch

 

[ilovehorswill]

Claire looks like a wrongun or at least a rank amateur

Even scratter publicists take a percentage from incoming fees

 

[HABA87]

The whole thing is an absolute farce.

 

[Pete B]

some of the comments on the Chronic article are Daily Mail-esque; a virtual lynch mob

 

[girojim]

The whole thing is an absolute farce.

Has been from the start, poor bloke should have been left alone

 

[HABA87]

Has been from the start, poor bloke should have been left alone

Agreed. I've posted before that I shouldn't know the blokes name. Hie life has probably been damaged more by the press and the attention than the actual attack.

 

[girojim]

How can you charge £700 a day for PR services? Robbing bitch

£550, she knocked £150 off her normal rate.

 

[Pop]

some of the comments on the Chronic article are Daily Mail-esque; a virtual lynch mob

Stand up Mr Barnes!

 

[Pete B]

Stand up Mr Barnes!

What good would that do? he's only 4'6.

 

[Harry Angstrom]

Looks like the PR woman has not managed the client or the client's expectations very well.

Terrible PR for a PR company.

 

[Son of Stan]

Agreed. I've posted before that I shouldn't know the blokes name. Hie life has probably been damaged more by the press and the attention than the actual attack.

The bloke is special needs so he has been totally overwhelmed from the beginning. Articles like this drag him back into the spotlight which I'm sure he won't want or even begin to comprehend what's going on.

 

[Pop]

What good would that do? he's only 4'6.

ALAN does not want to get involved! Eh ? All she did for you and you can't throw her a few crumbs back. Ungreatful is an understatement!

 

[Nuggsy]

£550, she knocked £150 off her normal rate.

Precisely why i said £700

 

[girojim]

Looks like the PR woman has not managed the client or the client's expectations very well.

Terrible PR for a PR company.

As far I can tell she has done what was asked and has not been paid for it.

 

[The Resource]

As far I can tell she has done what was asked and has not been paid for it.

That's how it reads to me.

 

[Harry Angstrom]

As far I can tell she has done what was asked and has not been paid for it.

If that is the case, it's still a PR disaster.

 

[Son of Stan]

ALAN does not want to get involved! Eh ? All she did for you and you can't throw her a few crumbs back. Ungreatful is an understatement!

You do realise he doesn't 'function' like most people? This article is a horrible attempt to bring him back under scrutiny - and why she should mention Alan in the article at all is hugely unfair, as all it does is invite people to comment on how ungreatful he is. Can the bloke not be left in peace?

 

[Harry Angstrom]

That's how it reads to me.

Any decent firm worth their salt would do a some fact find on the client and spell out exactly what the client was getting, whether they could afford it and what the client was getting from it. This is especially true in PR because the results aren't tangible.

I would be very surprised if the client was aware of the implications of her taking on this woman. The Katie lass should have disputed the bill from the off and stated why. Sounds like she has just buried her head in the sand.

As I said earlier, this is terrible PR for a PR company.

 

[PinzaC55]

It's a bit like this idea of charities employing "Chugger" agencies. I believe the way it usually works is that the charity pays the agency £100,000 for every £200,000 they raise. Or to put it simply, half of what you donate goes to a private firm. She should have told Claire to take a hike.