I cam e across this letter in the book 'The Trotter Way To Millions' and it made me chuckle. It is typical Del Boy.Amstrad Consumer Elecgtronics PLC
Brentwood House
169 Kings Road
London
SW3
11th April 1990
Dear Alan,
The word at the Nag's Head is the Japanese are giving you a pretty rough ride on the fiscal rollercoaster. My brother Rodney tells me that if you don't count weekends, bank holidays and Christmas, you dropped a million down the plug-hole every day for the whole of last year!
Cheer up Alan! I've had time s like that, and look at TITCO today! I put it down to a combination of my business acumen and Rodney's ability to drive a 3 wheeled van. This is the decade of the specialist, see, and at the House of Trotter we specialise in everything from Paisienne haut couture fashion to mobile phones and interior decoration.
I know a lot of blokes who'd be saying: 'Marque de fabrique! Al's still got £118 million on the hip. Where's the fire?' Well I say this,my old son: At the rate you're going you'll last about another 6 months. But as it happens, I might just be able to get you out of stuke. Here's the Trotter four point recovery plan to beat the orientals at their own game:
- I let you know the name of the kid who fixes up all my hooky word-processors.
- I send round a team of my best men to paint your new office and generally sharpen up the corporate image.
- You give me two hundred quid and I'll even through in the paint, no questions asked.
- Any time between now and the end of September would be favourite. How about the Wednesday after Easter?
Yrs
Derek Trotter
Chairman and Managing Director
