Author: agrace

COVID-19: read my posts here!

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My COVID-19 posts can be found in the COVID-19 menu or here:
https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/tag/coronavirus/
(Alan’s Ark contains old posts from the above site)

Data for my posts can be found at:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_New_Zealand

I share my posts at:
https://guestdailyposts.wordpress.com/guest-pingbacks/

Introduction

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This blog contains old posts from Alan Grace’s main blog:
https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/
(see my COVID-19 posts, including OMICRON, in the above link or Click on the COVID-19 menu)

For a list of my COVID-19 posts see the pingbacks here:
Shared Posts (Pingbacks) – Share Your Best Posts (wordpress.com)

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Sadly some reblogged posts on this site have not imported fully into Altervista.
You will need to search for the original post on my main blog if you see this happen.

You may like to share your posts at:
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Alan Grace

#701. Sad anniversary: One year since WordPress announced loss of new Daily Prompts

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Sad decision

Reputation built
Now quicksand and silt
How users betrayed
‘D’ fail grade displayed
Guilty to the hilt

Alan Grace
25 May 2018

Daily prompt: Guilty

One year ago today, WordPress announced it was giving one week’s notice that the Daily Post  was closing down- that there would be no new daily prompts etc 🙁 Why kill it?

See:
To the Daily Post Community: Thank You!

Just how much effort does it take to choose a word at random from a dictionary?

Or use a random word generator. e.g.
https://www.randomlists.com/random-words

My idea was to perhaps just start repeating words from a couple of years ago or last year.

See:
Do you need resources for your posts? Daily prompts automatically updated each day (or type in your own keyword)

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Beware of MLM (Multi-Level Marketing)

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Companies selling through true MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) are legal. However some companies that claim to be MLM have questionable practices that may at least border on Pyramid Schemes. Pyramid schemes are illegal.

My hypothetical example below, based on the Unicity MLM structure, shows that over 85% of the retail price of an MLM product may be used to pay for commissions and bonuses etc.

As a result of the profit margins/commissions/bonuses/rebates paid out, customers may pay several times the actual true price of a product (price including reasonable profit margin if it was not MLM) when buying an MLM product. MLM products are definitely not cheap and do not represent value for money.

MLM products are very expensive. How much do you think has to be added to the actual cost of the product (including reasonable profit margin if it was not MLM) to pay for the ‘income streams’ in the example below? What percentage of the retail price (price you would pay as a customer) do you think would be the reasonable price of the product (including a reasonable profit margin) before the MLM costs are factored in?

In addition, the MLM tree structure is very similar to a pyramid structure. Eventually there will not be enough people on Earth for ‘Franchisees’ (or whatever other name is used) at the lower levels to recoup (get back) their ‘investment’. In fact many people do not earn much who entered MLM some time ago.

If someone is selling a product, ask if it is MLM.

Many sales people may avoid answering the question. If they avoid answering by saying it is Direct Selling or Direct Sales, ask again ‘Is it MLM, yes or no?’.

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