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TSR said:I can't wait til we all have a big get together out west so we can get to know each other up close. Seriously, I missed the first. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
So did I.
TSR said:I can't wait til we all have a big get together out west so we can get to know each other up close. Seriously, I missed the first. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
No. I'm complimented by your mistake, but there are actually many, many of us out here that have strong feelings against legalized extortion.TSR said:Are you and Traveler one and the same????
George said:"When did you make the purchase?? What was your collateral?
Your 2nd paragraph: Could everyone access the commission for performance??
Paragraph 3: These "good" employees were making $2000 a month commission? I too have worked on commission, what was their basic salary lets say especially if a conglomerate came in an undercut your prices??
Kudos to you and your family members. All yall did this without any gov't or family help. Yes or No???
I will try to answer the questions. I made the purchase in 1996 with $1,000.00 in hard earned money - - - I had a contract that I would build out one store and if I made good numbers I would get the right of first refusal on any others in the area Ameritech wanted. I opened in Sept 1996 with the first store that I staffed almost all by my self, I also did all the build out my self as I could not afford help. I took all the profits and reinvested in a second store in Nov that was open by Thanksgiving. I then took the profits from both stores and had a third open the first of Feb 1997 and a fourth open on my birthday ( 2nd May ) By my 1 year aniversary and kept going untill Ameritech sold out. I went thru 2 corporation sell outs before I sold out.
No loans from any body just good luck and hard work!
Traveler said:No. I'm complimented by your mistake, but there are actually many, many of us out here that have strong feelings against legalized extortion.TSR said:Are you and Traveler one and the same????
TSR said:Traveler said:No. I'm complimented by your mistake, but there are actually many, many of us out here that have strong feelings against legalized extortion.TSR said:Are you and Traveler one and the same????
Like Walmart paying low wages so their employees are therefore eligible for foodstamps thus extorting money from the rest of us taxpayers??? I'm with you there, Traveler.
George said:I guess I see things a little differently!
I bought the territory of east central Indiana from Ameritech in 1996 and built out and owned and ran 7 cellular stores.
If you came in for an interview I stated right up front that you would receive the lowest wage allowed by law but I put in place a very good commission structure.
The people that I paid $300.00 or so per month on commission were the ones I could not get rid of quick enough. The ones that got a commission check of $2,000.00 per month or more were the ones I wanted as they were making me the most money.
After the third cellular buyout in 2003 ( Ameritech is no longer in business ) I closed the stores and let 21 valued full time and about as many part time employees go - - - We had been in business 7 years and several of the employees had been with me from the beginning almost all had 5 years or more.
If you are in business and the people are making you money you will encourage it as they are keeping you in business.
The rhetoric of people needing Unions is just propaganda the unions are spreading to justify their existence.
I feel in the 1940s and 1950s they were needed but they have outlived their usefulness!
If left alone the people of America can and will create good jobs and people will not need assistance for years on end unless they have a problem. In my family my older sister is legally blind and yet she runs a JoAnn’s Fabric ( has for about 40 years ) and has raised her children to be productive citizens. I was born with the lower left side of my face missing and was told I would never talk - - - fooled them - - - in the 1940s the normal treatment was to allow me to starve to death but I was an experiment and have thrived ( I will never look like Robert Redford but I don’t look like Frankenstein’s monster )
My brother was born deaf but went on to get a college degree in Computer Aided Drafting. My other 2 sisters were born normal and have thrived as well.
I worked for Western Electric prior to and after the USMC and the unions were in the main part the reason it no longer exist! It got to the place where we were told we were to productive and we had to slow down so W.E. would have to hire more people and the union could collect more dues. This worked for about 30 years till the house of cards collapsed! My wife still worked there when the shut down came and she has never gotten a job that paid as well since - - - most of the people there tried to keep the place open but the union demanded more and 9,000 people in central Indiana lost their jobs in 1985
George said:I knew there was no safety net - - - but I had faith in myself ( USMC will bring that out ) and have never been afraid of hard work so I went for it.
That same stubborn streak is why I continued to work my butt off after the hostile take over by AT&T Wireless - - - the other two dealers that had as many stores as me quit the first month and all the others dropped out within a few months. Four of the 6 of us filed for bankruptcy and 3 of them ended up with divorces - - - but I had the safety net of the farms and the gravel pit.
I went thru my savings and took out a mortgage on my "paid off" farms to keep things going - - - My people all got paid but I've been paying the bank back since I closed the doors May 30th 2003. Almost back to debt free again and I will never put myself ( and family ) in such risk again!!!!
I just had never been lied to on such a large scale before and I had faith AT&T would do the right thing - - - I now feel it was a scam by the people at the top from the very start!
I have a stack of letters from AT&T Wireless to me telling of the growth pains they were working thru and promising me dates for payment with 8% interest - - - not even good for wiping my butt![/quote
Yeah I wouldn't take anything for my military stint especially Basic and AIT. George ,better be careful criticizing those corporations, especially here on PB !Have a good one.
Or more like Hostess bankrupted by the practices listed on this thread, and 19,000 more on government assistance. Which is actually a mere pittance compared to what's already happened during the Obama Administration........speaking of bloated CEO's.TSR said:Traveler said:No. I'm complimented by your mistake, but there are actually many, many of us out here that have strong feelings against legalized extortion.TSR said:Are you and Traveler one and the same????
Like Walmart paying low wages so their employees are therefore eligible for foodstamps thus extorting money from the rest of us taxpayers??? I'm with you there, Traveler.