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  1. Re:Must? on Why Must You Pay Sales People Commissions? (a16z.com) · · Score: 2

    Accrued commissions. They only collect as the money is collected from the client.

    Alternatively: Chargebacks, but accruals are simpler.

    My advice to you: Find a new job. That one will never change. They want you to believe 'it's like this everywhere', don't believe them. I regret waiting so long to bail from a similar situation, many years ago. There is no better time than NOW.

  2. Re:Leftists and right-wingers: both are idiots on A New Way to Learn Economics (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    You can find economists that will say _anything_. It's called the 'dismal science' for a reason.

    Who are the 'real economists'? The ones that agree with you?

  3. Re:Leftist on A New Way to Learn Economics (newyorker.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    The people writing a textbook based on idiotic Marxist dogma?

  4. On the upside: The remainder of your life will feel like it's taking forever and when death finally comes, it will be sweet relief.

    You can make it 'even better' by moving to Decatur Illinois and marrying a frigid methodist..

  5. Re:Huh... on A New Way to Learn Economics (newyorker.com) · · Score: 2

    Eve online.

  6. Re:Whodathunkit? on The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers In Dead-End Jobs (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    A stupid fucking example that never happens. Pretending the market has elasticity it doesn't have, to make a nonsensical point.

  7. Re:Leftist on A New Way to Learn Economics (newyorker.com) · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Marxism has failed every real world test it's been put to. It's not broken 'because implementation', it's broken in inception. Too much concentration of power. No way to fix it, shitcan it.

  8. Re:They want to track it on California Bans Drones From Delivering Marijuana (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It's your lack of reading comprehension that's the problem right now.

    Lack of an 18 month growing season with continuous 12/12 light cycle. You could grow it indoors in a large enough space. But you'll never get light as good as the sun.

    Best practical alternatives are hybrids. Trainwreck is good, but still a cut below Haze.

  9. That skill would require many hours of Kegels to perfect.

    Also fat 'finger' issues, for me anyhow.

  10. Re:They want to track it on California Bans Drones From Delivering Marijuana (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Only if your locality is right on the equator. It's known as Panama red in central america.

    It buds at age, not based on light cycles (those being 12/12 all year on the equator). I tried growing it indoors about 30 years ago. No luck. Just grew tall, eventually it budded, but the buds never matured. Still good, but nothing like the natural form.

  11. Re:Sounds like whining to me on Why Must You Pay Sales People Commissions? (a16z.com) · · Score: 1

    100% discount!

  12. Point it at your junk when it wants the reference picture. Duh.

  13. Re:Easy and Hard on Chatbot Lets You Sue Equifax For Up To $25,000 Without a Lawyer (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Clean offers? From agents? No. Agents just reuse 'form offers', often they forget important things. It's not like they are an intelligent or skilled group.

    Again. Lawyers are better at the job and charge hourly rather than a %. Cheaper and better.

    The only things the seller cares about is bottom line and contingencies. They're not above squeezing agents either. They don't care, at all, how the commish gets divided. Sure the selling agent would like to get it all, but the seller doesn't care, they just want maximum money and no hassle. Do you think they'd take less so their agent makes more?

    50 offer environment? That's just a race. But again, the selled gives no shits how much his agent is making. Generally less is better from all perspectives but the agent's. Everything is negotiable. If you agent tells you his commish isn't, fire him/her on the spot. They're a dime a dozen. If the agent queers the deal over getting his full commish, kick him to the curb.

  14. Re:Because they see the money on Why Must You Pay Sales People Commissions? (a16z.com) · · Score: 0

    Actually I have.

    I quit that job after a goddamn salesman fell into a trap question (we could report data we didn't have). The client knew he was lying, he knew it, the boss knew it. But we had to produce an empty report with columns of 0s. So he could pretend.

    Nobody in the B2B world has 'good products', it's all SAS, Oracle apps etc. Of course they have to pay sales critters to push that shit. Our product wasn't great, but our competitor was an EDS division. So we sold a lot of systems, based on the fact they actually worked, albeit imperfectly.

  15. Re:That is not what was said or what they are doin on Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25 Percent Jump In Shoppers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Obviously food that contains carbon.

  16. Re:Sounds like whining to me on Why Must You Pay Sales People Commissions? (a16z.com) · · Score: 1

    And is going to be disappointed as I'm just 'showrooming' his employer. Internet vendors, not having to pay commish will almost always have the best price. Shipping is covered by no sales tax.

  17. Re:Whodathunkit? on The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers In Dead-End Jobs (msn.com) · · Score: 2

    The whole point is stupid. GGP thinks people are interchangeable and skillsets turn on a dime. Accountants become Engineers is just the first glaring stupidity.

  18. Re:Because they see the money on Why Must You Pay Sales People Commissions? (a16z.com) · · Score: -1

    If you sell a commodity product, that's all absolutely true. Sales is all that matters to life insurance companies, hence the commish. Never work for life insurance companies, unless you like to work for CIO that used to be a salesman.

    In tech on the other hand, commissioned sales is stupid. A good product almost sells itself. Granting the likes of Oracle has to pay commish...

  19. Re:Whodathunkit? on The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers In Dead-End Jobs (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Why did you read past where he claims accountants become engineers?

  20. Re: Whodathunkit? on The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers In Dead-End Jobs (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Zip code and city aren't even good enough. Full address is needed to get accurate sales tax rates. It's the special assessment zones that fuck it all up.

  21. Re:Easy and Hard on Chatbot Lets You Sue Equifax For Up To $25,000 Without a Lawyer (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You realize the agent is required to pass the offer to the seller? The agent isn't allowed to say 'screw off'.

    A good real estate lawyer will write a _better_ offer than some idiot agent who took three tries to pass the agent test.

    Bottom line is bottom line. The only thing else the seller even cares about are contingencies.

  22. Re:Yelp's days are numbered on Google Rival Yelp Claims Search Giant Broke Promise Made to Regulators (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Who trusts Yelp now? It's not like their business model is a secret. Would you trust a company that openly extorts business' and is known to hide bad reviews for cash?

    That said it's exactly the same business model as 'better business bureaus' so who knows. People are stupid.

  23. Equifax will no show and you'll win a default judgement.

    Collecting will be a challenge.

  24. Re:Easy and Hard on Chatbot Lets You Sue Equifax For Up To $25,000 Without a Lawyer (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd go further, just hire a real estate lawyer and skip the purchasers agent entirely.

    Make sure the seller's agent doesn't try and take the whole commission. Take that 3.5% (or thereabouts) off the price. It's all negotiable, squeeze the seller's agent for a lower % and pocket that too.

    Real estate agents do very little for you, if you have a lawyer they do NOTHING for you (but rape your wallet).

  25. Re:The key with businessmen like Trump on How Techies Rescued Food Stamps (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    So the correct % of GDP controlled by the government is 100? False dichotomies are false, duh.

    Idiot. There are no countries with 'no government'. Anarchism isn't stable. It turns into local warlords instantly.

    Government is like fire. You want some, but you want it under control with very limited access to additional fuel.