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| Moderator... |
 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:53 pm |
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I Guess that’s Why I Would Never Make it in Sales
I recently discovered a sponsor I was affiliated with for over a year
or more likely one or more of their affiliates, were engaging in
predatory practice against any effort I would make at having any
success at their program.
I recently became an affiliate for another unrelated program and found
overwhelming evidence that the previous sponsor viewed me as a traitor
or a competitor.
The analogy is like being a salesman for a company. First, other
salespeople treat you as a competitor and seek to undermine your
success. Inevitably you fail to produce so you leave for another
company and the first company treats you as a defector.
What may be worse is working for the first company and in generating
any sales for them; they seek to dupe you out of your commission. This
is a worse case scenario but as I have experienced with some previous
affiliate programs, seems not only plausible but also commonplace.
I hope the new sponsor is a bit better and there is every indication
they are, but the competition lies with other affiliates who are in
essence competing against each other just as the analogy of the
salespeople shows. I guess that’s why I would never be successful at a
sales position. I simply don’t consider those kinds of behaviors as
ethical or moral.
Finally, if that’s what it takes to succeed, then I’d rather fail. The
reason being, I would not wish to succeed in a society that preys on
unsuspecting and innocent people who are taught not to cheat. I can’t
think of a reason why anyone would wish to live in the resulting
society.
The idiom, “cheaters never prosper” is clearly false but I believe it
is more accurate to say that cheaters always prosper until they are
prevented from cheating. I think people should do more to uphold
ethical and moral treatment of other people. I guess that’s pretty
naive but so be it. We make our choices in life and our choices shape
the society we live in as well as society shaping our choices. |
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| broadssailor... |
| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:48 pm |
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On 5 Nov, 05:53, Moderator <meldo... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: I Guess that’s Why I Would Never Make it in Sales
What may be worse is working for the first company and in generating
any sales for them; they seek to dupe you out of your commission. This
is a worse case scenario but as I have experienced with some previous
affiliate programs, seems not only plausible but also commonplace.
I used to be in Pharma Sales, now retired. We frequently and regularly
joked about 'the Bonus prevention department'!
My ex Colleagues still do :-)
Quote: Finally, if that’s what it takes to succeed, then I’d rather fail. The
reason being, I would not wish to succeed in a society that preys on
unsuspecting and innocent people who are taught not to cheat. I can’t
think of a reason why anyone would wish to live in the resulting
society.
Quote: The idiom, “cheaters never prosper” is clearly false but I believe it
is more accurate to say that cheaters always prosper until they are
prevented from cheating.
The Idiom throughout business now seems to be "Cheat or go under" |
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| Moderator... |
| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:44 pm |
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broadssailor wrote:
Quote: On 5 Nov, 05:53, Moderator <meldo... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
I Guess that’s Why I Would Never Make it in Sales
What may be worse is working for the first company and in generating
any sales for them; they seek to dupe you out of your commission. This
is a worse case scenario but as I have experienced with some previous
affiliate programs, seems not only plausible but also commonplace.
I used to be in Pharma Sales, now retired. We frequently and regularly
joked about 'the Bonus prevention department'!
My ex Colleagues still do :-)
Finally, if that’s what it takes to succeed, then I’d rather fail. The
reason being, I would not wish to succeed in a society that preys on
unsuspecting and innocent people who are taught not to cheat. I can’t
think of a reason why anyone would wish to live in the resulting
society.
The idiom, “cheaters never prosper” is clearly false but I believe it
is more accurate to say that cheaters always prosper until they are
prevented from cheating.
The Idiom throughout business now seems to be "Cheat or go under"
It seems to be does it? I bet you did great in that departement.
Perhaps if more people had some balls the cheaters would be held
accountable. This can be summed up as, "cheaters have no balls". PUSSY! |
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| The gods have made us mad... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:42 am |
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Moderator wrote:
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The idiom, “cheaters never prosper” is clearly fals
Well, yes - but it does serve the purpose of a reminder of happier
days, when the majority of the population *were* touchingly honest.
I'm increasingly aware that there is an ever-dwindling band of Britons
who remember such halcyon times, I suspect that the majority of the
population think that Britain has *always* been a corrupt sewer, filled
with dishonesty and breathtaking violence.
There are so many maxims that now appear hopelessly naive:
'Cheats never prosper', as you mentioned, then there's, 'Poor, but
honest' (now subverted into 'Honest but poor'), 'Virtue is its own
reward', 'Never a borrower nor a lender be' (lol!) and (perhaps most
plaintive of all), 'This is a free country'
Sighhhhhhhhhhh..... |
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| John Stafford... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:26 am |
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In article <hcu35p$17r1$1 at (no spam) energise.enta.net>,
The gods have made us mad <staring at (no spam) destruction.com> wrote:
Quote: There are so many maxims that now appear hopelessly naive:
'Cheats never prosper', as you mentioned, then there's, 'Poor, but
honest' (now subverted into 'Honest but poor'), 'Virtue is its own
reward', 'Never a borrower nor a lender be' (lol!) and (perhaps most
plaintive of all), 'This is a free country'
And earlier, "Sixguns at high-noon." |
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| David Johnston... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:57 pm |
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On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:53:10 -0800 (PST), Moderator
<meldon57 at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: I recently discovered a sponsor I was affiliated with for over a year
or more likely one or more of their affiliates, were engaging in
predatory practice against any effort I would make at having any
success at their program.
Why do you speak in this mysterious code? |
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