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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Just read your post in Beep Me, shrift, and I'm wishing you health-ma and luck on the meds. I know we've had to shift pills and dosages for mine a few times, and I'm 3 right now - two for the actual high bp and one to maximize one of the bp meds.
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate being dependent on meds (more for the "have to remember to take it, and take it with x, y and z" then being on the meds themselves)? Because I do.
How could you hire a beautiful woman that would possibly make it worth the company's money to save one customer at a time?
How many shills are they paying, though? A girl could work more than one account at a time, right? Even setting up dates with the marks wouldn't be too much of a scheduling problem. Hire a few shills in a few cities to work a large number of soon-to-expire accounts and it's worth their while to keep membership money rolling in.
Was it here that someone mentioned Mariah Carey and Chistmas music, this earworming me with "All I want for Christmas is youuuuuuuu [jingle, jingle]"?
Damn youuuuuuuu, whoever you were.
No, but except for word-of-mouth*, they only make back one extended subscription per date. That extended subscription brings in $30/month-- let's say 30% of that is profit. So $10/month. How could you hire a beautiful woman that would possibly make it worth the company's money to save one customer at a time?
Why is only 30% of it profit? There doesn't appear to be much overhead for online sites except advertising and bandwith. I'd think 90% of it would be profit. Also, one date can reasonably cause a subscriber to extend for 6 months. So at $27 per month that's $162 not counting word of mouth. And they're probably not paying the woman all that much. After all, she eats free.
Flea, THANKS FOR NOTHIN'. well, except the EARWORM.
Yeah, no kidding, flea. You could have lit a candle, but no, you SPREAD THE CURSED DARKNESS. Cursed darkness-spreader.
...is yooooooouuuuu.... goddammit.
I'd bet the word of mouth is huge, too -- I've never considered joining a site if I didn't know people who didn't at least get some decent dates out of it.
Oh, and shrift, while I am concerned for you, I am slightly more concerned for those around you, if bacon really is the only thing keeping you from choking a bitch. If you see what I'm saying. Good luck!!
I am glad they are looking for other causes -because quite likely there is something else. but I will say for those of us that shot up to the stratosphere with the bp - the medication worked pretty quickly.
No, Allyson, you're not my science project...it's like Burrell said. Missed chances, felt bad later.