How MyLot will help me make over a dollar today through sheer force of will.

@TheHorse (207352)
Walnut Creek, California
July 27, 2023 4:00pm CST
It is 2 PM in the Bay Area and I have already made nine cents on MyLot, simply by being here all morning, doing a post, and responding to comments on my posts and others' posts. But I have a plan to make it a Big MyLot Day. I am going to go to Guitar Center fifteen minutes early. When I teach, I make $35/hour there. But when I'm not teaching, I still make something like $15/hour. If I give myself an extra fifteen minutes there, I can make an extra $15/4, whatever that comes out to, simply by hanging out in the guitar room and selling a guitar or two. Am I evil? Or just practical?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
27 Jul
Well, that all depends... are you selling guitars to willing people or are you coercing poor saps off the street to buy them ? I hope you have fun at Guitar Center today, pony.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
28 Jul
@TheHorse The buttons for the radio? Or are the buttons on your steering wheel? In my car the radio is in the dash but I can control it from the steering wheel. In other vehicles, that's not always the case.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
@DaddyEvil Wow! That sounds like poor design. I have never experienced that.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
@DaddyEvil Reach the buttons?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460131)
• Switzerland
28 Jul
I insist that you should ask a commission for every guitar you sell. The others get a commission, I am sure.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460131)
• Switzerland
28 Jul
@TheHorse That would at least be a gesture to show you that they appreciate what you do.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
@LadyDuck Yeah. It would be appropriate. But I'm not counting on it.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
Sales people work on commission. Teachers don't. But I think it would be cool if the sales guys bought us pizza or something.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45648)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
27 Jul
They're paying you commision now?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Jul
Oh heck no! But I do get paid for being there, even if I am not teaching in that half-an-hour slot.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45648)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
28 Jul
@TheHorse Cool.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
@BarBaraPrz I take what I can get. And I may resort to cereal posting tonight. I bought some Lucky Charms last week, and they're not that bad.
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Toni
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
28 Jul
Very practical!
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Toni
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
28 Jul
@TheHorse Having conversations with people face to face is indeed fun.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
I agree. I didn't sell any guitars, but I had some fun conversations with my co-workers.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
@toniganzon It is my favorite way to have conversations.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (308232)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Jul
I think that's practical.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
I think so too.
The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
That's practical? How dare you!
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (308232)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
28 Jul
@TheHorse I felt it was appropriate so I didn't change it.
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (95238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Jul
You are practical since you are earning an honest living.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Jul
Honest. What a concept.
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (95238)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Jul
@TheHorse That is true.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
@Deepizzaguy I see a lot of dishonesty here in the Bay Area.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (157813)
• United States
28 Jul
Very practical. If you can clock in early and do something useful, why not?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
Yeppers. It's turns by 25 cents from MyLot into $5.25 or so. Plus I have a good time and maybe sell a guitar.
vanny
@vandana7 (99066)
• India
29 Jul
Making money always gives a good feeling. :) That is why I have not resigned from the match making assignment you gave me. I wish the prospective brides too approached me. My commission would be doubled in the process...I could fleece both the bride as well as the groom, which happens to be you. Sigh....
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vanny
@vandana7 (99066)
• India
31 Jul
@TheHorse She must love you way too much to feel so strongly about you. LOL. I never confuse you...NEVER.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul
I don't need a woman. They confuse me and say things I don't know how to interpret. Is "You are the most vile and disgusting excuse for a human being I have ever met" a bad thing?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Jul
@vandana7 That must be it! Thanks. "She must love you way too much to feel so strongly about you. LOL."
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (58767)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jul
I am sure you'll do just fine. you're making better progress than I am.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (58767)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
@TheHorse Both?
The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Jul
On MyLot? Or at Guitar Center?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
@kaylachan I had some no-shows today. I feel rejected.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74001)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jul
Best of luck to you. I just have a bit more to go and I will have made the minimum,
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (74001)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jul
@TheHorse just got to the minimum today so I am set
The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
Keep on plugging. I am doing so now.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99421)
• Atlanta, Georgia
28 Jul
Congratulations, you’re flying high.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
I might even eat sushi this evening.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99421)
• Atlanta, Georgia
28 Jul
@TheHorse Ugh, That sounds awful. But if that’s what you want I hope you enjoy it.
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (158237)
• United States
28 Jul
If you're selling guitars, you are making the store money. Not evil at all. Enjoy your day.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
Very true. I don't really worry about it.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
@LindaOHio I am trying to have a "What, me worry?" attitude. I did grow up on Mad Magazine.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (158237)
• United States
28 Jul
@TheHorse And you shouldn't!
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Diana
@dya80dya (34013)
•
28 Jul
I think you are practical.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
I think I am practical too.
DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6737)
• United Kingdom
28 Jul
It takes me weeks to make a dollar on here, so you must be doing something right.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
Heh. I spend much of my down time at home chatting away here.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (171014)
• United States
27 Jul
Well, maybe you can mylot on your phone between customers.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Jul
I tend not to bring my phone with me when I go to Guitar Center.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (62643)
• United States
28 Jul
Who’s Will and why are you forcing him?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
Will is my nephew. But I haven't seen him in years. And don't call me Surely.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (96258)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Jul
I think you are practical
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Jul
I think so too.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326582)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jul
I'd definitely be hanging out at the guitar centre.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
It's a fun place to be. My fellow teachers and I have some enjoyable discussions about music.
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43163)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jul
It’s nice of them to pay you when you are not teaching.
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vanny
@vandana7 (99066)
• India
5 Aug
Usually, people don't share such secrets. Pony is so naive. LOL
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Leighnyork Nyakundi Makori
@leighnyork (1880)
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28 Jul
It sounds like a well thought out plan to make the most of your day on mylot andat the guitar center
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207352)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul
It was an enjoyable day.