Msg: 5783 *Conference*

04-26-95 01:51:18

From: RICHARD HANSON

To : JOE KOMBLEVICZ

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #5776 (RENEWAL)

This is worth open discussion.  Please allow me to respond to your concern. You
say ...

 > DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP! 
 > WITHOUT VOICE HOW DO WE READ YOUR PERSONALITY?
 > LEAVE SOME TIME FOR VOICE - PLEASE!

My life is not a game.  I am not a happy camper right now.  I am working 7 days
a week, over 18 hours a day.  Club 100 offers no joy, very little income, and
still is an expense.  Yes.  I am still committed to its continuation and look
forward to having fun again once day but not today, or this month, or this year
or for a few years.  I see no end to the current situation.

I have a new business that's well accepted but way too slow to grow.  It would
have been okay if my sales force did their job.  I thought I had a sales force
to handle sales but they have turned in "zero" sales for April, meger sales for
March and few for February.  I now have to get out into the field everyday and
do all my in house work as well.  It's too much for one guy to handle and to
specific to be able to hire help ... if I could even afford help ... which I
can't.  I have to do it all or nothing gets done.

I've been hit with unexpected large expenses and double digit taxation.  All my
reserves are gone.  I've always worked for myself but am beginning to think
that I will die young if I keep this up without success.  Self employed people
in this country pay an extra 15% Federal tax to be self employed, pay all their
Social Security percentage, and pay for absolutely all their benefits ... if
anything is left over to buy any benefits.  Frankly, who the heck coined the
word "benefit"?  These are necessities ... if you can afford them.

My e-mail and fax load is over 100 a day.  It's all I can do to priortize out
the orders and urgent messages.  My day time hours are spent out in the field,
not here in the lab/office.  I am not here to take messages nor do I have the
time to call back.  Besides, most all the answers to Model T questions are
either here online, or in The Whole Enchilada documents.  You must take more
responsibility to find and apply those answers already available.

That's it, Joe.  Your question is a good one.  Thank you.  -Rick-