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

@TheHorse (220068)
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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@DaddyEvil (137464)
• United States
28 Jul 23
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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@DaddyEvil (137464)
• United States
28 Jul 23
@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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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
@DaddyEvil Wow! That sounds like poor design. I have never experienced that.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
@DaddyEvil Reach the buttons?
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@LadyDuck (471992)
• Switzerland
28 Jul 23
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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@LadyDuck (471992)
• Switzerland
28 Jul 23
@TheHorse That would at least be a gesture to show you that they appreciate what you do.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
@LadyDuck Yeah. It would be appropriate. But I'm not counting on it.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
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 (47618)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
27 Jul 23
They're paying you commision now?
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Jul 23
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 (47618)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
28 Jul 23
@TheHorse Cool.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
@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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@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
28 Jul 23
Very practical!
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@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
28 Jul 23
@TheHorse Having conversations with people face to face is indeed fun.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
I agree. I didn't sell any guitars, but I had some fun conversations with my co-workers.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
@toniganzon It is my favorite way to have conversations.
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Jul 23
I think that's practical.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
I think so too.
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
That's practical? How dare you!
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
28 Jul 23
@TheHorse I felt it was appropriate so I didn't change it.
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@Deepizzaguy (103967)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Jul 23
You are practical since you are earning an honest living.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
Honest. What a concept.
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@Deepizzaguy (103967)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Jul 23
@TheHorse That is true.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
@Deepizzaguy I see a lot of dishonesty here in the Bay Area.
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@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
28 Jul 23
Very practical. If you can clock in early and do something useful, why not?
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
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.
@vandana7 (100531)
• India
29 Jul 23
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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@vandana7 (100531)
• India
31 Jul 23
@TheHorse She must love you way too much to feel so strongly about you. LOL. I never confuse you...NEVER.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 23
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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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Jul 23
@vandana7 That must be it! Thanks. "She must love you way too much to feel so strongly about you. LOL."
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@kaylachan (71519)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jul 23
I am sure you'll do just fine. you're making better progress than I am.
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@kaylachan (71519)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul 23
@TheHorse Both?
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
On MyLot? Or at Guitar Center?
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
@kaylachan I had some no-shows today. I feel rejected.
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@RasmaSandra (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jul 23
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 (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jul 23
@TheHorse just got to the minimum today so I am set
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
Keep on plugging. I am doing so now.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
28 Jul 23
Congratulations, you’re flying high.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
I might even eat sushi this evening.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
28 Jul 23
@TheHorse Ugh, That sounds awful. But if that’s what you want I hope you enjoy it.
@LindaOHio (181321)
• United States
28 Jul 23
If you're selling guitars, you are making the store money. Not evil at all. Enjoy your day.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
Very true. I don't really worry about it.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
@LindaOHio I am trying to have a "What, me worry?" attitude. I did grow up on Mad Magazine.
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@LindaOHio (181321)
• United States
28 Jul 23
@TheHorse And you shouldn't!
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@dya80dya (36773)
28 Jul 23
I think you are practical.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
I think I am practical too.
@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
28 Jul 23
It takes me weeks to make a dollar on here, so you must be doing something right.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
Heh. I spend much of my down time at home chatting away here.
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@snowy22315 (181956)
• United States
27 Jul 23
Well, maybe you can mylot on your phone between customers.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
I tend not to bring my phone with me when I go to Guitar Center.
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@FourWalls (68884)
• United States
28 Jul 23
Who’s Will and why are you forcing him?
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
Will is my nephew. But I haven't seen him in years. And don't call me Surely.
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@wolfgirl569 (107859)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Jul 23
I think you are practical
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
I think so too.
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Jul 23
I'd definitely be hanging out at the guitar centre.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
It's a fun place to be. My fellow teachers and I have some enjoyable discussions about music.
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Jul 23
It’s nice of them to pay you when you are not teaching.
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@vandana7 (100531)
• India
5 Aug 23
Usually, people don't share such secrets. Pony is so naive. LOL
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@leighnyork (1880)
28 Jul 23
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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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 23
It was an enjoyable day.