Amazing

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If you can even grasp the concept, our lives are filled with circles!! The sun, the moon, revolving, cycles of seasons. birth, rebirth. everyone at the same time but different. I think that's the big-ass secret of life. Uh oh, since I figured out the puzzle, am I out? Game Over?? My brain is just all over the place. No, not my brains, I only have "a" brain left, not enough to necessitate the need of such a large orb. Live long and proposterous. Why do we have to be out of our children's lives? And who are you to tell me I'm abrieviated? Ok, phew, so there might just be another cycle? *wipping the sweat from her brow* But, hey you young whippersnapers, I'm going to be busted by me FATHER!!! So why the heck can't we all live together in peace? (you must have enjoyed this one!!) What is the secret of life, you ask? And with that, Trudie began to smile a very big smile and held up a coffee cup. Nirvana

Business is Booming - NOT

   As some of you know, I've been trying to earn a living online since last January.  I've tried the following:    
   Blogging for Pennies - I earned my first $100.00 from Adsense after 7 months, and just recently was excommunicated from Adsense for some unknow, unpaid offense.    
   Blogging as an "Associate" meaning that anyone who bought anything advertised on my blog would earn me some type of percentage.  Since about February I haven't earned a plug nickel.
   My own "stores" - I have a florist shop and had a Christian book store.  These are the two that I bought from myself and "earned" a commission from.    
   Surveys.  I got myself into a whole big mess with this one.  Besides identity theft as an after thought, I received more emails than I could burn in hell (that line was from Helen)!  I am still getting them, along with a gazillion phone calls from everybody and their uncle.  Craftmatic must know my phone number by heart.  Another wonderful outcome of surveys is that they have big offers to "give" you after you buy at least 3 items from the sponsors.  Don't fall for this!!  There are some good surveys out there, but I'm afraid that I can't recommend any.    
   A "turn key" auction biz.  The one I chose was way too much information than I needed, very complicated, and just not a very good decision on my part.  This type of service offers your own web store, access to a drop shipper, information, help when you need it, and coaching.  I left them, I felt that that was way too much product for me and costing me $99 a month.    
   Dropshipping.   This is where you shop their website, choose products, put them on eBay, and earn profits AFTER  paying a couple of bucks less than you can sell them for.  Then you have to pay eBay to list, a small commission when sold, and of course PayPal gets their share, too.  I figured out that I would have to sell a gazillion items at a really cheap price in order to make anything resembling a profit.
   My own stuff.  Well, I've been buying things online since last October so I have plenty of them.  I just need to take pictures, figure out how much to charge, pay eBay to list and sell, and pay PayPal for their service.  This is a little tricky because I have two choices:  1) Sell just to make back some of the money I spent or 2) try to make a profit based on what I paid for the item.
   Let me tell you a secret - EVERYONE wants to make money, and nobody wants to pay retail or even a good price for an item.  Buyers are paranoid that sellers are trying to rip them off in some way, and Sellers are paranoid because other sellers either have a better supplier with lower costs, or other sellers are trying to steal their customers.
   I have met two outstanding gentlemen who have graciously taken me under their wing and offered
many suggestions on how to sell the eBay way.  If you have a chance, please just visit their stores on eBay.  They are NOT rip off artists, they are eBay sellers, like myself, who are trying to earn a living through the sale of quality items at very reasonable prices.  They are mastercutlery (Ian), and kingdiamond91 (Carl).  These two have integrity, and can be trusted.  Oh, and of course the same goes for Trudies-Treasures!!

Who Else???

   

Did you got tossed off Google's Adsense??  Did they owe you money??  Were you told that they were returning the money for advertising clicks back to the advertisers?  I am starting to think that there are a lot of us.  If you are one, please leave a note on this post.  If there are a lot of us, this is surely FRAUD.  Please let me know!!  Maybe there is something we can do together!!

OK, So I'm Blonde!

    I have another confession to make.  Googlepex and Advertising and Selling have nothing to do with Google.  Know how I found that out?  Google Adsense dumped me!!!  Not only dumped me, but told me never to darken their doorstep again!  I am permanently excommunicated.  All of a sudden Adsense decided that I must be breaking some kind of rule.  Even though it took me about 7 months to collect $100.00 worth of clicks, now I am making too many.  What makes me even sicker about the situation is the fact that even though I see their actions, which include "sending back the money to the advertisers," as liable.  I had a few exchange emails from the Webmaster, and it's no go.  I am out on my butt.  Period.  Who do I go to for this injustice?
    Adsense states in their long agreement policy that I can't do anything to attract clickers.  They have me.  Googlepex and Advertising and Selling are traffic sites that you can join for traffic and "clickage."  I went back to see who the heck was in charge of Googlepex, and surprise, surprise, it's not Google.  OOPS.  The annoying part is that a couple of Adsense people were allowed back in, but not before Adsense confiscated $300 - $400 worth of clickage.      Know what I think?  I think that I had too many ads on my blogs anyway, and now I won't have to pay Googlepex and Advertising and Selling for their clickage.  Now I can concentrate on my own little eBay Store, "Trudie's Treasures."  Visit me, would you??  It gets lonely sometimes!