College and the cost some times do not pay for themselves. A local community college offered and career program called Licensed Mental Health Technician. I was to be more educated than an LPN with nursing skills and have ample mental health training to be able to work in a psychiatric hospital. This was to be a glorified mental health nurse and the future of mental health jobs.
I spent $15,000 and for a few years was able to pass medication but it limited me to only working in State hospitals in Kansas. Unknown to me the State of Kansas changed the rules and my license was no longer worth anything. I started out making $5.50 an hour which was not expected after spending time and money going to college.
I then decided to go for an AAS in Communication Design. Now the price tag of my education was $25,000. After graduating I could not find a job in design unless I went on to get a BA. Instead I returned to mental health and before I knew it I was 45 years of age and not richer from all the schooling I had. I am still trying to pay the college loans off.
In this economy I am back to making $10 an hour and my dreams of higher education and more money were crushed along the way. I returned to school to get a Substance Abuse Counselor license and before I finished the rules of the State had changed and I was the poorer for it and deeper in debt.
Be careful before getting a college education and really explore the degree or type of program. Make sure it will surpass time as now I am in debt and have no way to live and pay the student loans. I still have my dreams but I now realize that spending all the money to get an education has really not paid well and put me deeper into debt.
Colleges will tell you anything to get you to pay the high tuition cost but do your own research. Now they say I need to get a BA or MBA. At age 50 I am not even able to pay what I owe for loans anyway so why would I take this chance now. All the time and money spent plus a bad economy equals and the belief that more education means more money. Don't believe it! I know many people that make more money than me and have only a high school education.
They do not work with people and this field really pays very little. This is sad but true about our society as we care more about things then we do people. A lot of it is who you know and not what you can do. It's a hard time to live in right now so be careful on what area of higher education you decide to pursue and do not believe all you hear. This American Dream has changed a lot since the economy is bad.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Customer review and impact on purchasing the product
By typing in the words best sellers on Amazon I was surprised with the results. This article is a test to see if this product really is a best seller of Amazon customers. I am going to show you the top 5 products and see if you are interested these products. The first product is The Fat Flush Plan
which is to be the best selling book about losing weight from Amazon.
Orka Deos Stainless Steel Soap. Here is the link and image for product #2 as this amazed me to go a step further and see what it was. Apparently this product is to remove odors and smells from your hand such as garlic or fish.
According to the reviews I saw they both agreed it was a good paperweight and great decorative item but there were as many positives as negative reviews. The positive review decided it worked well at removing a variety of odors for them and said it looked great on the wall.
One review said they gave it a fair chance by trying to remove as many different odors as they could. They decided it is was better used as a paperweight verses an odor remover. Do you read product reviews before you purchase an item that is unusual?
The #3 product that was a best seller is the Back to Basics Egg-and-Muffin Toaster. The link is Back to Basics TEM4500 4-Slot Egg-and-Muffin Toaster
. Out of 188 reviews there were 158 people that gave it a 4 to 5 star rating. The common thing the reviews shared were that it did what it was suppose to do. The scariest reason was a customer that felt the smell of the oven itself was overwhelming and attributed this to the MADE IN CHINA label which made them "a tad nervous" in there own words.
Product #3 is the Hitachi Cordless Drill and Driver Kit. I am giving you the link and the picture to experiment is this makes any difference to searching the site for the product. 
It had a 110 reviews and out of this 83 people gave it a 4 to 5 star rating. They both said it had a good torque but housing was cheap plastic, broke easily and did not fit well on a carpenters belt. Guarantee was faulty.
The next best selling product is #4 is Baby Einstein Take Away Tunes. How could you lose with a product that was made with Einstein in the name. Here is just the link as I want to see how interested you are to seek out the looks and style of the product. Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes
had 572 reviews and 526 people gave this a 4 to 5 star rating. Only 14 people gave this a 1 which I thought very interesting. The average opinion is it had good quality non-electronic sound but they were not long enough to hold the attention of a child age 1 that could push the buttons. A consensus in longer tunes would make this a great product. For less than $10 what do we expect?
Product #5 is my pick of products as the results came out to be over 200,000 choices. This product is expensive but being a nice Swiss Army Man's watch with Dive Master Black Dial I wanted to test quality and price to how the consumer selects a product. Here is the link and the picture as I want you to see a watch that costs over $600 dollars. 
With only 4 customer reviews and the original price being over $1000 I take that not many people buy or wear a watch like this. It is said to be like a top of the line Rolex watch. The customer reviews recommend a plastic band due to the weight of a Quartz watch. But they feel this is an unsurpassed value and even though it is not COSC certified which means it accuracy for time is within chronometers. If you need accuracy within a chronometer this watch will not fail you.
Help me with this experiment and let me know what moves you to search deeper about a specific product. This will make a great article and help me know how advertising works in the on-line world. Leave a quick comment about it you read at all or if you just skipped through or of it compelled you to check out a product. To become a good affiliate is a process and the difference between success and failure on-line.
which is to be the best selling book about losing weight from Amazon.Orka Deos Stainless Steel Soap. Here is the link and image for product #2 as this amazed me to go a step further and see what it was. Apparently this product is to remove odors and smells from your hand such as garlic or fish.
According to the reviews I saw they both agreed it was a good paperweight and great decorative item but there were as many positives as negative reviews. The positive review decided it worked well at removing a variety of odors for them and said it looked great on the wall.
One review said they gave it a fair chance by trying to remove as many different odors as they could. They decided it is was better used as a paperweight verses an odor remover. Do you read product reviews before you purchase an item that is unusual?
The #3 product that was a best seller is the Back to Basics Egg-and-Muffin Toaster. The link is Back to Basics TEM4500 4-Slot Egg-and-Muffin Toaster
. Out of 188 reviews there were 158 people that gave it a 4 to 5 star rating. The common thing the reviews shared were that it did what it was suppose to do. The scariest reason was a customer that felt the smell of the oven itself was overwhelming and attributed this to the MADE IN CHINA label which made them "a tad nervous" in there own words. Product #3 is the Hitachi Cordless Drill and Driver Kit. I am giving you the link and the picture to experiment is this makes any difference to searching the site for the product. It had a 110 reviews and out of this 83 people gave it a 4 to 5 star rating. They both said it had a good torque but housing was cheap plastic, broke easily and did not fit well on a carpenters belt. Guarantee was faulty.The next best selling product is #4 is Baby Einstein Take Away Tunes. How could you lose with a product that was made with Einstein in the name. Here is just the link as I want to see how interested you are to seek out the looks and style of the product. Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes
had 572 reviews and 526 people gave this a 4 to 5 star rating. Only 14 people gave this a 1 which I thought very interesting. The average opinion is it had good quality non-electronic sound but they were not long enough to hold the attention of a child age 1 that could push the buttons. A consensus in longer tunes would make this a great product. For less than $10 what do we expect?Product #5 is my pick of products as the results came out to be over 200,000 choices. This product is expensive but being a nice Swiss Army Man's watch with Dive Master Black Dial I wanted to test quality and price to how the consumer selects a product. Here is the link and the picture as I want you to see a watch that costs over $600 dollars. With only 4 customer reviews and the original price being over $1000 I take that not many people buy or wear a watch like this. It is said to be like a top of the line Rolex watch. The customer reviews recommend a plastic band due to the weight of a Quartz watch. But they feel this is an unsurpassed value and even though it is not COSC certified which means it accuracy for time is within chronometers. If you need accuracy within a chronometer this watch will not fail you.Help me with this experiment and let me know what moves you to search deeper about a specific product. This will make a great article and help me know how advertising works in the on-line world. Leave a quick comment about it you read at all or if you just skipped through or of it compelled you to check out a product. To become a good affiliate is a process and the difference between success and failure on-line.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Barter at Garage Sales And Stores
I believe that garage sales are the best place to purchase knickknacks, outdoor products and/or furniture for your home. By way of the internet and free newspapers you can usually find what type of products they are offering before you go. Neighborhood garage sales are great as you can walk around and not waste a lot of gas. Estate sales are also fun as you can buy many assorted items. You can also barter at stores if you are on your toes. You feel really proud of yourself when you get a good deal.
The saying goes "someones trash may be your treasure". If you are good at bartering than this is the place to do it. Did you know that some stores you can also barter. My husband and I went to Home Depot one day to by a weed eater that was on sale. The store was very crowded and the weed eater we initially wanted to buy was on a high shelf so we asked for assistance. He was very helpful and tried to encourage us to look at the ones on the floor. We told him that we wanted the one on sale.
After he realized that they would have to get a forklift out in a crowded store. My husband and I asked him to sell us the weed eater that was on the floor for the same price. It was a better weed eater and because of the crowd he went talked to his boss explaining the dilemma. We walked out of the store with a nicer weed eater and all because we asked.
It also helped another guy that was standing near us as he overheard part of the deal. He asked how we got that good deal. We told him what we did and he was offered the same deal and all because we were at the right place at the right moment. Take advantage of things like this in life as they do not come everyday and when they do you get a deal you never expected. Stores do barter as I have talked to others that worked a good deal.
I seen a brand new Club Cadet mower at a estate sale for $250 when a brand new one cost around $1500. Depletion and depreciation is true for objects as you never can get what you paid for the item no matter how well you took care of it. People go to garage sales to save money and actually this makes them the smarter consumer. The one thing about garage sales is they take time to find a product you need but you never know what good deals await you.
I have that brand new Club Cadet for $250 which saved me $1250 and you can call it luck, coincidence or smart shopping but I had saved a lot of money and got what I needed. This is an item I need which makes my life more comfortable. Knickknacks which cost you a lot when purchased from a store but are worthless when you resale them. That is why it is better to buy them at a garage sale. Let someone else pay the marked up value at the store. Be smart and save your hard earned money by trying to barter.
The saying goes "someones trash may be your treasure". If you are good at bartering than this is the place to do it. Did you know that some stores you can also barter. My husband and I went to Home Depot one day to by a weed eater that was on sale. The store was very crowded and the weed eater we initially wanted to buy was on a high shelf so we asked for assistance. He was very helpful and tried to encourage us to look at the ones on the floor. We told him that we wanted the one on sale.
After he realized that they would have to get a forklift out in a crowded store. My husband and I asked him to sell us the weed eater that was on the floor for the same price. It was a better weed eater and because of the crowd he went talked to his boss explaining the dilemma. We walked out of the store with a nicer weed eater and all because we asked.
It also helped another guy that was standing near us as he overheard part of the deal. He asked how we got that good deal. We told him what we did and he was offered the same deal and all because we were at the right place at the right moment. Take advantage of things like this in life as they do not come everyday and when they do you get a deal you never expected. Stores do barter as I have talked to others that worked a good deal.
I seen a brand new Club Cadet mower at a estate sale for $250 when a brand new one cost around $1500. Depletion and depreciation is true for objects as you never can get what you paid for the item no matter how well you took care of it. People go to garage sales to save money and actually this makes them the smarter consumer. The one thing about garage sales is they take time to find a product you need but you never know what good deals await you.
I have that brand new Club Cadet for $250 which saved me $1250 and you can call it luck, coincidence or smart shopping but I had saved a lot of money and got what I needed. This is an item I need which makes my life more comfortable. Knickknacks which cost you a lot when purchased from a store but are worthless when you resale them. That is why it is better to buy them at a garage sale. Let someone else pay the marked up value at the store. Be smart and save your hard earned money by trying to barter.
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