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· And The Parade Went By

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· Seasons

· Opening Acts - 2nd Edition

· As This World Winds Down - 1st Edition

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· Norwood Night And Other Poems


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· How To Choose Love

· This Christmas is a LOT LIKE the First Christmas!


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· When I Was Gone - David Clure

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· When I Was Gone - David Clure

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Selling Sales

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What does it mean that something is "Affordable"?

Friday, July 10, 2026

 SELLING  SALES  by David Clure

 
" Will that be quality  or  quantity?"
the seller said to me.
 I must have looked back quizzically.
She asked again, her question, quite impatiently,
"Will that be quality  or  quantity?"

"Quality  or  quantity?" --- not
"Would you like  receipt?"
 I wanted to move on but had
 to solve this mystery.


"You can spend a lot, but get a bit,
that's often  quality," she said.
" or spend a bit and get a lot,
that's often...quantity -- instead!"

"How do I Have it  both ways?
Quality AND quantity?"
 She winked, and whispered, mockingly,
"THAT'S called  'affordability'."


Copyright 2026 July by David CURE - read my soon-to-be-released book STARFOLK.

  



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Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on August 8, 2026
THE 'FREEBIES' IS THE BEST CHOICE FOR ME. BECAUSE, UNFORTUNATELY, PAYING A GREAT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR SOMETHING IS NO GUARANTEE THAT ONE IS GETTING...QUALITY. SOMETIMES IS JUST PURE...JUNK AND DOES NOT LAST. WHEREBY, ON THE OTHER HAND, ONE CAN PICK-UP A GREAT PRODUCT AT A 'DOLLAR-TREE' STORE THAT IS QUALITATIVELY DURABLE. SO, YES...WHICH 'CHANCE' CAN ONE 'AFFORD' TO WALLOW IN? SPENDING A WHOLE LOTTA MONEY AND FINDING IT WAS A WASTE...OR...SPEND LESS AND MAYBE, GET THE BEST. IN ANY CASE IT ALL ABOUT 'STROKING' ONES 'EGO'.
THUS, FROM ANOTHER ASPECT; "IT'S EASIER FOR A RICH MAN TO GO THROUGH THE 'EYE OF AN NEEDLE' THAN TO GET INTO HEAVEN." THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on July 12, 2026
That's cool. The buzzword today is affordable this or affordable that. They should call it out-of-reachable.

I just spent two hours talking to an agent trying to get a problem solved technically and he managed to get me on the track for something free.

Free implied that I would have to pay a $30 a month subscription fee. It's a form of up selling where you get something that's linked to the Internet and you end up paying monthly on it. If you start getting a lot of subscriptions for things you don't use except occasionally it can really add up to your monthly bills.

I felt sorry for the guy being forced to sell stuff while he was trying to help me and not succeeding I hope you won't get fired for not selling me something.

Ron


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