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THERE MUST BE NO LESS THAN 20 THREADS DEVOTED TO CHICKEN ON THE 1ST PAGE OF CHIT CHAT AT ANY TIME DURING THE DAY

5/7/2010 2:02:12 AM

on November 7, 2007, user Amac884 became the first wolf web user to be inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. He delivered his induction speech the following week on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and was subsequently awarded the Inaugural Danny Glover Internet Lifetime Achievement Award. Subway and Sunkist catered the event, providing free orange sodas and submarine sandwiches to attendees who were in their twenties.

5/7/2010 2:03:37 AM

on the way there, d7freestyler, catalyst, JTMONEYNCSU, halfwit, colter, Fail Boat, Førte, [user]JustGotWickd[/user], BEAVERCHEESE, cynosural, O RLY, and KG were all riding in a jeep cherokee on their way to arby's when they were struck by a train...all died instantly, except for Førte, who is in critical condition at wake med

5/7/2010 2:04:27 AM

Tell me now where the best fried chicken in Raleigh is. And don't say KFC bc we all know it sucks.

5/7/2010 2:04:51 AM

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"CHICKEN PURSE IMPURSENATOR"

5/7/2010 2:05:19 AM

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" NEW YORK - A man was charged with withdrawing $2 million from an account after a bank confused him with a man who has the same name. ADVERTISEMENT Benjamin Lovell was arraigned Tuesday on grand larceny charges. The 48-year-old salesman said he tried to tell officials at Commerce Bank in December that he did not have a $5 million account. He says he was told it was his and he could withdraw the money. Prosecutors said the bank — which advertises itself as America's Most Convenient Bank — confused Lovell with a Benjamin Lovell who works for a property management company. The lesser-funded Lovell gave away some of the withdrawn money and blew some of it on gifts, but lost much of it on bad investments, prosecutors said. The district attorney's office did not immediately have information on his lawyer. Calls left with"

5/7/2010 2:05:33 AM

I realize this thread is about chicken....which I do not dispute. Hear me out, maybe I can offer some chicken.

I am in chicken sales, which is currently salary+commission, but will move into straight commission starting at the beginning of July 2010. I have been in this position since July 2009. I have competition from several direct manufacturing sales reps, large distributors, and local distributors. Here are the advantages and disadvantages of each:

Direct Advantages: Immediate knowledge of new technology, no middle man mark up, one shipping bill (paid by manufacturer or buyer of goods), access to larger range of non-commodity items, control inventory, have access to many distributors that can effectively sell their goods which increases market share, and set prices of commodity they manufacture.

Direct disadvantages: Typically have 1-3 sales reps per region (i.e. southeast, mid-atlantic, northeast, etc.) limiting the number of accounts they can successfully manage/cold-call, lack physical customer service or physical technical service available to or affordable for smaller users or altogether, are sometimes not trustworthy because they will go in behind their distributors that sell their commodity to one account in large quantities (i.e. they missed a big account, and have found out about it through a distributor selling their particular product) which leads to the distributor not selling their product anymore, have too many distributors selling the product ultimately driving the set price down through deviations, possibly rely on distributors to actually sell the product, and competition from other direct sources.

Large distributor advantages: have access to other commodities that go hand in hand with other manufacturers (poor example- grocery stores sell milk as well as cereal), get direct pricing, many locations regionally or nationally easing the shipping burden of buyers with multiple locations, personal service either customer or technical, many sales reps that are able to cover a broader territory, access to multiple manufacturers of the same commodity allowing to keep prices in check, service programs that smaller companies can't offer and direct providers can't match in price or value, and experts of many many commodities as opposed to one or a few.

Large distributor disadvantages: smaller local distributors creating price wars (think Michael Scott Paper Co vs Dunder-Mifflin), direct mfg's going in behind and stealing business, limited access to all of the mfg's (you won't find Harris Teeter name brands in Food Lion and visa versa), can't truly set prices because it's based on both supply and demand, territory management, and tough growth prospects in slower economies (this is true for direct as well really)

Local distributor advantages: Typically a good ol' boy setting where the seller and the buyer know each other for years (this does happen at all levels, but mostly at the local level), local folks are right down the street and can be used in emergencies, if the local guy buys at high enough volumes then there is no shipping charge to the end user, and access to both direct mfg's and large distributors.

Local distributor disadvantages: easily beaten in price, array of commodities, array of technology, lack of trained staff, low cash flow, etc etc etc.

This is what I have noticed in my six months, I am sure there are plenty more that need mentioning. The way I am setting myself apart as a sales person is this: I go after the big accounts right now while I am new. The big accounts, if I land them, will take care of me while I am new and building a customer base. The money made off of those allows me to focus free time on smaller accounts that get me higher margins. I build up big accounts, I would like to have 5-10 of these, then get 20-30 medium accounts. If I lose 1 or 2 big accounts, the 20-30 medium accounts keep me afloat while I go after new big accounts. I don't really waste time on small accounts simply because they basically pay for breakfast or something really small.

I will say this, if you can't get a big account in the first 6-8 months (assuming you have cash flow that you can ride this long) you could be in a world of trouble. If you can get one, it will really make going after the others a lot more enjoyable and less stressful. It's simply just very exhausting wasting any time on anything other than big accounts in the very beginning. You work just as hard on the medium sized accounts and see 1/3 to 1/36 of the money in my situation.

If you have any other questions, you can PM me. I hope this helps in the slightest!

5/7/2010 2:07:05 AM

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" NEW YORK - A man was charged with withdrawing $2 million from an account after a bank confused him with a man who has the same name. ADVERTISEMENT Benjamin Lovell was arraigned Tuesday on grand larceny charges. The 48-year-old salesman said he tried to tell officials at Commerce Bank in December that he did not have a $5 million account. He says he was told it was his and he could withdraw the money. Prosecutors said the bank — which advertises itself as America's Most Convenient Bank — confused Lovell with a Benjamin Lovell who works for a property management company. The lesser-funded Lovell gave away some of the withdrawn money and blew some of it on gifts, but lost much of it on best friend chicken, prosecutors said. The district attorney's office did not immediately have information on his lawyer. Calls left with"

5/7/2010 2:07:27 AM

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"CHICKEN PURSE IMPURSENATOR"

5/7/2010 2:10:14 AM

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" BEST FRIEND CHICKEN "

5/7/2010 8:07:12 AM

5/7/2010 10:15:48 AM

DID SOMEONE SAY CHICKEN????

5/7/2010 10:20:12 AM

ching chong chong mirr-yun bucks, ra ra ra ra ra-ra, ching chong chong mirr-yun bucks, ra ra ra ra ra-ra

5/7/2010 10:32:11 AM

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"CHICKEN BONE EARRINGS"

5/7/2010 11:21:39 AM

started out with such promise

5/7/2010 12:11:25 PM

5/7/2010 12:15:03 PM

What is Best Friend Chicken?

5/7/2010 12:19:21 PM