If you are the OP, you also posted this on the Company board

• A happy landing at a new job sm - Whew!
  • Dear "Whew!" - pdo
  • Something I wish you would answer for me - sm
    • why are you being so negative? sm - MT30+
      • Simple enough question - sm
        • if they go to VR then I will give it my sm - MT30+
          • Few and far between those companies - sm
          • I am answering to my own post sm - MT30+
            • Read your post on the other board.... - Confused
              • I can't find the one you are talking sm - MT30+
                • I think I understand, now if people love VR - sm
                  • you know I don't have a clue who sm - MT30+
                    • TO MT30+ Don't let these posts ruin your celebration! - Fingers
                      • Thank you! I have had the best sm - MT30+
                • It's this thread, 2nd to last paragraph (See Inside) - Confused
                  • AGAIN that is not me. I have never sm - MT30+
                    • MT30+ and Whew! - pdo
                      • LOL, I love your post! I'm not angry at all, just...CONFUSED! - Confused
                      • confused is confused and I sent her sm - MT30+.
          • If you are the OP, you also posted this on the Company board - Confused
            • they don't hire IC but they have sm - keystrokes
              • But she clearly says in her OP that she is an IC now - Confused
                • I figured it was the same because I am - sm
                  • I considered your question legit as well - Confused
        • I like your approach, straightforward and observant (NM) - I remember too ;-)
  • It's nice to see so many people on here moving to better jobs! - Fingers
    • I left my job too - sa
      • me too! - pm
  • wonderful!!!!!!!!! There are those jobs sm - MT too long
  • Hardly gloating! sm - Me the OP
  • Good thing you didn't have to test sm - what?
    • A comment like that would have landed... - my four year old in time out. nm
      • I to know my speling justis good...nm - Ella (retired)
    • that was mean! nm - MT too long
    • meow! nm - anon
  • I know what company you're talking about. - mtmt
  • Does it have 3 letters, begin with an M? - ???
  • You left out the for us most important part in your comment.... - m08
  • Congrats! When I left the Q 2-1/2 years - JK
    • Same here, what company? nm - m08
    • What a refreshing note! sm - Ella (retired)
      • You're very sweet and I enjoy your posts - Just an observation
        • Mucho thankoes! :) nm - Ella (retired)
          • Is this'Spanglish?'.....nm - ?
            • More like pig Latin! LOL! nm - Ella (retired)
        • yes she is sweet, isn't she? - sa
          • When you get old....sm - Ella (retired)
      • Happy for you - oldmt
        • keep looking, the jobs are there sm - MT30+
          • Hey, you! - oldmt

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I go to "The Stop Smoking Center" for online support.  I quit for eight years, but this past 13 months have been so crazy that I relapsed exactly one year ago.  I've been peeved at DH and stressed over a lot of stuff, so I lit up one night while out with a friend.  I quit again for three months using Zyban, but relapsed yet again after stopping that.  I do OK during the day with not smoking, but DH smokes outside at home so it's tough to stay quit being around him.  I just keep making excuses to not quit.  That means I'm just not ready yet.  People handle their emotions and stress fine without smoking.  I handled everything fine for eight years without smoking, and those eight years were pretty hairy, too..  For me, it's a question of replacing my bad emotional crutch with a good one.  (Exercise!)

Good for you for making the decision!  You can do it!  Google the support board I told you about, and I'll probably be around here if you want to buddy up or anything.

...7 cpl for a 65-char. line with room for increase. Please send resume and place "ESL MT" in the subject line. These are very difficult accents...

Is this serious??  THAT is why there is nothing left to this profession.  Applying for and accepting jobs like this is what has been the kiss of death for MTs.  I hate to think what they would pay for non ELSs - 5 cpl?

This one is good.

Heads up warning! A company called DictaCall posted a classified ad
here yesterday claiming great cost savings. After researching the company, I have found that the company is overseas in India and is offering the identical rate structure as another US voice service.  There is absolutely no cost savings whatsoever and anyone using their voice system would be calling into a toll free number where the voice file would end up on a server in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. 

What does this mean to you, the transcription service?
1. HIPAA compliance is compromised.
2. Your client information is at risk. Offshore entities can come in try to undercut you and take your business.
3. In case of outage, you're stuck if you can't get in touch with technical support.

I could go on, but I think you can probably see the same big problems that I see.

I tried selling on ebay for years.  It was kind of a hassle.  Once I cleared the clutter out of my house, I had to find merchandise to sell.  There are a LOT of people out there claiming to be wholesalers, drop shippers or resellers who are nothing more than con artists.  I tried selling craft kits and books purchased direct from the manufacturers/publishers, but you just can't get a decent wholesale discount unless you buy in huge volume.  Plus, the prices on ebay were often cheaper than the wholesale price.  I used to go to yard sales late in the day and offer to buy their remaining stuff at a cheap rate.  I made OK money at that part of it with the collectibles and used books, but my house got cluttered up with other people's junk.  I also signed up for Avon and scented candles with the intent of selling online, but later I found out they had stinky rules about online selling.  Other people do it, but you can lose your account if they catch you.  And you have to sell a lot to make any decent money.  You're also competing with ex-reps who went out of business and are trying to liquidate their inventory.  Plus, I had nowhere to store everything.  It's a hassle finding shipping supplies, although you can order boxes and labels for free through USPS.gov and charge everyone for priority shipping.  Plan on driving to the post office nearly every day.  And keep good records on what you purchase and sell to figure your cost of goods sold for the IRS.

You might enjoy it.  Give it a try, but start out slowly.  Use as many templates as you can and prefigure shipping or you'll get a bunch of emails from people.

See all the answers under your question on the Company Board -- again, do not feel it is necessary and I am not along in this thinking.  The doctor is liable not us, we only transcribe what he says and he signs off on it.  Talk to someone else who works for Accuscribe and see that they say.  To me it is foolish.