Are you now the Susie Orman of homeopathy? Strange you should dictate to anyone during an increasing recession/depression how and where to spend their money. We already know LOWEST prices are not at your website. Amazon and Minimum.com much better and Greg of Minimum.com doesn't feign promoting the cause of homeopathy on here or other homeopathic websites while actually trying to increase their business. Yes, let's support companies that GROW homeopathy.
Dana in 4/16/09 message on Florida:
On Saturday April 18th, 10am to 1pm. I'm speaking on "The True Wisdom of Symptoms and Disease: Homeopathic Thinking, Research, and Practice. The SHORE CLUB, 1901 N. Ocean Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. $25.00
The Shore Club condo office was upset and wanted to file a police report not because your talk was not on their schedule but that someone was charging $$$ for it and didn't pay the condo for facility usage. Unless you're a condo owner, you don't get free usage of their facilities.
So, where's the $$$ you made on that event? Florida is off season, not expensive to stay here unless you have wealthy friends who took you in.
Dana in 1/08/09 messaage on Major conference:
I am not being paid to speak, nor are they covering my
transportation or my lodging, though they have given me TWO additional
tickets to this conference. I am planning to sell the extra tickets for
$250.00 each (they are worth $395 each)...and it really looks like it is
going to be a great event. My point here is that if you (or anyone you
know) wants to attend and who wants a discounted ticket, please have them
contact me as soon as possible...
The sale of these tickets will help provide some reimbursement for
my expenses.
You mean those expenses that can be used legally as deductible business expenses on your tax return?
If so used, will you claim the full amount of your expenses (hotel, airfare, food, business entertainment, networking) or the net amount after hawking those tickets?
Was your last summer's Italy vacation expensed as a 2008 business expense since you gave an interview on H'pathy.com on the way home?
It would be a USA Federal IRS violation, punishable by fines and/or imprisonment to fudge on taxes if the IRS determines so through audit.
Hopefully you have a shrewd CPA unless you Turbo Tax your own like Secy of Treasury Geithner.
I look forward to the day that those of us involved in homeopathy
will WANT our drug manufacturers to be successful...when they will actually
make reasonable profits so that they can use them to fund research and fund
educational programs.
That's the pharmaceutical drug model that also adds to their bottom line.
I find it strange that Susan refers to Boiron as a "pseudo-pharma
company." They probably devote more money to homeopathic research than any
other company, and they support homeopathic organizations and various
educational programs. I certainly don't see significant financial support
for homeopathic research OR even for homeopathic organizations coming from
homeopaths
Maybe in USA FDA laws, it's illegal for Boiron, a French company, to fly over a homeopathic remedy not in HPUS but not made from controlled substances, yet Helios UK sent it no problem. Ever try to call Boiron USA? No one anwers a phone, no voicemail. This is a company concerned about patients?
Boiron is a company valued at 436 million Euros. They are diversified into product lines other than homeopathy. How much of that money goes into homeopathic research, education vs. increasing their own bottom line? Let's see...
http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/o ... ol=BOIR.PA
"Boiron SA is a France-based pharmaceutical company engaged in the provision of homeopathic medicines. The Company develops, manufactures and markets single homeopathic medicines and proprietary drugs. It also produces medicines based on trace elements, phytotherapy remedies, food supplements, as well as health and beauty care products. In addition, the Company owns a research center, Institut Boiron, which works for the development of homeopathy within the world of medicine. Boiron SA operates in Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Romania, Poland, Hungary, the United States, Canada and Brazil, among others."
Look at their financial info, they made $149,000 per employee net revenue
http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/r ... l=BOIRF.PK
Boiron is spending LESS on research/development than in the past. From 9.6M Euros in 2007 to 6.6M Euros 2008 yet their Total Revenue increased over 22M Euros. Do you really think they are spending mostly on homeopathic research, new remedy provings, etc? Or is that research/development to increase the sales of their products including non-homeopathic?
Here's their income statement, look at lines Research & Development, Total Revenue:
http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/i ... l=BOIRF.PK
Actually, not probably, Boiron is a BIG PHARMA company. Sorry to inform you.
As a business owner, certainly you can read the Financials and see for yourself.
From now on, I'll support Helios UK.
Susan