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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Hank Rogers Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Anyone having a Tupperware party? Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 18:36:07 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <9042e51c7560132bfecc5ea0b9a2fab0@www.novabbs.com> <67ec5f7d$0$849533$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <67ec8857$0$2783$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6227d68a822b757d70b66cc3a660b9be@www.novabbs.org> <67f3f951$2$3826$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6aTIP.1491370$2zn8.618047@fx15.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 01:36:17 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8873fa4c332fc3cfa4409d966f7c6baf"; logging-data="967185"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX198xG48c8T9XlC6OvdQ9DenFVSja+l4z6k=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.20 Cancel-Lock: sha1:dMNvQ0HnXhfepbJEBbKT2JGv9Us= In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3169 Cindy Hamilton wrote: > On 2025-04-07, Dave Smith wrote: >> On 2025-04-07 12:14 p.m., Graham wrote: >>> On 2025-04-07 4:44 a.m., Janet wrote: >>>> In article >> >>>>> They are not really selling overpriced plastic containers or cleaning >>>>> products, vacuum cleaners, or health products. Their real product is >>>>> "business opportunities" and the dream of the good life. A life of being >>>>> your own boss. Greed, as in most schemes/scams is always a big part of >>>>> it. >>>> >>>>     Tupperware went bankrupt. >>>> >>>> >>>>     Janet UK >>>> >>> And yet just this morning, I saw a newish Nissan car with Tupperware >>> signs all over it. >> >> >> >> I don't know what's going on there. I read that they had gone bankrupt. > > Chapter 11 bankruptcy enables a company to reorganize and keep > operating. > > Tupperware filed Chapter 11 last September. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_11,_Title_11,_United_States_Code > Ages ago, tupperware had some very good products. But many years ago, they got greedy and their prices went stratospheric. Competitors offered similar items almost as good without exorbitant pricing, and no marketing bullshit. No "parties". You could just buy the shit at a store; take it home and use it. Tupperware had a golden goose, but they killed to to get the last bit of gold out. They screwed themselves.