(Communication) A New Sales Representative, Eddy Wherli, Has Just Received His

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A new sales representative, Eddy Wherli, has just received his copy of the month-end financial reports. He is puzzled by the term "unearned revenue." He left the following e-mail message for you on the company's bulletin board system:
What is this??? Creative Accounting, or what??? Line item 12 on year-to-date financials shows over $25Gs in Unearned Revenue!!! Come on, guys! Either we earned it, or we didn't . . . Right??! Is this how you guys lower our commissions? Reply to
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Write a response to send to Eddy. (Since the answer is being prepared for a "bulletin board" type system, it can be in informal language and can respond in kind to the humor. However, proper grammar and spelling are essential, as is the message about what unearned revenue really is.)

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