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- From: ajackson@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Andrew William Jackson)
- Subject: Re: NEW AD
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.051109.10758@Princeton.EDU>
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- References: <2041.347.uupcb@brent.uucp> <1993Jan11.125651.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:11:09 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan11.125651.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca> bill@kean.ucs.mun.ca (Bill Garland) writes:
- >In article <2041.347.uupcb@brent.uucp>, rui.ribeiro@brent.uucp (Rui Ribeiro) writes:
- >> My wife just got her business permit. I'd like to run our ad by you.
- >> Let me know what you think.
- >>
- >> *********** Shira - Amazing Psychic **************
- >> Now you can know what 1993 has in store for you.
- >> Romance, Wealth, New Opportunities.
- >> Your 6 Month Forecast for only $25.00
- >...
- >> We welcome all comments.
- >
- >Well, if you really want my opinion, I think this is a total crock of
- >shit, and if you actually plan to make money by defrauding people in this
- >manner, you will end up poorer for it. This type of mystical nonsense has
- >no place anywhere. On the other hand, you should have known that.
- >Why do you need to post this to ask opinions? Could you not have
- >simply asked your wife?
- >
- >> PS - If you'd like your own forecast, please feel free to use the ad.
- >
- >This confirms what I thought when I first saw this - you are a phoney.
- >
- >You did not post this to get honest opinions, you posted it to get
- >business. This is an ad, not a request to comment on an ad. While I
- >am not as opposed to advertising on the internet as many people are,
- >and I think readers should be allowed to engage in commerce or trade,
- >I believe they should have honest products and services to exchange.
- >You do not create any values with this crap, you merely seek to steal
- >from your would be customers.
- >
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- Bill, you are right. Most of us were being tricked by this clever ploy.
- This innocent sounding request for advice is just a sneaky way to target
- an ideal group of potential Psychic Forecast customers here at
- misc.entrepeneurs.
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