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- From: markmc@sierra.com (Mark McWiggins)
- Subject: Re: Friends want to adopt a baby
- Message-ID: <markmc.715372856@sierra.com>
- Sender: news@sierra.com
- Nntp-Posting-Host: grumpy
- Organization: Sierra Geophysics Inc., Kirkland, Wa
- References: <1992Aug26.040208.5547@sierra.com> <89J7PB1w165w@dogear.spk.wa.us>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:40:56 GMT
- Lines: 51
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- bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob Kirkpatrick) writes:
-
- >markmc@sierra.com (Mark McWiggins) writes:
-
- >> PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS ACCOUNT. I'm posting this for a friend, who
- >> wants her notice to read as follows:
- >>
- >> We'd Love to Adopt a Baby!
- >>
- >> Loving, financially secure couple will provide much joy, opportunities for
- >> growth & education and lots of hugs & kisses for this newborn. Please call
- >> us to discuss an adoption plan that assures you this child will know what
- >> a loving choice you made. Approved home study.
- >>
- >> Betsy & Norm 206-839-5137
- >> Attorney, Michelle Hinz:
- >> 206-682-4000 days
- >> 206-735-0928 eves/weekends
- >> collect calls accepted
-
- >Not that it may change much, but this very ad was discussed at length
- >in other usenet newsgroups. It seems that this ad is not from a couple
- >named Betsy and Norm, but instead it's an agency which makes a profit
- >by locating adoptable babies.
-
- >The discussions I read included some people who'd followed up on the
- >ad, and discovered that there is no compensation for the parents who
- >give up the child (save attorney fees for an adoption action), but the
- >adoptive parent candidates pay a finder fee to "Betsy and Norm."
-
- >These ads were posted on college campuses all over the country, and a
- >few were apparently placed in other places where young adults frequented.
-
- >Some of the complaints that were posted about the agency included racial
- >overtones --however I hasten to add that this is hearsay (rumor).
-
- >Just FYI.
-
- Make that 'FYM' -- for your misinformation. This particular ad was placed
- on Usenet only.
-
- Betsy is a friend of mine who loves children and is heartbroken over her
- inability to conceive.
-
- Perhaps there was a simliar ad for some scam, but this isn't it. If you
- don't believe me, try calling the number.
-
- --
- Mark McWiggins +1 206 822 5200x377 days Box 31356
- markmc@sierra.com +1 206 632 1905 24 hrs. Seattle WA 98103-1356
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