Re: ***Custom PC's WHOLESALE Prices*** ... not the way to advertise, folks

In article <4qep1t$1fb@parlor.hiwaay.net> T J Bowling <bowling@HiWAAY.net> writes: >WAAAAAAH! What a bunch of babies! I don't know about that, but I can offer some suggestions to the originator of this massive cross-posting, and to those who would do the same. [1] You have reached a massive, but largely unqualified, group of customers. [2] Few, if any, of the people who you reached are likely to buy from you. [3] In fact, many of the people you have reached might be so pissed-off at you that they would consciously avoid buying from you. [4] Internet allows you to flood virtual mailboxes worldwide... but unless you are convinced that doing so with the general-public by conventional means would be favorable (i.e. assuming you could pay nothing for the stamp, it would be a recommended strategy for you to do so), doing the same thing via Internet is no more favorable. It's just novel and new. [5] Unlike snail-mail, where your millions of hard-printed flyers wind up in mauve trash-cans on the curbsides of the community, a "scatter shot" attempt on the Internet can land in your lap and every single piece of it's on fire. Just like the folks who send me unsolicited, unidentified faxes on "Printing Bargains!!" (in violation of US Federal law) are wasting their time... so are you. But here especially, you are HARMING your business. Things on the Internet happen interactively, and you can be SUNK-FOR-KEEPS in days. Welcome to the internet. The real one, not the one you read about in the paper. It's the worst of times and the best of times. Use it more wisely next time. I apologize in advance for cross-posting this reply; I hope you will excuse me and see why I did it this once. I assure you it will not be repeated, and if you want to reply to it, please reply directly to me so it doesn't, itself, become a spam. /mr/ Mike Robinson; Sundial Services, Scottsdale AZ (602) 946-8259; fax 874-2068 sundial@primenet.com - the opinions expressed here are the author's -