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In article <3mp6cm$fq6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> amstarr@aol.com (A M STARR) writes:

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   From: amstarr@aol.com (A M STARR)
   Newsgroups: ca.general
   Date: 15 Apr 95 19:21:58 GMT
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   The World Wide Web (WWW) is the most talked about new advertising medium
   in the world, and is likely to set sales volume prcedents for products and
   services marketed from the homes of entrepreneurs all over nation.  The
   WWW truly allows for the distribution of products and services GLOBALLY. 
   However, there's one big problem for new WWW marketers:

   How do I COLLECT PAYMENT from my prospects, nationally and globally?

   In today's "CASHLESS SOCIETY," credit cards immediately come to mind. 
   Currently, over 90% of all Mail-Order purchases are made by credit card,
   which means that if you don't offer this critical payment option to your

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   SOLUTION:

   Cardservice International.  For the past 10 years, CSI has been working
   with a handful of banks which have come to realize that home-based and
   mail-order businesses are just as "legitimate" and "viable" as any retail,

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   If you'd like complete details and a free application, please email your
   name, business name, email address, and phone# to dbcj98a@prodigy.com

   Also, if you haven't done so already, we recommend that you look into
   setting up your own WWW Home Page.  There are many options available, from
   buying a book at the bookstore on how to do it yourself, to hiring a
   consultant.  Check the AOL classifieds for offers to set up your WWW Home
   Page.  Prices are as low as $10 per month, which is ridiculously cheap for
   the opportunity to have MILLIONS of people see your product or service in
   a dazzling graphical (even video and sound) medium!

   God bless and best wishes for a tremendously prosperous 1995 and beyond!

   A M Starr
   Visa/MC Merchant Accounts for Home-Based & Mail Order Businesses &
   Entrepreneurs

   Cardservice International has over 70,000 happy, prospering merchants
   online nationwide!

   Please Email for a free application and complete details:  
   <DBCJ98A@prodigy.com> ( Accounts available for U.S. Citizens only)


Excuse me, but 

(1) the net is no where NEAR secure enough for me to put any credit card
numbers on it (at least none of my own).  This is *especially* true for the
Web.  (I know some folks are working on the fixes, but I don't see fixes
mentioned here.)

and

(2) does anybody else find it strange that an advertisement with a Prodigy
address for responses is posted from AOL ?

Sam Uselton		uselton@nas.nasa.gov
employed by CSC		working for NASA (Ames) 	speaking for myself