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In article <alex.1059.306887F5@cts.com> alex@cts.com (Steve Alexander) writes:
>In article <tombal-2509952149060001@tombal.sna.com> tombal@sna.com (Thomas E. Ballard) writes:
>
>>I think the point here is, from what I have seen on this and related
>>threads, is not so much whether GE delivers or not but their merciless
>>sales tactics in getting people to sign up who might not have otherwise
>>done so.
>
>What a nation of victims the US is becoming. Really, are people soooo weak 
>they can't say "no thank you" to a sales person. If a person is that much of a 
>victim, their life is a mess anyway and GE is unlikely to make it any worse.
>
>"Merciless sales tactics" ???
>
> "Please Mr. salesman, show some mercy. Please don't make me pull out my 
>wallet, give you my credit card, sign the contract in three places, sign the 
>credit card slip, and not change my mind for three days (even though I am at 
>home out of your grasp).  Pleeeease have mercy on my dumb ass."
>
>What a load of rubbish. IMO.
 
I pretty much agree with you on this one...however...

I think a lot of there customers really *are* so weak that they can't
say "no thank you".  I think that GE and other high pressure dating service
actually prey on these kinds of people and use the kinds of sales tactics
that take advantage of desparate souls as much as they can.  GE may not
make these peoples lives any worse but they might not make it any better
either.  

-- 
John Fereira
fereira@isis.com
Isis Distributed Systems - Ithaca, NY