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>> ==========John Fereira, 9/27/95==========
>> 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. 

John, ever hear of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? It's an accepted principle of
people that says there are basic needs such as food and shelter that man
cannot live without. Only once these needs have been met does man then go out
searching to fulfill other--less urgent-- wants such as love and romance. 

What this tells me is that GE is offering a service for a non-critical
"want"--not a "need". Therefore the only people even considering this service
are those that are already pretty well off in the basic "needs" department. 

Therefore I wonder about your use of the word "desparate souls". 

Additionally, absolutely no reasonably intelligent person goes in for a GE
interview thinking they're going to get a free service. Everyone knows there's
a price attached. So everyone knows they're going into a sales situation. Just
like everyone who buys a car knows the saleman is trying to sell you a car.
You'd have to be pretty much a real idiot not to know that. 

I haven't heard of one case yet where a prospect at GE was tied to a chair and
forced to sign up under threat of physical or mental torture or worse. 

If someone tells you "I can give you a discount price, but if you don't take
it now, you'll have to pay the full price later" does this constitute "the
kinds of sales tactics that take advantage of desperate souls as much as they
can"? 

Do you know ANYONE that would fall for such a technique if they really didn't
want the service to begin with???? 

And no I don't have any other affiliation with GE other than being a happy
customer. And I'm not defending their tactics either. I'm just saying "get
real" to all the people who are flinging blunted arrows at a situation that
looks an awful lot like envy to me. 

-Mike