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>> ==========Thomas E. Ballard, 9/25/95==========
>> ...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.
>> Tom

Do the GE "merciless" sales tactics include:

  * Holding you at gunpoint? 
  * Not letting you use the restroom until you sign?
  * Threatening to remove you from the list of 
     eligible singles?
  * Taking away your ability to find someone
     on your own by magically transforming
     your face into one that "looks married"?
   * Whips and chains until you hand over
      your Visa card?

My point being that anyone with any common sense and ability to resist buying
a car everyday of the week would have the power to resist their "tactics".
It's really pretty simple to see what you're getting when you go in there. If
someone has a "pie in the sky" attitude about suddenly finding the love of
their life at GE is that bad? Not really, when you consider there are those
that have done that! 

I'm not saying GE does or doesn't use "tactics". All sales people use some
"tactics". What I'm saying is that you're not getting "nothing" for your
money. You ARE getting the opportunity to meet lots of single members of the
opposite sex. And if you're not single and looking then you won't be in the
store (unless you're an idiot). If you buy a car and it turns out to be one
you don't like is it the fault of the salesman? Or maybe you didn't do your
homework? Or maybe you need to learn more what you really want?

If GE is doing something unethical or dishonest then they should be brought
into court. I just don't think that's the case here. And I think that there's
a lot of sour grapes out there in single land that poke fingers at GE because
of some false fear of what the service is all about. 

-Mike