Re: Great Expectations (Dating Service) WARNING!

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From: The Larch
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 00:00

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In article <43o3pq$g24_003@slip.netaxs.com> cheefdan@netaxs.com (Mighty CheefDan![tm]) writes:
> 
> Funny, I got a mailing right after I moved here from a service, and I think it 
> was Great Expectations.
> 
> Anyway, I filled it all out and returned the Business Reply (they pay 
> thepostage) envelope.  In the bottom part, where it asked what motivated me to 
> respond, I wrote "I want to see how much of your salespeople's time I can 
> waste before they discover they're not getting a single penny out of me."  For 
> some reason they never even called me on the phone.

I've often thought that if everyone returned business reply cards for
products or services in which they were uninterested empty or with a
polite "No, thanks", there'd be a lot less junk mail. Or at least
lower postal rates.

The Larch

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From: thelarch@kalypso.cybercom.net (The Larch)
Subject: Re: Great Expectations (Dating Service) WARNING!
Date: 1995/09/22
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