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In article <43hgbi$geg@panix2.panix.com>, mes@panix.com (Michael Sullivan)
wrote:

>In article <hshubs-1509952249490001@denim.ultranet.com>,
>Howard S Shubs <hshubs@denim.ultranet.com> wrote:
>
>>With me, as soon as they named their prices, it was all over.  They were
>>so far out of my price range that there was nothing to discuss.  My
>>concept was of an absolute maximum ceiling of $500, no more.  There was no
>>way to talk them down anywhere near that, so I left.
>
>I can't believe anyone would pay that much.   Even $500 sounds way out of 
>the park.

It was, that's why there was nothing to talk about.  I was thinking of
spending no more than $350, which you probably find excessive too, but I
was willing spend up to that $500 maximum if the service sounded really
good.


>I can't imagine spending any more than that on something so unlikely to
>succeed even under the best of circumstances.  Christ, you can take out
>personal ads in the paper for a few bucks an issue.  Some of them are even
>free to the advertiser. 

I can't speak for others, but I'm very unlikely to use anything which
requires me to access a 900 number, for ANY purpose.

Part of the point of having people spend a lot of money is to make sure
they're serious.  Going to a bar, or meeting people on the street, is very
ad-hoc, and you can never tell what you're getting.  At least with
something like GE, you know they're specifically interested in starting a
relationship, and that they take it seriously enough to spend the $.


>It never ceases to amaze me how many people will be duped into paying 
>huge amounts of money for such trivial services.

I see, so you meet people you want to go out with all the time, do you? 
Not all of us are so lucky.  In fact, if you have no problem finding
friends and meeting singles, why are you here?

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Howard S Shubs    hshubs@bix.com          Reunite Gondwanaland!
The Denim Adept   hshubs@ultranet.com