Re: @ss from a hole in the ground - Previously: (Anybody using a --- SPAM ---)

[Robert L Bass <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:03:13 -0800, Jack Edin
<nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello?
>
> What exactly tipped you off...?

It was just a wild guess plus the fact you used the dinosaur
line, "I stumbled on this..." that gave the first indication.

> Because you are W-R-O-N-G...!
>
> As the author of the so-called-SPAM, I am offended!
>
> It was a simple enough question, and NO it was not a plug.
>
> Mister B@ss is a reseller. He isn't the only one...
>
> I have indeed contacted the company about becoming a dealer.

Gee!  Who would've thought?  Let's see if I have this right.  You
"stumbled" upon this great widget, immediately spa... er, posted
about your lucky find in multiple newsgroups, and then (will
wonders never cease?) became a dealer.

> I did so after, not before, asking this group for input.

Su-u-ure.  Can I interest you in a nice bridge?

> --- snip additional spam ---
>
> My friend Bill, and uncle Neil both attended CES last week - on behalf
> of their (different) employers. Both were asked by me to go to the
> Pepper booth and get a hands-on. Nope! Neither one was able to get that
> done for me.

Ah, so *that's* how you "stumbled" onto this awesome widget?
Your dear, old uncle Neil and your lifetime buddy, Bill.  Why
didn't you say that in the first place?  If I had known that
Uncle Neil and pal, Bill were involved...  :^)

> And this group thinks my question was some sort of
> ploy to drive traffic to their site!

Umm, this is a newsgroup, a piece of cyberspace.  It doesn't
think.  It doesn't have an opinion any more than a cork bulletin
board in the entrance of your local market "likes" various ads
for useless weight loss pills posted thereon.

> Since I can't see one in a store before I buy, I asked high
> and low for somebody's opinion. Not to be had...

You missed their booth at the CES show?  What a shame!  It's
fortunate you've decided to become a dealer of this widget (which
you've not yet seen / stumbled upon / been sent to fetch by Uncle
Neil and friend Bill.  If not for that, you might have to wait
for some spammer to post accolades about it to "stumble" upon
more details.

> My order for 1 unit will probably be shipped out this week.

Best of luck with it.  Do be sure to keep us posted on it, as
well as any other widgets you trip over in your travels.

> I expect I'll like it, and I might come back here and
> tell the group about it.

Really?  I'll wait with baited breath.

> I may be setup as a reseller by then, so to do so WOULD be
> selling...

By the time you receive your first unit?  Such alacrity!

> And then you might have something to complain about.

I have nothing against selling online.  I also have no problem
with folks hawking their wares as long as the posts are on topic.
I don't appreciate phony gimmicks, like "Look what I 'stumbled'
upon!"

If you'd just come right out and say, "PR: My company now offers
the following widget" and then say why you believe it's useful to
home automators, etc., I'd have no objection at all.  You'll find
if you take the trouble to look that I tend to support other
merchants whose tactics are (IMO) above board and whose products
are (also IMO) useful to automators.  I don't say this in my
defense but as an encouragement for you to modify your approach.
You'll find it will nbet you more business and less ridicule.

> I expect everyone's favorite, mister B@ss, will be in contact with
> Pepper himself, come Monday...

Not likely.  I have enough widgets of my own to hawk and this
one's not compatible with my business model.  :^)

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

Bass Burglar Alarms
The Online DIY Store
http://www.BassBurglarAlarms.com