

| Subject: | Re: '83-'84 westy striped seats for sale |
| From: | frank furter |
| Date: | Wed, 10 Mar 1999 05:34:59 -0800 |
My mistake - you did pmail me. It just got lost in the deluge of other mail. Mark ---frank furter <wasserbox@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > > And what exactly are you doing? You couldn't just push delete too? > Why did you have to post to the list? You didn;'t even give me the > courtesy of p-mailing me to let me know your thoughts like I did for > you. > > It's not pushing delete that irritates me. It's having to push delete > 10 times where once would have sufficed. > > Unsolicited advertisement is my pet peeve. If you have something to > sell, let us know. What you are (were) now doing is the equivalent of > SPAM. No helpful content, just "Hey I have this for sale" then 30sec > later "Hey, I have that for sale". Wouldn't it have suficed to say > "Hey, this week I have this AND that for sale" in ONE message? > > I understand that you need to make your money, but maybe you should > rethink your strategy a little. I guarantee that more people than > have voiced their opinion are irritated by your spammail, and > habitually delete them - even if you have something useful to say. > Consolidate your SPAM, and it might be better received. > > Now my e-mail to you was polite. It was well thought out and not > offensive in any way. It was a SUGGESTION. You had to send a > smart-ass reply to the list to show how cool you are before my first > cup of coffee has even kicked in. Way to go Chris - Great sales > tactic - alienate your client-base. No wonder you have to resort to > your current sales tactics. > People DO respond to good salesmanship. > > > ---JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > > > > In a message dated 99-03-09 13:06:40 EST, wasserbox@yahoo.com writes: > > > > << Ok Chris, after deleting 10 messages, I have a suggestion. > > > > Would it be possible to put all the items for sale in one message, > and > > perhaps have a daily (or weekly) "Allentown Bus Parts" letter? I > > don't want to put your address in my kill-file, because > occasionally I > > may be interested in an item you are selling, but it is kind of > > irritating to have to delete 10-15 2 line messages. > > > > Food for thought > > >> > > > > geez...we have it so hard these days, when pushing a little "delete" > button is > > so "irritating" and sets people off so much that they have to post > their > > bitches to the whole list instead of a p-mail.... > > > > chris > > > > == > Mark > > 87 Westfalia Gl > 84 Scirocco 8v > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > == Mark 87 Westfalia Gl 84 Scirocco 8v _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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