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Subject: 
 Re: Beware more SPAM from Andreas Stabno (Was: KC Masterpieces)
Newsgroups: 
 lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction
Date: 
 Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:17:46 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.general, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > I just got spammed by Andreas Stabno; he's hawking a sale of his.
> [snip]
> 
> I run parts auctions from time to time.  I sporadically keep a list of
> participants (winners, actually) and when I launch an auction, I announce it
> on rtl, lma, and by sending a note to that mailing list.  I let them know
> what I'm doing, tell them that I'd be happy to remove their name from my list
> to avoid future annoyance, and tell them where to go see the auction stuff.
> Is that what Andreas did to you?
> 
> I've had 1-2% of the people who get my notes ask to be removed from my list,
> and I've never had anyone complain about it.
> 
> Is that advertising vector generally despised, or is it just Jeremy?  It seems
> like if I were pissing people off, I'd have heard about it.  So if what I'm
> doing is OK, and what Andreas is doing is not, then what is the quality that
> makes them so?

I don't know about this specific situation (not being at my home e-mail, I
don't know if I got this iteration of UCE), but I tend to side with Jeremy on
this issue.

However, it's probably relevant to point out that I'm a rabid opponent of
unsolicited advertising.  It's a pretty good way to guarantee that I'll never
buy what you're selling.

Yes, I do consider it unsolicited to get an e-mail that says 'hey you bought
from me before, I'm selling something else now' unless I was specifically
asked if it was OK when I bought the first time.

YMMV (and probably does)

James



Message has 2 Replies:
  sale and auction advertisements (was: Beware more SPAM from Andreas Stabno (Was: KC Masterpieces))
 
(...) I would like to avoid that kind of bad feeling. When my auction is over, I send out one big email to the winners with the total winnings listed out. If I included a clause something like "I normally would add your email address to my auction (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
  Re: Beware more SPAM from Andreas Stabno (Was: KC Masterpieces)
 
(...) I find myself particularly leniant with these spams, sadly... I don't agree with the fact that they're spams, but at least they're really not dished out at complete random (i.e. you know your recipient at least has a chance of being (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)

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  Re: Beware more SPAM from Andreas Stabno (Was: KC Masterpieces)
 
(...) [snip] I run parts auctions from time to time. I sporadically keep a list of participants (winners, actually) and when I launch an auction, I announce it on rtl, lma, and by sending a note to that mailing list. I let them know what I'm doing, (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)

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