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Subject: 
Sale announcements (Was Beware more SPAM...)
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction
Date: 
Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:38:40 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
Hey all,

I just got spammed by Andreas Stabno; he's hawking a sale of his.  The
subject line is "KC Masterpieces".  His message goes, "somehow when I wasn't
looking the closet filled up with LEGO sets and it's time to sell all 138
sets that remain."  Poor schlob.

This is disgusting behavior, and I am personally disappointed that he would
resort to such low measures, especially after the backlash from a similar
situation a few years back.  (See his apparently insincere apology at
<http://news.lugnet.com/market/auction/?n=122>.)  I have done business with
him a year ago, but if this is the price of that business, I will never make
that mistake again.  "Fool me once, fool me twice" and all that.

Anyway, I dunno if he harvested LUGNET for addresses, but there you are.

Cheers,
- jsproat

Jeremy, I will be more than happy to remove your address from my list, but a
simple email could have been a little more effective and to the point.
Perhaps you did not read past the first part of my message:

"In all likelihood you have dealt with me before by trading pieces or buying
sets from me.  If we have not yet completed a deal and you are on this list,
we have at least corresponded by email before.  If you don't want to receive
this type of email for any reason at all, just let me know.  I will be glad to
remove your name from my list."

For the record, I am very disappointed in these allegations and can simply say
that my notice was only sent to people who have dealt with me before.  Many
people responded very favorably to my message, and to be frank it seems to be
common AFOL business practice to notify existing customers of new deals.

Be well,

Andreas Stabno
http://www.megsinet.net/~stabno/SimiLego.htm



Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: Sale announcements (Was Beware more SPAM...)
 
(...) perhaps you'd be better off, before adding someone to your list, make sure they want to be there? as in, when completeing a deal, ask "would you want me to notify you of future sales I have" or something like that... make the list opt-in, and (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
  Re: Sale announcements (Was Beware more SPAM...)
 
"Andreas Stabno" <stabno@megsinet.net> wrote in message news:G1GECG.5qK@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) I agree here. (...) buying (...) list, (...) receive (...) glad to (...) say (...) Many (...) be (...) I would stand behind Andreas here - though I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
  Re: Sale announcements (Was Beware more SPAM...)
 
(...) This is effective, no? Rudeness for rudeness. And I think I've made my point. *I* pay for that in-box, and I say that you need *my* permission to make money from it. Don't get defensive because you were bit on the tush for being unethical and (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
  Re: Sale announcements (Was Beware more SPAM...)
 
(...) Andreas, while you may mean this sincerly, this is a completely standard thing for *all* spam to say, whether you've actually have purchased from them before or not. Once you get enough spam, your eyes tend to glaze over upon seeing these (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)

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  Beware more SPAM from Andreas Stabno (Was: KC Masterpieces)
 
Hey all, I just got spammed by Andreas Stabno; he's hawking a sale of his. The subject line is "KC Masterpieces". His message goes, "somehow when I wasn't looking the closet filled up with LEGO sets and it's time to sell all 138 sets that remain." (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)

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