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Re: sale and auction advertisements (was: Beware more SPAM from Andreas Stabno (Was: KC Masterpieces))
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lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory
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Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:46:01 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.general, James Brown writes:
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> > 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.
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> 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 announcement list. If you want to be kept off my list, please
> let me know when you respond or when you pay." do you suppose that I would
> avoid tweaking those of you who are particularly sensitive to these things?
It would in my case. I appreciate that sort of consideration, and it tends to
nudge someone up a few notches in my brain. Even better would be "If you want
to be on my list, please..." - but I appreciate that that would impact the
effectiveness of your mailing list.
$0.02
James
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