Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:52:06 -0800 (PST) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: when are unsolicited sales okay? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0302241244360.31149-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
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Can an unsolicited sales pitch ever be appropriate? Some people and businesses don't like door-to-door sales. (I don't mind the very infrequent religious, chiropractic or vote-seeker coming to my door.) All of us (I assume) are against unsolicited email sales letters. I dislike getting phone calls to my home trying to sell me new roofs, better security systems, windshields, vacation packages, etc. I don't mind receiving a few sales pitches to my business telephone line if they are related to my work. (I only receive about one per week.) But I dislike receiving offers for windshield crack repairs to my business phone. I usually don't care about the tens of sales letters I receive each week; sometimes I receive something interesting. I do care that I waste some time recycling. And I do mind that natural resources are probably being wasted. I don't receive unsolicited faxes anymore. But a few years ago, I used to receive sales pitches by fax, but it was because my number was similar or used to be some other companies. (So this hasn't been an issue.) Anyways, when are unsolicited sales okay? Jeremy C. Reed http://bsd.reedmedia.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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