From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 24 14:31:34 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2207837B401 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:31:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net (heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9849643FBF for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:31:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0300.cvx22-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.199.45] helo=mindspring.com) by heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (SSLv3:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18nR7z-00074K-00; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:31:16 -0800 Message-ID: <3E5A9CE4.9FDFF721@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:29:56 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jeremy C. Reed" Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: when are unsolicited sales okay? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: b1a02af9316fbb217a47c185c03b154d40683398e744b8a4ea23920f7fb6278a5355acb9c3d12ec72601a10902912494350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Jeremy C. Reed" wrote: > Anyways, when are unsolicited sales okay? When you are not throwing crap at the wall hoping some will stick. When you have a reasonable expectation that I'd be interested in your offer (you personally thinking "it's a great offer!" is not enough). When we have a preexisting business arrangement on a related basis. When you are not *already* selling me the newspaper. Never call me if you are selling buying club memberships. Ever. Never call me if you are going to talk over me with your pitch, and not let me interject my disinterest in your product until you are completely done. It really wastes your time. When you can guarantee I will actually save money because you can run my historical records from my current company through your billing algorithm, and the number you came up with is lower. This last one requires you engage in illegal activities, but, hey, the industrial espionage rap is your problem, not mine. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message