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To: techdiver@opal.com
Subject: Re: Advertising on the list?
From: <devon@ol*.ch*>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 95 10:14:00 +0200
> How is 103 emails asking for more information about Abyss?

Great. Sounds like you should be raking in the bucks. I'd imagine you can
afford to pay for an advertising campaign.

> At this point the ONLY place that I post any information about Abyss on the
> Internet is to the Techdiver Listserver.

That's odd. I could have sworn I saw a long post about Abyss on the cavers
list a few weeks ago. It was in reference to someone that introduced them-
selves to the list. The odd thing was that they didn't even ask for any
information even remotely similar to what Abyss provides. It was simply a
blatant opportunity to advertise in a new place.

> No doubt there will always be people that wish I didn't post any information
> related to Abyss at all. Lucky for me, the majority of the mail is from
> people that want more information and not less.

And you will continue to piss off a large number of other people. It seems
that you could learn from the recent AquaCorp bashing about listening to
what people are telling you.

> I was looking for a good homepage provider this afternoon.
> They want BIG BUCKS 700-1,000 for a complete package, plus $75.00 a month.

Welcome to the business world. That's called "the cost of doing business"
and it's accepted by most people that do business. You, however, take
advantage of those that need to pay for their network access. You use their
money to advertise your product. That's not the way it's supposed to work.

There used to be a mailing list for commercial scuba ads. What ever happened
to that?

Devon

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