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Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:40:30 -0700
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I hate Spam

Timothy Reeves wrote:

> Spam, spam, spam , spam, spam, spam, spam, spam,
> Lovely Spam, wonderful spam!
> ...
> Shut Up!
> ...
> Shhh dear, don't cause a fuss. I'll have your Spam. I love Spam.
> I'm having Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, baked beans and
> Spam!
>
> --Monty Python
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, Gary [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 8:01 AM
> Subject: Spam on spam?
>
> So now we're having spam messages about spam???
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen R. Gregory [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 7:04 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Complete Liquidation of 2 PCB Mfg Facilities
>
> In a message dated 07/09/2000 1:53:55 PM Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > I'm surprised this doesn't happen more.
> >
> >  DoveBid, Inc. is just playing the odds. They may reap the wrath of 1500
> >  TechNetters, but if it leads to even one sale they win! It cost them
> >  nothing to try, and the only potential penalty is that they won't be
> >  able to try it here again. The bad reputation they should get will fade
> >  from most people's minds as fast as they can hit the delete and forget
> >  key.
> >
> >  Inevitably for some, the temptation of a great "deal" will outweigh
> >  their indignation over DoveBid's spam, and they'll buy.
> >
> >  Andy Magee - Flex Guru
> >  Bourton Group
> >  (815) 490-7593
>
> Yeah Andy...
>
> I hear everything you're saying. But what pisses me off, is that a company
> as
> big as Dove would stoop so low as to get free advertising...hell, they're
> big
> enough to pay their way just like everybody else does. If I were the IPC I
> would ask for payment. Then, as I once suggested before, be put into a pot
> where at the IPC Expo (or some big hoopla) be a "tab" funded (The Rock
> Bottom
> Brewery in Long Beach comes to mind ;^)) that these "Free-loaders" pay their
> due...believe me, Dove Bros. can afford it!!! I can't believe they would
> stoop so low as to spam the TechNet...what a bunch of LOSERS!!!! A paste
> from
> their web site is below...claiming how "proud" they are of their
> traditions....B.S.!!! A bunch of low life car salesmen is all they are!!! I
> pasted that below not at all to promote them, but to show that they are big
> enough not to have to stoop to try and get free advertising...if anyone can
> afford to pay for legitimate advertising, they can...
>
> -Steve Gregory-
>
> DoveBid is proud of its 60-year tradition of maximizing value for thousands
> of sellers
> throughout the world. DoveBid began in 1937 when its founder, Harry Ross,
> picked up a gavel and sold his first piece of machinery. By the 1980's, our
> firm pioneered the use of auctions in high technology by selling the assets
> of Osborne Computer - the first computer auction in history. Six decades
> after its founding, the firm has maintained its legacy of leadership by
> conducting many of the world's largest, most successful auctions on behalf
> of
> corporations, government agencies and financial institutions.
>
> DoveBid has conducted over 3,000 industry specific auctions throughout the
> world selling over 10,000,000 individual lots. Buyers from Santa Clara to
> Singapore have responded by purchasing over $5 billion in assets. Our
> database of buyers grows with each campaign. DoveBid brings liquidity to the
> marketplace by maximizing seller value through competitive bidding the
> ultimate indicator of market value.
>
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