Re: Legitimate Mailings vs. Spam

I second this input. Whole heartedly.

:: doris


At 01:18 PM -0400 9/16/03, Thinker wrote:
>On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 10:53, Judith Kallos wrote:
>
>>  As usual, no $$ need be mentioned, I am more interested in reliability and
>>  functionality.  If you have nothing positive to say about the above
>>  companies or others to stay away from, please advise ONLY off-list.
>
>
>Why do you suggest that we not mention price or if we have something
>negative to say we do so off list? I, for one, would rather know if
>product A is OK for the low price but if you want reliability you should
>go to product B. Well, low price is going to be a relative term on this
>list I am sure. I would like to know what 'low price' means.
>
>As far as posting bad experiences with a product off list, wouldn't that
>pretty much negate the need of the list in terms of communication?
>
>I recently had a very bad experience with a product and if the topic
>came up I would have to recommend against the use of this product. If I
>made my recommendation off-list, the silent list member that was only
>considering the use of the product would not benefit from my experience.
>
>If we are truly going to revive this list for actual business
>discussions, I think we should be able to talk about things in business
>terms and business terms involve discussions about price as well as
>negative observations about products.
>
>
>-=Thinker


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