-=PCTechTalk=- Re: popup killer program
- From: "kg6ocz" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:14:36 -0700
I don't even like it when an employee walks up and starts in on " what can I
help you find" and then tries to get you to sign up for something. I found
that with Best BUY. Tho I did get some interesting info that lead me to
another store seeking what I really wanted, they did have a supply of people
walking the floor "faking" help, trying to get you to sigh up for some
service..pop ads in person. NOT NOT NOT>
The ISP I was THINKING about is half the price of the on I am on but they
also use popups on the free side..by their ad they SAY not as many with the
payed service which I USED to have but left because of terrible service with
acess numbers. I am having a hard time convincing myself it IS better to go
back to cheaper to save money.
Mary Lou
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 12:57 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: popup killer program
> Don't forget to factor in the cost of those ads and spam in the rate you
> pay for your ISP account. They all use space on the line and space on the
> servers. So the next time you send a bill to your ISP, remember that, if
> not for all the spam and ad traffic, they could reduce a server or two or
> better serve the customers they have. Spam and ads rob everybody from the
> ISP to the end user. The maggots behind this are deferring *their* cost
of
> doing business to others and getting away with it. It is theft of
> services, pure and simple.
>
> It's insane. Imagine being in a department store and having a clerk fly
up
> in your face saying, "Buy this, buy that!" Now, that's rude, but you
> *were* in the store ostensibly to buy *something*. Now, imagine going
into
> a Sears to buy a lawnmower and then having a clerk from an adult bookstore
> come in and try to sell you s e x toys by flying up in your face,
following
> you around the store, sneaking flyers into your pocket and shouting over
> and over again to buy their crap you don't want anyway. You would be
> outraged. So where's the outrage when they do that online?
>
> Opt in, not opt out.
>
>
> On 6/16/2003 at 9:23 AM a whisper was heard, and the one known as kg6ocz
> was rumoured to have uttered....
>
> | True it is my business what I see..what web sites
> | I want to visit..but when
> | I am imterupted by ADS half a dozen times on a given web
site.
> | It's like a
> | magazine..when you end up getting 25 or 30 of those rip out
> | cards for some
> | ad for something that have to be ripped out before you can
> | decently read the
> | magazine...you either rip them out and read or you stop
buying
> | the magazine.
> | It's your choice. When web sites get nutz with ads you can
> | either block the
> | ads or if they chose not to let you view the site without
> | viewing the ad
> | FIRST, you can stop using the site. OR stop buying from the
> | site.. I guess
> | it's also kinda like feel free to thro ads at me, but also be
> | aware I will
> | feel free not to patronize your site..
>
> ********* And So It Was ***********
>
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