--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > And whose radar were you trying to fly under? > > > > > > > The radar that would have activated if we bought them all from the > > same bookstore because this would have been counted as > > an "institutional sale." > > > > > Denial is a wonderful thing. > > > > Buying books for people who had said they were already going to buy a > > book is NOT instutitional selling, but it would have triggered the > > flag had we done it the way the Scientologists did. Of course, the > > OTHER difference between what we did and what the Scientologists did > > is that we didn't keep the books in a warehouse someplace. No-one > > made a profit or had a loss by doing what we did, unlike the > > Scientology strategy, where they ate the cost of thousands or even > > hundreds of thousands of books in order to make L Ron Hubbarda best > > seller for every publication. > > Sorry, because you were less deceptive than Scientologists -- faint > praise -- doesn't make you non-deceptive. > > > We concentrated the buying TIME of people who were already going to > > make a purchase by going to the store for them. > > Yup, just like accelerating earnings contrary to Generally Accepted > Accounting Practices (GAAP). Enron just "bought time" to fool > investors. You bought time to fool buyers and bestseller list compilers. > > > >Scientology bought > > the books and then resold them to the bookstores. > > > > BIG difference. Sorry that you're so paranoid that you can't see it. > > Paranoid? Of what prey tell? >
Of how evil the TMO is. What we did was neither against the law, nor unethical. We simply deliberately concentrated sales by Chopra fans into the first week or two of sales, rather than letting them buy over a periodof months. Since everyone was already going to buy a book (I certainly didn't spend $20/copy without making sure that I had someone waiting to pay me back), it didn't change anything save raise flags in the publishers evaluation. Since Chopra is STILL a best-selling author 10 years or so later, its not like we deceived anyone. We simply primed the pump. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
