On Aug 7, 2005, at 3:05 PM, Peter Saint James wrote:
I'm at a loss to see how it pays. I can't imagine enough people dim enough to buy something from a spammer. Who could possibly believe they could get anything worth having from someone who obviously is out to exploit and annoy them? I have been known to underestimate human stupidity, but it seems that there can't be enough people out there that dumb who still have any money left to take away from them.
Sad to believe, but it works
It would also seem that if spamming really does pay, this undermines one of the foundations of classical economics, which is supposed to be based on the idea that buyers are rational people pursuing goals favorable to themselves.
don't forget PT Barnum's "There's a sucker born every minute" and the huge number of people who think they can get something for nothing.
Hell, even the Ni ger ian scammers are still duping the fools and their money.
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