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Unfortunately, the net usually is profitable.
But I do my share. Even with mass media advertisements, when the
advertisement insults me, I really need compelling reason to buy the
product, as I make an effort to avoid it.
Once I e-mailed a company with such an insulting ad, asking them to
change - because I liked the product too much to switch. They did
respond, and I did notice that that ad campaign didn't last long,
fortunately.
With advertising, sometimes the result is just that people feel
comfortable with a brand name and they don't quite know why.
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I like the idea of REVENGE. When I get snail-mail prepaid return
envelops, I make it a
point to send them back, stuffed with newspaper clippings.
Wish I could do something like that with E-Mail SPAM. :-(
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