"Please send us a quote..."?

[John Hardin]

Can anybody explain to me the reason behind the blind "please send us a 
quote for your product XXXXX" emails? I mean, I know they are somehow a 
scam, but I can't figure it out how it's supposed to work when the 
target isn't a business...

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  Think Microsoft cares about your needs at all?
  "A company wanted to hold off on upgrading Microsoft Office for a
  year in order to do other projects. So Microsoft gave a 'free' copy
  of the new Office to the CEO -- a copy that of course generated
  errors for anyone else in the firm reading his documents. The CEO
  got tired of getting the 'please re-send in XX format' so he
  ordered other projects put on hold and the Office upgrade to be top
  priority."                                    -- Cringely, 4/8/2004
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