OT: Spammers are retarded

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YOU GOT SOME KINDA THINKIN GOIN ON./

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"Cshenk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy stuff off
the constant spammers? I mean really. China made 'Tiffany' and 'Nikes'
etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads. Its a
definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy stuff off
the constant spammers? I mean really. China made 'Tiffany' and 'Nikes'
etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads. Its a
definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

I don't get advertising in general. Wouldn't the money be better spent
making better products? The few times I really notice advertising is
when a company uses a song I like, and then it makes me *not* want to
buy their products.

--

Sarah Gray

Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy stuff off
the constant spammers? I mean really. China made 'Tiffany' and 'Nikes'
etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads. Its a
definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

I don't get advertising in general. Wouldn't the money be better spent
making better products? The few times I really notice advertising is
when a company uses a song I like, and then it makes me *not* want to
buy their products.

--

Sarah Gray

Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy
stuff off the constant spammers? I mean really. China made
'Tiffany' and 'Nikes' etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No reputable company spams newsgroups with their ads.
Its a definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

They aren't retarted, they're stupid -- that is, of normal intelligence
but not using their brains.

Some of them are stupider than you think.

I once looked at alt.sex.stories.hetero. About half the posts were ads
for gay sex sites.

--
Dan Goodman
"You, each of you, have some special wild cards. Play with them.
Find out what makes you different and better. Because it is there,
if only you can find it." Vernor Vinge, _Rainbows End_
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Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy
stuff off the constant spammers? I mean really. China made
'Tiffany' and 'Nikes' etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No reputable company spams newsgroups with their ads.
Its a definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

They aren't retarted, they're stupid -- that is, of normal intelligence
but not using their brains.

Some of them are stupider than you think.

I once looked at alt.sex.stories.hetero. About half the posts were ads
for gay sex sites.

--
Dan Goodman
"You, each of you, have some special wild cards. Play with them.
Find out what makes you different and better. Because it is there,
if only you can find it." Vernor Vinge, _Rainbows End_
Journal http://dsgood.livejournal.com
Futures http://dangoodman.livejournal.com
mirror: http://dsgood.insanejournal.com
Links http://del.icio.us/dsgood

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy stuff off
the constant spammers? I mean really. China made 'Tiffany' and 'Nikes'
etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads. Its a
definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy stuff off
the constant spammers? I mean really. China made 'Tiffany' and 'Nikes'
etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads. Its a
definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

If no one ever did then the spammers wouldn't bother. There is always
someone who believes it is a "deal" or they are the only one who saw it.

Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy stuff off
the constant spammers? I mean really. China made 'Tiffany' and 'Nikes'
etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads. Its a
definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

If no one ever did then the spammers wouldn't bother. There is always
someone who believes it is a "deal" or they are the only one who saw it.

Sarah Gray said:

Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy stuff
off the constant spammers? I mean really. China made 'Tiffany' and
'Nikes' etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads.
Its a definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

I don't get advertising in general. Wouldn't the money be better spent
making better products? The few times I really notice advertising is
when a company uses a song I like, and then it makes me *not* want to
buy their products.

Advertising is quite important for most businesses. Few people think
about how they are programmed to make choices and buy stuff by
advertising. Also a business might have a really good product or
service but in many cases will become invisible and loose sales to the
lame competitor if they don't advertise. Thats one reason big box stores
are able to keep the customers coming. They have a big warchest which
allows them to tell everyone they are good.

Sarah Gray said:

Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy stuff
off the constant spammers? I mean really. China made 'Tiffany' and
'Nikes' etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads.
Its a definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

I don't get advertising in general. Wouldn't the money be better spent
making better products? The few times I really notice advertising is
when a company uses a song I like, and then it makes me *not* want to
buy their products.

Advertising is quite important for most businesses. Few people think
about how they are programmed to make choices and buy stuff by
advertising. Also a business might have a really good product or
service but in many cases will become invisible and loose sales to the
lame competitor if they don't advertise. Thats one reason big box stores
are able to keep the customers coming. They have a big warchest which
allows them to tell everyone they are good.

George said:

Sarah Gray said:

Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy
stuff off the constant spammers? I mean really. China made
'Tiffany' and 'Nikes' etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads.
Its a definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

I don't get advertising in general. Wouldn't the money be better spent
making better products? The few times I really notice advertising is
when a company uses a song I like, and then it makes me *not* want to
buy their products.

Advertising is quite important for most businesses. Few people think
about how they are programmed to make choices and buy stuff by
advertising. Also a business might have a really good product or
service but in many cases will become invisible and loose sales to the
lame competitor if they don't advertise. Thats one reason big box stores
are able to keep the customers coming. They have a big warchest which
allows them to tell everyone they are good.

Well, obviously, *some* advertising is necessary, but it is hard for me
to understand why people would buy, say, horrible beer-flavored water
just because some stupid CGI frogs told them to.

--

Sarah Gray

George said:

Sarah Gray said:

Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy
stuff off the constant spammers? I mean really. China made
'Tiffany' and 'Nikes' etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads.
Its a definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

I don't get advertising in general. Wouldn't the money be better spent
making better products? The few times I really notice advertising is
when a company uses a song I like, and then it makes me *not* want to
buy their products.

Advertising is quite important for most businesses. Few people think
about how they are programmed to make choices and buy stuff by
advertising. Also a business might have a really good product or
service but in many cases will become invisible and loose sales to the
lame competitor if they don't advertise. Thats one reason big box stores
are able to keep the customers coming. They have a big warchest which
allows them to tell everyone they are good.

Well, obviously, *some* advertising is necessary, but it is hard for me
to understand why people would buy, say, horrible beer-flavored water
just because some stupid CGI frogs told them to.

--

Sarah Gray

Sarah Gray said:

Well, obviously, *some* advertising is necessary, but it is hard for me
to understand why people would buy, say, horrible beer-flavored water
just because some stupid CGI frogs told them to.

You don't understand it likely because you (like me) probably snicker
when you see/hear mind altering advertising telling people to do
something and you can't imagine anyone thinking that lame beer flavored
water is great or a big box restaurant is "your neighborhood place". But
it does work as evidenced by the lame products/businesses that are quite
popular because people were told to buy or patronize them.

Sarah Gray said:

Well, obviously, *some* advertising is necessary, but it is hard for me
to understand why people would buy, say, horrible beer-flavored water
just because some stupid CGI frogs told them to.

You don't understand it likely because you (like me) probably snicker
when you see/hear mind altering advertising telling people to do
something and you can't imagine anyone thinking that lame beer flavored
water is great or a big box restaurant is "your neighborhood place". But
it does work as evidenced by the lame products/businesses that are quite
popular because people were told to buy or patronize them.

George said:

Quoted message said:

Well, obviously, *some* advertising is necessary, but it is hard for me
to understand why people would buy, say, horrible beer-flavored water
just because some stupid CGI frogs told them to.

You don't understand it likely because you (like me) probably snicker
when you see/hear mind altering advertising telling people to do
something and you can't imagine anyone thinking that lame beer flavored
water is great or a big box restaurant is "your neighborhood place". But
it does work as evidenced by the lame products/businesses that are quite
popular because people were told to buy or patronize them.

It is sad but true that advertising is a major factor in product sales.
There are lots of great products out there that are as good as or better
than some of the well advertised brands. They are usually also cheaper
because they don't have the high cost of advertising, but people are
reluctant to buy them because they don't recognize the name, or they
consider them inferior because they have heard more about the advertised
brands.

Good promotional campaigns can make a huge difference in sales to some
items. Coke and Pepsi have been major rivals for years, and a difference in
national sales of just a few percentage points can mean hundreds of
millions of dollars. Taste has little to do with their preference. Just
look what happened with New Coke. Coca Cola conducted blind taste tests
and found that people preferred Pepsi, so they altered their recipe to make
Coke more like the competition. Consumers revolted and demanded the return
of the old Coke. The introduction of New Coke was a major flop... for New
Coke, but they capitalized on the consumer backlash and brought back the
old recipe as COke Classic and sales soured.

Beer advertising is a curious beast. Most beer drinkers have abysmal taste
in suds, but they are suckers for brand affiliation. Their ads like to mix
sports and T&A to associate their swill with good times and people buy the
stuff. They will even pay good money for hats, T shirts and jackets with
the company's advertising. FWIW, back in the 80s, Labatts was doing a lot
of advertising for Blue. A friend of mine had a bar and noted that he sold
more Labatt's Blue than all other brands combines. And Blue isn't even good
beer.

George said:

Quoted message said:

Well, obviously, *some* advertising is necessary, but it is hard for me
to understand why people would buy, say, horrible beer-flavored water
just because some stupid CGI frogs told them to.

You don't understand it likely because you (like me) probably snicker
when you see/hear mind altering advertising telling people to do
something and you can't imagine anyone thinking that lame beer flavored
water is great or a big box restaurant is "your neighborhood place". But
it does work as evidenced by the lame products/businesses that are quite
popular because people were told to buy or patronize them.

It is sad but true that advertising is a major factor in product sales.
There are lots of great products out there that are as good as or better
than some of the well advertised brands. They are usually also cheaper
because they don't have the high cost of advertising, but people are
reluctant to buy them because they don't recognize the name, or they
consider them inferior because they have heard more about the advertised
brands.

Good promotional campaigns can make a huge difference in sales to some
items. Coke and Pepsi have been major rivals for years, and a difference in
national sales of just a few percentage points can mean hundreds of
millions of dollars. Taste has little to do with their preference. Just
look what happened with New Coke. Coca Cola conducted blind taste tests
and found that people preferred Pepsi, so they altered their recipe to make
Coke more like the competition. Consumers revolted and demanded the return
of the old Coke. The introduction of New Coke was a major flop... for New
Coke, but they capitalized on the consumer backlash and brought back the
old recipe as COke Classic and sales soured.

Beer advertising is a curious beast. Most beer drinkers have abysmal taste
in suds, but they are suckers for brand affiliation. Their ads like to mix
sports and T&A to associate their swill with good times and people buy the
stuff. They will even pay good money for hats, T shirts and jackets with
the company's advertising. FWIW, back in the 80s, Labatts was doing a lot
of advertising for Blue. A friend of mine had a bar and noted that he sold
more Labatt's Blue than all other brands combines. And Blue isn't even good
beer.

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:53:15 -0500, George <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy stuff off
the constant spammers? I mean really. China made 'Tiffany' and 'Nikes'
etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads. Its a
definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

If no one ever did then the spammers wouldn't bother. There is always
someone who believes it is a "deal" or they are the only one who saw it.

exactly. the spammers are not stupid at all. it does not matter if
they get a minuscule number of responses, because their advertising
costs are even more minuscule, for them. the costs are incurred by
people trying to filter out this garbage.

it's not like junk mail (though that is profitable also), because the
cost for ten thousand messages is just about the same as for ten
million.

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:53:15 -0500, George <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy stuff off
the constant spammers? I mean really. China made 'Tiffany' and 'Nikes'
etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads. Its a
definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

If no one ever did then the spammers wouldn't bother. There is always
someone who believes it is a "deal" or they are the only one who saw it.

exactly. the spammers are not stupid at all. it does not matter if
they get a minuscule number of responses, because their advertising
costs are even more minuscule, for them. the costs are incurred by
people trying to filter out this garbage.

it's not like junk mail (though that is profitable also), because the
cost for ten thousand messages is just about the same as for ten
million.

your pal,
blake

Cshenk said:

Does anyone actually happen to be dumb enough to reply to ar buy stuff off
the constant spammers? I mean really. China made 'Tiffany' and 'Nikes'
etc?

Even if i did want those products, I would deliberately avoid those
companies. No *reputable* company spams newsgroups with their ads. Its a
definate sign that they are not to be trusted.

I agree that spammers suck and I know NO ONE who would buy from them,
but I hate to say they are retarded. Those who are retarded cannot
help that they are that way and sometimes can lead good productive
lives. Spammers on the other hand are nothing less than [censored]...

Rosie