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Originally Posted by Myrtle
Ban  Really
BonsaiNM is just trying to help people grow fruity bonsai. I'll show my support by purchasing a new hard drive just for those free ebooks. What will you do? |
What will
I do? I'll sign up!
Once I've given Mr Niall Mehaffey my email address, I will be linked to
this page, where I shall see that the information that Mr Mehaffy offers is not entirely free, but drastically reduced in price!!! Then I'll find out that it's absolutely crazy but [he] want[s] to reward [me] for being a loyal reader of [his] and let [me] grab this material for much less than the public will get it for. Will I be able to believe my eyes when I read this?!!
Next, I'll nervously check my Email, wondering whether it was wise to give away my Email address so readily. My fears will be laid to rest when I find that Mr Mehaffey has promptly sent me a friendly Confirmation Request, so that he can send me the FREE Bonsai information he mentioned in his thread here. I will be pleasantly startled by Mr Mehaffey's work ethic when I return to my Inbox to find that he has Emailed again, this time with a link to the
FREE Bonsai information!!!
Then I'll peruse the Publication Information on the FREE Bonsai Info PDF, and find a lot of names listed that aren't Mr Mehaffey's (and in fact that none of the names listed are his), and that the information the PDF file contains was originally published in 1973. I will then Google some of the names listed in the Publication Information, and find that this FREE Bonsai Information is available quite readily all over the Internet without the need to give up an Email address. (I will also be amazed that some genius worked out that he can SELL this FREE Bonsai Info on
eBay!!!)
What will I do next? Hmmm... I think I might try to contact the author(s) and complier(s) of the PDF ('Growing Bonsai.pdf') and ask them if they're aware that Mr Mehaffey and the eBay genius are using their freely distributed article in an attempt to make money.
Finally, I might just burn the Email account that I used to sign up for the FREE Bonsai Information - not that I'm saying any of this has to do with SPAM. You can just never be too careful, you know...
Oh yeah - I might just banninate BonsaiNM for laughs.
Thanks.
Fly.