DigiTil@aol.com said:
<i>&gt; Beacuse:</i>
<i>&gt; - most users of online services are young,hip, and have money to spend; and</i>
<i>&gt; that will remain so for a couple of years.</i>
I'm not convinced of any of this, especially, if you try to assume at least
any two of these four together...
<i>&gt; - so we are hoping that we are able to figure out a way to sell the folks</i>
<i>&gt; stuff they wouldn't buy otherwise (maybe). At least the fact that the I'net</i>
As opposed to figuring out what said stuff is? I'm really confused.
Are you basically saying you think the net represents a large field of
goobers whose money is waited to be parted from them for unnecessary
goods, services and cheap plastic merchandise?
<i>&gt; is so hip makes it a *must* for everybody who is keen on every dernier cri.</i>
I think you've been smoking too much of last week's herring. This
reads like it was stolen from the .sig of somebody who writes for the New
Yorker, but I don't have a clue what you really mean.
<i>&gt; And which "marketeer" (oh, I love this word) isn't?</i>
Those of us happy to sell people stuff they know they want through
methods they're already willing to use?
Synchronoinclastafundabilityishly yrs,
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