WEB Grocery Shopping

<i>>On October 12,</i>
<Richard William Weyhrauch <rww@shell.portal.com> wrote:
<i>>[outrageous plug mostly snipped]</i>
<i>>>We sell USDA prime beef, Cervena Venison, Foie Gras, Fresh Mushrooms and</i>
<i>>>lots more. In fact we are the only supplier of prime beef on the WEB.</i>
<i>>></i>
<i>>>Now that the outrageous plug is over let me say [trite truism snipped].</i>

<i>>Am I the only one who thought this was really rude?</i>
<i>>Nevermind that my normally *!##-free resource was plagued by an annoying,</i>
<i>>hard-sell plug, but it was a *lying* plug, no less! Not to do this guy's</i>
<i>>elementary research for him, but a 5-minute search yielded these other</i>
<i>>web-based prime beef purveyers. I am sure there are others.</i>

About you response: if you think it was rude I can accept that and I
apologize, but as to the research let me respond. Neither of the two
shops below sell USDA Prime Beef -- they sell USDA Choice -- a big
difference.

&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;a href="<a href="http://www.cnweb.com/dreisbach/index.html">http://www.cnweb.com/dreisbach/index.html</a>"&gt;http://www.cnweb.com/dreisbach/index.html&lt;/a&gt; (Dreisbach's Steaks)&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;a href="<a href="http://cyspacemalls.com/omaha/index.html(omaha">http://cyspacemalls.com/omaha/index.html(omaha</a>"&gt;http://cyspacemalls.com/omaha/index.html(omaha&lt;/a&gt; steaks)&lt;/i&gt;

A small amount of checking would have shown that Prime Access is OUR
supplier and the page he references in The Golden Egg and orders go to US.

&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;a href="<a href="http://www.ippi.com/prime-access.html">http://www.ippi.com/prime-access.html</a>"&gt;http://www.ippi.com/prime-access.html&lt;/a&gt; (Prime Access)&lt;/i&gt;

As for Deluxe, they are in Singapore and it is not clear from their
presentation of they sell USDA Prime beef or not and its unlikely they
send it fresh (ie never frozen) to the US. We have tried to find
this out and have failed.

&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;a href="<a href="http://www.hk.linkage.net/~deluxe/lists/usbeef.html">http://www.hk.linkage.net/~deluxe/lists/usbeef.html</a>"&gt;http://www.hk.linkage.net/~deluxe/lists/usbeef.html&lt;/a&gt; (us beef)&lt;/i&gt;

Many companies claim they sell prime beef, but to label something USDA
prime when it is not is illegal in the US. A careful reading of the pages
in the stores mentioned will show that they indeed DO NOT MAKE THIS CLAIM!

&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt;This is the reason cringe when I tell them I'm in marketing. Thanks, buddy.&lt;/i&gt;

And I'm glad you don't work for me.

&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt;And note I didn't re-publicise your URL.&lt;/i&gt;

In fact you did, by referencing Prime Access.

I would have sent this message privately, but I think it needed a reply. In
addition I believe it is the purpose of this list to see examples of working
profitable WEB stores. I will not continue this thread.

Richard Weyhrauch
Internet Productions (The Golden Egg)
rww@ippi.com

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