subject: Dear Webmaster: Visit Our Directory body: Dear Webmaster: Visit Our Directory This is not a mailing list. This is an announcement to introduce a our New Age/Metaphysical Search Engine/Directory Alternative Market Place. http://alternativemarketplace.com We are the only professional targeted Directory that binds the mutual interests of Alternative Healers, Metaphysical Suppliers, and New Age Products and Services. From astrology and holistic health to lifestyle issues and shopping, Alternative Market Place is your internet resource for alternative living In our Directory you will find an array of sites & articles on Alternative Healers, Health Products, and New Age Services Alternative Market Place is a site offering tools for personal growth and nourishing the mind, body, and spirit. We are offering FREE links in our Directory And I'm hoping you'd like to be one of the resources that Alternative Market Place offers it's visitors. We have many free resources, Web-ring, Banner Exchange, Forums, and of course our new Online Library. We are also looking for authors. Networking with each other will be beneficial for both. If you'd like to discuss this further, please feel free to contact me at: market1@ameritech.net Thanks! Sincerely Gordon Ireland VP of Marketing Alternative Market Place Inc PO Box 181088 Utica, MI 48318 Phone:586-997-9619 Fax:586-323-3679 Toll Free: 1-866-813-2200 market1@ameritech.net
To which we responded
dear gordon, ALL SPAMMERS MUST DIE!!! i don't care if your directory is free, i have already paid the cost of you sending me your spam, and if we haven't already made it clear enough, spam is bad. WE DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, DO BUSINESS WITH COMPANIES THAT ADVERTISE THROUGH THE USE OF SPAM. yes, the message you sent us was sent using our online feedback form, and yes, being listed in your directory is "free", but guess what gordon? we *PAID* for that feedback form - we paid for the services used to transmit the information you put in the form to us, we paid for the disk space used to store your message and the time that we spent reading and responding to your message normally gets billed at $500 US per hour. now, are you willing to *PAY US* for the services we have already rendered to you, or are we going to have to have our attorney contact you? please take note - your initial abuse of our feedback form is a violation of RCW 19.190 and possibly other laws. this violation has been reported to the Federal Trade Commission and to the Washington Attorney General's office. any further correspondence from you is subject to the conditions of our spam-evaluation contract as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFER TO ACCEPT UNSOLICITED PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS Rev. Dr. Guido S. DeLuxe, DD., LDD., OGG., OHS., ST., MI., MSU., (hereinafter, "Offeror"), hereby promises to accept unsolicited promotional materials (hereinafter "Promo") sent by originator/sender (hereinafter, "Offeree") of said Promo, according to the following terms and conditions: Offeree promises to pay Offeror US $1,000.00 (one thousand United States dollars) for each Promo accepted, within 30 days of Offeree's electronic dispatch of each Promo; and, Offeror will electronically retrieve Offeree's Promo via "electronic mail", sent to address "TinaChopp at ebeneezer dot net", within thirty (30) days of electronic receipt at Offeror's electronic post office on "ebeneezer.net"; and, Offeror will electronically store Offeree's Promo, for no less than three (3) days, on data storage equipment owned, leased, or controlled by Offeror; and, Offeror may electronically erase/remove Offeree's Promo, following the three (3) day storage period; and, Mere dispatch of unsolicited advertisement by Offeree to Offeror after notification shall be considered acceptance, and shall compel performance by Offeror and payment by Offeree; and, Offer may be accepted in writing, via electronic e-mail, or by actual performance; and, Offer is unlimited as to quantity and duration; and, Offer is made in good faith, in accordance with the common law; and, Offer void where prohibited by law. Rev. Dr. Guido S. DeLuxe, DD., LDD., OGG., OHS., ST., MI., MSU. TinaChopp at ebeneezer dot net Offeror The Church of Tina Chopp P.O. Box 268 Seattle, WA 98111-0268
