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Re: CASH EASY & FUN!!! (or how to get 156.200 unwanted subscriptions)

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From: Ernie L. Pyles
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 00:00
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Draugnar wrote:
> 
> I used to hate seeing these things all over the net, but now I find
> them to be fun.  I read on another newsgroup that a good deterrent is
> to send magazine subscriptions from your mags around the house with
> the ever important "bill me later" checked.  If just one person on
> each newsgroup that receives this message will send just one magazine
> subscription to each of the five people on the list, then assuming
> they send it to 200 newsgroups, that would be a total of 156,200
> subscriptions just for sending this out to 200 newsgroups and getting
> your whopping $3905 (I've calculated it before).
> 
> Figure that the cancellation of these bills will cost $.35 each that
> is $54,670.  Golly gee wilakers!  That's $4,000 more than the common
> advertised $50,000 (which doesn't calculate based on their
> statistics).
> 
> Anyhow, I've got my five for this posting.  Anyone else want to join
> me and give each of them another subscription to cancel?  BTW, mine is
> the coverage for alt.games.wargames.  Someone still has to do the
> other 199 newsgroups this was posted to.  I think I'll sendthem a
> subscription to one of my miniatures magazines. <EvilGrin>
> 
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> Robert "Draugnar" Bolin
> 
> Internet Mail: drau...@iglou.com
You Better watch which States you do that in because that is like
sending pizza you order to somebody else and in the stat of West
Virginia I believe that is grounds for a lawsuit against you ( FOR 
$54000 + Court costs + Lawyer Fees) and or false inpersination on the
criminal level. It may sound funny but people in that state sue and
press charges over anything.
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From: "Ernie L. Pyles" <epy...@citynet.net>
Subject: Re: CASH EASY & FUN!!! (or how to get 156.200 unwanted subscriptions)
Date: 1996/09/22
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