On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 09:04 -0400, Lew Bloch wrote: > ["Robert P. J. Day" explained how he was unable to buy the Dell > "special" that spammed this list recently.] > > I'm sure the OP of the spam can take a lesson from this. Here is one > person who lost time and gained frustration because Dell just didn't > live up to the hype. Those who forwarded Dell's marketing hype, > especially if they were not rewarded for their effort, can now realize > that they were also ripped off. They became part of Dell's viral > marketing for their diseased business, didn't help anyone, actually > increased someone's frustration (perhaps many someones') and most likely > didn't get compensated. Where's the win? > > Good work, bucko. OMG, get over yourself. Take it in the spirit it was offered and quit being a jerk. I thought that a big discount might be of interest (it certainly was to me), I had nothing to gain from it and was trying to save some fellow Linuxers a few bucks. The intent of the original post was to be helpful. You self-appointed "list police" crack me up. Man, it must be a really sad life to lead if you have to make yourself feel better by flaming someone for trying to do something nice. Cheers, Thomas
