Subject: I hate spam, but I love this one ...

From: [email-masked] (Hackwood)
Date: 12 Feb 1997 14:18:50 GMT

Received an ad for tweezers via spam. Exquisitely polite. Targeted
directly for woodworkers. Very soft-sell. Don't answer and he won't bother
you again. People like that could give spammer's a good name. Wrote him a
note. This was his response (disclaimer in advance: I don't know him. I
don't have his tweezers yet. Blah, blah, blah):

Weasel (tm)

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Subj:	Thank you!
Date:	97-02-11 09:53:20 EST
From:	[email-masked] (Paul Winchell)
To:	[email-masked]

Dear Weasel,

Thank you for your kind message in message in response to my ad message.
Occasionally someone does take offense, and it always hurts me when they
do.  I try very hard to send messages only to people who would possibly
have a need for tweezers, and I also try never to send a second message to
anyone.

Like yourself, I am usually short of cash, too.  My partners and I seldom
have any work at all in the winter, and that is why I make these efforts
to
sell four or five tweezers in a week.  It's not a lot of money, but we
have
to do something when the snow is 30" deep.  :)

Anyway, I appreciate your saving my message.  If you want to send me your
mailing address, I will send you a pair of Sliver Grippers to help you do
battle with those "damned splinters," and you can send me a check whenever
you are able to.  

***
*** PERSONAL COMMENT. ANYBODY WHO WOULD DO THAT
*** HAS GOT TO BE HONEST. Just a Weasel's opinion.
***

I doubt you could know how much I appreciated your friendly reply.  Thank
you again.

Sincerely,

Paul Winchell
Buckingham, Quebec

PS.  "Weasel" is a great name.  Do you make a product and use that name?

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From: [email-masked] (Mike Thompson)
Date: 12 Feb 1997 20:22:06 GMT

>directly for woodworkers. Very soft-sell. Don't answer and he won't bother

I sent this fellow a note in reply also but didn't get this kind of reply
(none, actually - and my note was a nice thanks-but-no-thanks).

I'm thinking of living in that kind of country, snowed in, trying to make
a few bucks (how does he get to the post office?) on the side.

*sigh* I'm feeling like a soft touch today - think I'll send him mail asking
for an address.  God knows I get enough splinters (and always leave a
blood stain on every project - sort of a trademark of mine :) )

Wouldn't he get bug-eyed if he got dozens of other orders?  Am I a dupe
or what?  Don't ask how many girl scout cookies I buy a year.

- Mike

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