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WSJ article on the economics of spam
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:35:06 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: "Charles Arthur, The Independent" <carthur () independent co uk> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 17:09:48 +0000 To: dave () farber net Cc: cg () gulker com Subject: Re: <[IP]> WSJ article on the economics of spam Hi Dave+ Chris... At 6:37 pm -0500 on 13/11/2002, you wrote:
------ Forwarded Message From: Chris Gulker <cg () gulker com> http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1037138679220447148,00.html ...recounts how a Florida woman makes $200,000 a year off spam. Her response rate? One-thousandth of a percent.
Ah, not so fast there. As Slashdotters have already pointed out, she told the WSJ she *expects* to do $200,000. The only spam-run the journalist watched go out actually lost money. And being offline for some time by getting done by the ISP costs her too, in lost opportunity apart from anything else. One wonders very seriously quite how her tax return will look next year. I suspect that when April come it won't read $200,000. She's divorced and smart - that alone could explain the big house. (What did her husband do?) Be careful of believing the things that people tell you which they want you to believe. Charles (chosen personal spam weapon: Post Armor www.postarmor.com, Java, hence runs on anything) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Independent newspaper on the Web: http://www.independent.co.uk/ It's even better on paper ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________ ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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