New Spam Technique!

[Jon]

To all spammers...There is a new technique of advertising that is not spam...Oh no definately not spam!

Session Start (AIM - internetfow :Dennis Whoa): Wed Dec 12 13:06:14 2001
Dennis Whoa: hey man
internetfow: hi
Dennis Whoa: whats going on ?
internetfow: nofin
Dennis Whoa: My name is Dennis and i work for Like Whoa, Inc.
Dennis Whoa: i was wondering are you using any hosting services ?
internetfow: nope
Dennis Whoa: where are you hosting your sites ?
internetfow: at a datacenter
Dennis Whoa: hehe
Dennis Whoa: i understand that
Dennis Whoa: i mean what company ?
internetfow: depends...which datacenter...Level 3 or Congentco
Dennis Whoa: i could offer you goot prices
Dennis Whoa: i bet i can beat what you paying right now
internetfow: I bet ya tried before ;)
Dennis Whoa: tried what ? :)
internetfow: and its just as entertaining the second time :-D
Dennis Whoa: someone contacted you already ?
internetfow: lol...where did you get my contact?
Dennis Whoa: awwi
Dennis Whoa: awi
internetfow: Wouldn't this be what they call spam? :)
Dennis Whoa: nah
internetfow: Ohhhh...Why not?
Dennis Whoa: how is this spam ?
Dennis Whoa: its just a friendly msg
internetfow: Mind if I send a friendly msg to all your customers? :-D
Dennis Whoa: sir i am not here to spam
Dennis Whoa: i am here to offer you a good service
Dennis Whoa: if you not intersted thats fine
internetfow: neither am I...I want to offer your clients a good service
Dennis Whoa: interested
internetfow: yes I am interested in sending your customers a friendly msg..
Dennis Whoa: sure go for it
Dennis Whoa: ;)
internetfow: Ok thanks...See ya
Dennis Whoa: so i assume you not interested in what i have to offer you ?
internetfow: Top of your class in high school eh?
Dennis Whoa: uh huh ?
internetfow: Your right :) Congrats....Make ma proud?
Dennis Whoa: actually
Dennis Whoa: you know sir
Dennis Whoa: i have no idea what you talking about
internetfow: Good for ya :)
Dennis Whoa: alright sir nevermind
Dennis Whoa: enjoy your day
internetfow: Buh bye :)
Dennis Whoa: take care then.


Try it out sometime and see it works!

Jon

[Backov]

Funny stuff. ;> It's like telemarketing, but different. ;>

Cheers,
Backov

[Katanaman]

internetfow: Top of your class in high school eh?
Dennis Whoa: uh huh ?
internetfow: Your right Congrats....Make ma proud?
Dennis Whoa: actually
Dennis Whoa: you know sir
Dennis Whoa: i have no idea what you talking about

ROFL! :D

[dplaymax]

it's ninja telemarketing :cool:

[Shannon]

They contacted me too acting like they wanted a dialer and soon as I said no to their hosting they would'nt answer me back anymore...

Nice method they got... hehe

[RaiDeN]

hahahahaha yeah go for it dude.. this is cool stuff. :-))

[Jon]

If you are a customer of them...Please contact me I have a special offer for you!

(hey he said I could!)

Jon

[battuss]

Isnt that the same guy who digged up all the old posts about hosting?

[manga]

I'm not trying to defend this guy in particular, but I don't see what's wrong with him contacting you. In the real world salesmen do cold calls all the time. It's a legitimate way of generating business. Now if he sent out a blind spam message to thousands of people ok, that's spam. But you're a webmaster and a legitimate prospect, and he is selling services to webmasters. This is not spam, just a cold call. What if he really did have a better offer for you and saved you some money? Also, how is what he's doing any different from the webmaster who works his way down the UCJ site list contacting webmasters for traffic trades? Is that spam too?

[toker]

Only differ is i can have my telephone number on a block list and charge the telemarketers $500 for each call. I tried opt-out in some ICQ block list and i still get shit and theres no way to stop it so its fux0red up.

[Jon]

Originally posted by manga:
<STRONG>I'm not trying to defend this guy in particular, but I don't see what's wrong with him contacting you. In the real world salesmen do cold calls all the time. It's a legitimate way of generating business. Now if he sent out a blind spam message to thousands of people ok, that's spam. But you're a webmaster and a legitimate prospect, and he is selling services to webmasters. This is not spam, just a cold call. What if he really did have a better offer for you and saved you some money? Also, how is what he's doing any different from the webmaster who works his way down the UCJ site list contacting webmasters for traffic trades? Is that spam too?</STRONG>

I am not just a webmaster...I host websites as well for a living...

I do not know how many people this guy has contacted...how do I know he isn't pulling randon webmasters off awi that are my customers and spamming them as well. Traffic trades is way different then the hosting biz dude...It can't even compare

Jon

[Arthur]

Well I'm still curious just what a goot price is....

[datahosters]

Originally posted by Arthur:
<STRONG>Well I'm still curious just what a goot price is....</STRONG>

ROTFL. Me too. :)

[ComaToast]

Originally posted by Arthur:
<STRONG>Well I'm still curious just what a goot price is....</STRONG>
Well geez Arthur, it's an obvious spelling error...he meant goat price. :D

[manga]

I am not just a webmaster...I host websites as well for a living...

That explains why you considered it spam. I can see how that would piss you off.