Heath HM-15

[Edward B Richards]

Let's keep the personal stuff off of the reflector!   Ed

On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 20:00:06 -0700 John Dolan <jdolan at EROLS.COM> writes:
>I'm sorry Bill feels I was shooting my mouth off to the detriment of
>others, I wasn't.  But listen-up Bill, the announced HM-15 giveaway
>with
>no ground rules, but including free shipping and then silence and no
>explanation for more than two days, got me wondering.
>
>I half jokingly asked if it was a marketing test... then thinking he
>might be sick or fighting a flood, I added that I hoped that was not
>the
>case.  Bill responded immediately but privately that he had gotten
>12-24
>responses and was going to draw them out of a hat tonight.
>
>Then Bill publically accuses me of shooting my mouth off... I think a
>marketing test is exactly what was going on.  There is no reason to
>get
>hostile unless someone guessed what you were doing when you thought it
>was your secret.
>
>I think the dismal response of 12-24 (out of 699 list members) to a
>giveaway including free shipping speaks volumes.  I tried to get him
>to
>clarify what he meant by 12-24, but all he would say is most wanted
>the
>giveaway.
>
>I think we can safely lower our bids on Heath stuff since the demand
>is
>not there even for free stuff including free shipping.
>
>Bill Robbins wrote:
>
>> At 04:28 PM 10/22/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> No.  I had 12-24 responses.
>
>>>Glad to hear you were not washed away in a flood or something. Not
>sure
>>>what you mean '12-24 responses'.  Were some responses saying thanks
>>>but no thanks?
>
>> Nope....most want it.
>
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