Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam

[Platapus]

" but a recent survey conducted by Sophos revealed that 11 per cent of people admit to having bought goods in response to spam messages."

And this ladies and gentlemen is the problem. Considering that sending E-mail spam, when compared to other advertising venues is practically cost-less, having an 11 percent response rate makes spam a most viable venue indeed.

The solution is in the hands of the people, not the government. Clearly 11 percent seemed accept spam as an acceptable form of advertisement. All it would take to remove spam would be a commitment by the people not to buy anything from spam adverts.

Myself, I am so anti-spam that if I ever got a piece of spam advertising the exact product I was looking for at the best price I still would not buy from the advertiser. I will gladly pay more money for the same product if it did not rely on spam adverts.

I would love to find the corporate address of the advertisers and send them a letter "I was considering buying from your company as you were selling exactly what I was looking for. Unfortunately, since you choose to use spam, I brought from your competitor."

On one of my E-mail accounts I get about 70 E-mails a day (only a few people have my address). Of those 70, perhaps 2 are legit.

I wish I could tell these advertisers that I am not looking for a second mortgage in order to finance my penis enhancement so I can watch porn of underage girls and farm animals.