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From: lirpa1@ix.netcom.com(Lirpa1)
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Subject: Re: Is Microsoft's Internet plan more about its love of power than about users?
Date: 10 May 1996 21:48:16 GMT
Organization: Netcom
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Talking about suckers.  There was a consumer survey a few months ago. 
The survey says that about 15-20 percent of Americans have either
bought something they don't need through telemarketing or been fooled
into giving out their credit card number over the phone because they
were told that they won something.  Hence 15-20% of Americans may be
suckers.  What does that tell us about the marketing abilities of those
companies that can't get more than a 15% market share?  Perhaps the
best way to increase market share is to call up little old ladies and
convince them that they need a computer!  :)

In <4mtqg2$kr0@kf8nh.apk.net> bsa@kf8nh.apk.net (Brandon S. Allbery
KF8NH) writes: 
>
>Also sprach lirpa1@ix.netcom.com(Loof Lirpa)
(<4mrg49$pok@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>):
>+-----
>| lot of dumb consumers and IS managers in this country.  Did anybody
>| ever said that one would never lose money by underestimating the
>| intelligence of one's customers?  :)
>+--->8
>
>Billy Boy is the P.T. Barnum of the (19)90s.  This is news?
>-- 
>++brandon s. allbery	from home in parma,
oh		bsa@kf8nh.apk.net
>(work address)						bsa@telotech.com