From: "Thom R. Lacosta" 
Subject: [drakelist] The high costs/profits of free services


"Thom R. Lacosta"  made an utterence to
the drakelist gang
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Every now an again, I get an email from the owner of a popular
"free" service 
reminding me of the periodic "drawing" for a prize.  I usually ignore the
bait, since I figure something you advertise as free is just that, free...and 
using the free service as a reason to troll for funds is mis-leading.

But, to the point...I just noticed on the last "beg" message that
if you don't 
want the goods offered to the winner, you can elect to get 2500 bucks in cash!

So, I suppose to be in keeping with current amateur practice, I need to develop
some scam that uses this list and/or with website as a reason to pander for 
funds.

Then, I can offer even more free services, so that I might attract the attention 
of someone who wants to contribute prizes.

But, until I figure out how to do that, I'll just offer some no charge services,
and be gratified that folks thank me for it.

Perhaps someday I'll figure out how to become more professional in begging for 
contributions for free services.

73,Thom-k3hrn
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