MG> The last time some jerky operation sent me junk faxes (in this case 
 MG> for junk jewelry...makes a good match with junk 
 MG> faxes when I think about it), I had to call them 
 MG> long distance...on my dime, and extend to them a 
 MG> politeness they hadn't to me--inform them that 
 MG> their faxes were unwanted.
That's ridiculous.  If they're sending faxes by long distance, they're 
wasting their own money, and if you have to reply by long distance they're 
wasting your money, too.  At the very least if they're going to sell outside 
of their area they need an 800 reply line, both voice and fax.  Aside from 
the rudeness of expecting a customer to reply by long distance, it's sheer 
idiocy in terms of marketting.  Not only do htey annoy you by fax marketting, 
but they don't have a way for you to reply without spending on long distance. 
 You can bet they aren't selling much that way.
 MG> I only called them after receiving about three of 
 MG> this company's asinine promotions. You see, I 
 MG> thought that after each of these times, the idiots 
 MG> would stop.
If they've used a fax marketting company they have no way of knowing that 
you're replying to one of their faxes unless you tell them, therefore they 
have no way of knowing that their faxes were unwanted unless you tell them.  
I can bet they've broken the law in at least one of these - the law in BC 
clearly states that a delete list must be maintained (thea dvertiser has 24 
hours to get a number on the delete list, which they must be able to prove 
they did, and the number must stay on that list for three years, and there 
must be a local number for reply.  I don't know what the law is where you 
are, but if they're breaking it, go for them.
--- Maximus 2.01wb
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