Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: netcom!edg@apple.com (Edward Greenberg) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 1-900-IMA-JERK Message-ID: Date: 13 Oct 89 18:16:02 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Edward Greenberg Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 997-9175} Lines: 24 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 448, message 6 of 10 Jose now has two 900 numbers. Calling the first one tells you that he wants to "reward his loyal fans and callers" by giving away 25 pairs of series tickets. He instructs you to call a second 900 number to record your name and address for the giveaway. Thus is costs $4.00 minimum to register. If you have a contest, it has to be "no purchase necessary to enter" so Jose has a second method. You can mail in an entry, but the address is listed at the very end of Jose's first recording. At $1/each additional minute this means it costs $11 to get the address. One side effect of this is that the San Jose Mercury News is publishing a daily synopsis of the Jose line, as well as all the addresses and phone numbers, so you can stay "informed(??)" for a quarter. -edg P.S. I'm going to a Pacific Bell Audiotext seminar next tuesday, to learn how to "turn information into cash." Naturally, I'll write up my experience. Ed Greenberg uunet!apple!netcom!edg