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From: amb@ai.mit.edu (Andrew M. Boardman)
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Subject: Re: Mercury Marketing Again
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Date: 17 Oct 90 19:25:30 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 743, Message 5 of 11


>Something just occurred to me -- does the S.J. Mercury bother their
>own subscribers with the telemarketing calls?

They quite possibly do.  As long as the first thing they ask is "Do
you currently receive the S. J. Mercury" they can continue with "Do
you find you service satisfactory?  Good.  Bye." leaving the customer
with the warm feeling that the Mercury cared enough to call.