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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Lotus Marketplace
Message-ID: <=447HB8@xds13.ferranti.com>
Date: 21 Nov 90 22:14:20 GMT
References: <1990Nov19.000849.23021@math.lsa.umich.edu> <JMC.90Nov18190919@Gang-of-Four.stanford.edu> <1990Nov19.062344.2222@looking.on.ca> <1990Nov21.035243.15799@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <1990Nov21.035243.15799@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gl8f@astsun7.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:
> If Radio Shack forces me to give my address because I use a credit card
> to buy something from them, I don't want them selling that info.

Um, say what? I've never had any problem refusing Radio Shack's request
for my address. I just say "no, I don't want to be on your mailing list"
and they say "OK". That's the only reason they want it. And, yes, they
do sell it.

(not that I care if I'm on their mailing list (in fact I am)... I just don't
want to take the time to write it down so I use that as an excuse)

> In a "free market" society I'd be able to choose stores that promised to
> not be jerks.

I don't know where you live, but in Houston it's not been a problem for me.
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
+1 713 274 5180.   'U`
peter@ferranti.com