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From: bradshaw@bucsb.UUCP (Robert Bradshaw)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Home Testing Institue
Message-ID: <188@bucsb.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 01:23:46 EST
Article-I.D.: bucsb.188
Posted: Tue Mar 18 01:23:46 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 19-Mar-86 05:31:11 EST
Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci.
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Has anybody every heard of the Home Testing Institute? They claim to be
a market research company, and they have sent me a rather lengthy
questionaire and want me to keep a diary of my credit card usage for
the next year.  Now I have nothing against a little market research,
(why, I was even a Nielson family once...) but this seemed a little
suspicious to me, although they don't actually ask for CC numbers.
It seems that they could put together some very elaborate mailing lists
if they know a person's buying habits, etc.  So what do you think, 
are they legitimate?