[2542] in java-interest
Re: A free hard drive (off topic, but cool!)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul F. Groepler)
Wed Oct 4 05:04:52 1995
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 19:07:55 -0500
To: Reza Azarm <Reza_Azarm@discovery.com>
From: paulg@aeon.com (Paul F. Groepler)
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM, java-porting@java.Eng.Sun.CO.sun.com
Yeah, I like this kind of stuff on the Java list. I need my $1.50 for Coke...
:)
>Well, it wasn't *quite* free... it cost me $1.50.
>
>OK, so maybe this is a little off topic, but I was so damn stunned when I
>tried this that I figured I had to share it with folks in the groups I
>hang out in.
>
>Like most of you, I have a lot of stuff on my hard drive -- so much cool
>stuff from Usenet, in fact, that I really needed to get both a good T1
>connection and a massive hard drive to manage it all.
>
>Yeah, right -- like I had any money to do that!
>
>Anyway, a guy I trust turned me onto a company called InterLink and told
>me to call them at 011-24-831-3131 (it's a Canadian number). The call has
>a fee
>of $1.50, which irked me at first... until he explained how InterLink works.
>
>A recording gives you instructions on what to to. When asked to enter the
>account number of the person who gave you this number, enter 789418 --
>that's my account number, and it's how I got my new T1 connection and 1GB
>hard drive.
>
>Let met explain. The recording will give you your own account number, then
>it'll record your name and address. Here's where it gets VERY cool!
>
>For every call made to this number, InterLink receives $1.50... 50 cents
>goes to the account number you type in (in the case of your call, to me).
>Of course, now that you've got YOUR OWN account number, you'll want to
>have people call and type in YOUR account number -- get out there and
>publicize this incredible system with YOUR account number, and start
>making money!
>
>It gets better. You get 50 cents for everyone who calls and types in your
>account number, but when they get people to type in THEIR account number
>you get 25 cents of that as well, PLUS 25 cents off everyone THEY get to
>call.
>
>Here's the math: If you get 100 people to call (damned easy to do), then
>you get $50 dollars. If they each get 100 people to call, then you get
>$2,500. If THEY each get 100 people to call then you get $250,000.
>
>Honestly, I have never done a chain letter in my life. I don't
>buy lottery tickets. I WOULD NEVER HAVE TRIED THIS IF A FRIEND HADN'T
>SUGGESTED IT. But it works. I've made enough to get my coveted T1 internet
>connection, my 1GB hard drive and a LOT of other cool stuff in just a few
>weeks.
>
>If you're over 18, try it -- hell, it's only $1.50 and it's absolutely the
>best investment you'll ever make. The number is open 24 hours a day, so do
>it now.
>
>Reza
>razarm@discovery.com
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