[153843] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: very confusing.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Wed Jun 13 22:40:56 2012
In-Reply-To: <201206140101.q5E11vRt096707@aurora.sol.net>
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:39:24 -0400
To: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>,
Scott Whittle <scott@iptechnologylabs.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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On Jun 13, 2012, at 9:01 PM, Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net> wrote:
>> A trick to do on mail (USPS) spammers is take the prepaid mailing =3D
>> envelope they often include and tape it to a brick wrapped in brown =3D
>> paper and drop it off at the post office. They have to pay the shipping. =3D=
>> If enough people do it, they go out of business.
>=20
> That's simply false; local postmasters have had the discretion to discard
> your bricks for years, AND THEY DO.
>=20
Yes... Bricks don't work any more. You have to get more creative.
http://www.dogdoo.com offers a selection of products ideally suited for this=
purpose.
=20
>> In this case, do anything you can to waste his time and resources. Call =3D=
>> up and act interested in his services and have them go through their =3D
>> sales pitch as many times as you can. Ask for them to mail you =3D
>> literature. Have them write up proposals and quotes. Then when the last =3D=
>> step left is to actually commit to their service tell them you were just =3D=
>> pulling their chain, and why. If you eat up enough of their time they =3D=
>> end up attending to too few real paying customers and they go out of =3D
>> business.
>=20
> But that, on the other hand ...
>=20
Not mutually exclusive.
Owen
