[9283] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: an Internet buying coop?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rose Marie Holt)
Mon Dec 27 20:44:36 1993
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1993 17:44:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Rose Marie Holt <rmholt@u.washington.edu>
To: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.com>
Cc: stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com, karl@mcs.com, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <m0pE0oX-000EosC@mercury.mcs.com>
I'd be interested in knowing if you have any intention of alerting your
customers to the cost savings they are eligible for.
On Sun, 26 Dec 1993, Karl Denninger wrote:
>
> Didn't happen. And yet I send out bills regularly for time in excess of
> that which would be charged for an un-metered account. 'Tis funny like
> that. I would assume that the people on the metered access are watching the
> bills over some period of time and convert when it no longer makes sense.
>
> If I make a poor buying decision the result is that I'll lose in the glaring
> light of free competition, and go down in flames. Trust me, I don't pay out
And if you help your customers make good buying decisions, they'll stay
in business and not take their business to the guy who showed them how
they could save money. The good parastie lets his host live a relatively
healthy life
RM Holt, not in the Business
