17 Sep
1998
17 Sep
'98
4:24 a.m.
At 05:05 PM 9/16/98 PDT, you wrote:
Indeed, that's the way it should be. Would you buy
an item that's
never been reviewed or advertised? The only problem is that there's
Never advertised, sure. Never reviewed, possibly. Don't think I ever saw
an ad for the Sony Mavica I've got, and I know I never read a review.
Bought it because a friend had one.
I don't recall seeing much advertising for the Voicemail system I have.
Saw a mention of it somewhere, got info, compared what it could do to
others, and bought it. It's still the only consumer-priced system I've
seen that can do what I need it to.
The mechanics I take my (non-Land-Rover) cars to doesn't have an ad in the
phone book. Doesn't need one; they get all the business they need by word
of mouth. If you need a big ad, your customers aren't doing your selling
for you.
Which of course does not mean that the majority of the idiots out there
don't buy things simply because some guy in a fancy suit says they should.
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