WSJ article on the economics of spam

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Charles Arthur, The Independent" <carthur () independent co uk>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 17:09:48 +0000
To: dave () farber net
Cc: cg () gulker com
Subject: Re: <[IP]> WSJ article on the economics of spam

Hi Dave+ Chris...

At 6:37 pm -0500 on 13/11/2002, you wrote:

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> From: Chris Gulker <cg () gulker com>
> http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1037138679220447148,00.html
>
> ...recounts how a Florida woman makes $200,000 a year off spam. Her response
> rate? One-thousandth of a percent.

Ah, not so fast there. As Slashdotters have already pointed out, she told
the WSJ she *expects* to do $200,000. The only spam-run the journalist
watched go out actually lost money. And being offline for some time by
getting done by the ISP costs her too, in lost opportunity apart from
anything else.
    One wonders very seriously quite how her tax return will look next
year. I suspect that when April come it won't read $200,000. She's divorced
and smart - that alone could explain the big house. (What did her husband
do?)

Be careful of believing the things that people tell you which they want you
to believe.

    Charles
(chosen personal spam weapon: Post Armor www.postarmor.com, Java, hence
runs on anything)

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