Ross,
I didn't complain this time, but did think it was rather comical that
you sent us all a commmercial message directly following Amy's message
stating the no-commercial-messages-rule...good one!
Cheers,
Peter
At 04:12 PM 7/10/00 +0000, you wrote:
>I learned a good lesson in the process of trying to get the word out
>last week about my new Cones and Cowries lists: it is a fairly common
>practice for folks to collect a bunch of email addresses of collectors
>from "various sources", then to send out mail announcing their wares to
>all and sundry - i get such notices all the time, from dealers i have
>never heard of. HOWEVER, the large number of irate replies this time
>(odd - didn't happen when i did it last year :--] ), as well as
>recieving 113 "undeliverable mail" messages, has convinced me it is not
>really such a great idea after all. SO, i do apologise for offending all
>those (on conch-l at least!!) who were offended, but didn't take the
>time to tell me: i'll do a purge of my mailing list, and will not engage
>in "conchological spamming" in the future (even though this one DID
>bring in a few new customers!).
>
>Re Oliva porphyria, i understand it is still "locally common", but that
>the BIG ones are becomming rare indeed - i know a chap who goes to Baja
>every winter, and he says the smaller ones are still widely available,
>but anything over 100mm is "fairly scarce".
>
>57 F and storming hard - enjoy your heat down there!!,
>-Ross.
>
> Schooner Specimen Shells: Http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com
>"We Specialize in the Unusual"
>Phone: (902) 876-2241; Fax: (416) - 352- 7415.
>But try to find "something for Everyone"!!
>Snail Mail: 349 Herring Cove Rd, P.O Box 20005, Halifax, N.S., Canada,
>B3R 2K9.
>
>
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Peter Egerton, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Collector of worldwide Mollusca,
lifetime student of zoology and computers.
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