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Re: "No way I'm PAYING for this service!" -- Be realistic
Subject:Re: "No way I'm PAYING for this service!" -- Be realistic From:David Downing <DavidDowning -at- USERS -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 6 Aug 1999 12:45:58 -0400
I would add that this is hardly the first time a free service has turned
into a fee service. A famous example is Directory Assistance, which was
totally free until 1978. On a smaller scale, a local newspaper in Raleigh
NC was running personal ads for free, and then had to start charging for
them. It just gets to the point where it's no longer feasible to give the
service away.
-----Original Message-----
From: DHICKEY -at- ALIS -dot- COM [mailto:DHICKEY -at- ALIS -dot- COM]
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 11:30 AM
Subject: "No way I'm PAYING for this service!" -- Be realistic
.........frankly,
I'm surprised at some of the negative responses. Basically it came down to:
"I'm not parting with one red cent to pay for this service! Why should I?
It's been free until now and if it's going to cost something now, there must
be some fascist plot brewing." Give it a rest, Holmes. There's no game afoot
here............
