From: evansmp@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Evans)
Subject: Re: New Service, an alternative to alt.personals, PLEASE read.
Followup-To: alt.personals,alt.personals.ads,alt.personals.misc,alt.personals.poly,alt.personals.bondage,alt.backrubs,alt.party,alt.sex,alt.sex.bondage,alt.sex.pictures,alt.support
Organization: Aston University
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 11:46:17 GMT

an5382@anon.penet.fi wrote:
: 
: For the past couple of weeks I began contacting publishers of singles
: newspapers and magazines across the USA. I asked them the following question:
: What if I asked people on the net to send in their personal ads to me, I'll
: compile them weekly and send them to these newspapers and magazines. I asked
: the publishers whether they will be willing to publish your personal ads and
: forward all responses to you WITHOUT CHARGING YOU A FEE? What is the
: incentive for them to publish your ad for free? They collect a forwarding fee
: (about $2) from those who respond to your ad. Your ad is published without
: your address (a response code is assigned). I have reached agreement with 12
: singles magazines so far and I am continuing arrangements or waiting to hear
: from others.
: 
: In addition to the service just described above, I will also set up a
: computer bulletin board that will be accessible by modem from any where in
: the USA and Canada, for a modest fee (phone charge). When I receive your
: personal ads, I will post them on the bulletin board, without your address,
: and also send them to the magazines. Responses to your ad on the bulletin
: board will be forwarded to you, by snail mail, at no charge to you. I should
: have the bulletin board up and running as soon as I get the first couple
: dozen ads or so.
: 
: HOW AND WHERE TO SEND YOUR ADS.
: Type your ad on a sheet of paper. Include a snail mail address to which
: responses to your ad will be forwarded. PLEASE, do not send me any ads by
: e-mail. Do not use any abbreviations (SM, SF, etc) even if they seem like
: very common abbreviations. I am not imposing any word limit on your ad, but
: each newspaper or magazine will have the right to edit your ad as space
: permits. You must be 18 yrs or older. Do not send in ads that are sexually
: explicit!! It is okay to ask respondents to send you pictures since all
: responses will be by snail mail.
: 
: There is no fee for this service, since this is an introductory message and
: as a result of the noncommercial policy of the net. However, I run a small
: data processing business and my employees do not work for free! So any
: donnations will be appreciated. You may send cash, check, or money order,
: payable to *Comptel* Send your ad to:
: Comptel Net Offer
: P.O. Box 2228
: Louisville, KY 40201-2228, USA
: 
: If there are any readers from countries other than the US, yes, we will
: accept ads from any country. Send all ads to the above address. And
: donnations in any currency are acceptable.

Though (probably) something of a waste of time!
(a bit cheeky to post a service primarly for people in NA through a service
in Finland EUROPE)

If this is a genuine offer, then it might be a very good idea to post under 
without using an anonymous alias.

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