Spammer actually arrested

SteveDallas · 05-14-2003, 02:53 PM

I still don't buy it. Let's say you magically acquired a database with the correct emails of 500,000 people in it.

And let's say you have an herbal viagra substitute that you paid $0.15 per bottle for and you're selling it for $20. And 999 out of 1000 ignore your spam but the other 0.1%, or 500 people buy it. You've just made $9,925 (let's ignore that you probably have other expenses besides actually purchasing the product).

That's pretty good... but where does the next $9925 come from? I'll buy that some people will go for it, but is it a sustainable market? When you hit the same 500,000 people the following week with an ad for breast enlargement cream, are the same 500 going to pony up again? Yeah, I know there's a sucker born every minute, but even if folks don't wise up they'll run out of money.

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05-14-2003, 02:53 PM	#4
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I still don't buy it. Let's say you magically acquired a database with the correct emails of 500,000 people in it. And let's say you have an herbal viagra substitute that you paid $0.15 per bottle for and you're selling it for $20. And 999 out of 1000 ignore your spam but the other 0.1%, or 500 people buy it. You've just made $9,925 (let's ignore that you probably have other expenses besides actually purchasing the product). That's pretty good... but where does the next $9925 come from? I'll buy that some people will go for it, but is it a sustainable market? When you hit the same 500,000 people the following week with an ad for breast enlargement cream, are the same 500 going to pony up again? Yeah, I know there's a sucker born every minute, but even if folks don't wise up they'll run out of money.

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