Because of garbage like you just described.
In a message dated 1/27/2005 5:34:05 AM Pacific Standard Time,
harry.porter@verizon.net writes:
The "survey", guised as an attempt
to guage the demand of financial services by players, was nothing more
than bait for a solicitation. Like Jeffrey, I expressed no interest
when completing the survey and yet received the follow up come-on.
I'm not soured on VN, per se (and am unclear why VN seems to draw an
antagonistic reaction from some rather than simply lack of interest).
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