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To: LPS5 who wrote (10116)5/2/2002 12:30:02 AM
From: Dan Clark  Read Replies (1) of 12617
 
LP,

The fundamental difference between a salesman and a pimp is that salesman identifies himself as such. The pimp on the other hand goes to extreme lengths to portray himself as your "friend" - someone who will look out for you. Since the brokerages promote the analysts as the investor's "friend", they therefore fall in the category of pimp.

I don't have a problem with salesmen. They perform a valuable function and are up front about it. I despise pimps.

In any case...

Regardless of the exact species of "pimp" (financial or street hustler variety), the customer usually gets <word deleted to protect your delicate sensibilities>.

Regards,

Dan.

p.s. If a salesman lies about being a salesman just to hustle you, well then he's a pimp not a salesman. Many telephone sales and snail-mail sales operations, and virtually all spam artists fall in the pimp category.
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