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To: Brooks Jackson who wrote (8524)	3/18/1998 12:31:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

>>Know anybody who ever bought anything because of a web ad? Not me. That's where you need to get up to speed. If you're betting money based on a belief that Internet ads don't work (and e-commerce isn't viable) then you're making a blind bet.

To: Brooks Jackson who wrote (8524)	3/18/1998 12:44:00 PM
From: LoLoLoLita	Respond to of 27307

i bought something from a web ad! once. and i've been on the internet for years before it was the web. TRUE STORY. i wanted an external battery last year for my laptop and did a web search (i forget which search engine because they're all the same to me). next time i load Netscape, voila, an ad from GO BATTERY for an external "battery saver" with a cigarette-lighter output. just what i'm looking for, so i bought it. they promised to ship it next day. no package comes. i call, and they say Monday. no package. finally it comes. i try it out and it's dead on arrival. send it back. they don't credit my credit card. write letter to credit card company. finally get money back, minus my shipping cost for the return. exercise for the reader. am i likely to buy again from a web ad?