Re: (ATMoB:Discuss) The old Star Registry scam

• To: Michael Carnes <moogiebird ^a^ earthlink dawt net>, ATMOB Discussion List <atmob-discuss ^a^ atmob daht org>
• Subject: Re: (ATMoB:Discuss) The old Star Registry scam
• From: Paul Valleli <valleli ^a^ rcn dot com>
• Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 21:29:26 -0500
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Mike, et all,
I also heard the same ad on WBZ this week.

At 10:42 PM 1/6/2002 -0500, Michael Carnes wrote:
>I was listening to WEEI (OK, I'll admit it) and heard them running an ad for
>the "International Star Registry".  For those that don't know, this is the
>outfit that claims to name "your star" in an "official" book.  Of course,
>this naming is not recognized by any scientific institution. Registries of
>this sort are generally considered to be one step short of outright scams.
>
>I sent an email explaining this to the advertising director.  Having a wife
>who worked in radio for years, I know that advertising directors are
>generally immune to reason (heck, most of them aren't even polysyllabic),
>but I thought I'd try.
>
>If anyone else wants to be a pain in the you-know-what, hop on the WEEI.COM
>web site and fire off a letter of protest.
>--
>Michael Carnes
>252 Washington Street
>Arlington, MA 02474
>moogiebird ^a^ Earthlink dawt net
>mcarnes ^a^ Lexicon dot com
><http://home.earthlink dawt net/~moogiebird/mc>

• (ATMoB:Discuss) The old Star Registry scam
• From: Michael Carnes <moogiebird a t earthlink.net>

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