ORIGINAL: KidEpoxy
GmanBill-
Harris paid the AMA $40k for our names
so they can ask us if we want to be in their book
and then Harris will sell their Partial Member Directory to us for $90....
They sell books to mailing lists they buy from orgs.
AMA sold our names (for "asking permission"


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) to Harris for $40k.
Anyone wanna guess how Harris will know who to call when trying to sell the book?
Anyone wanna guess how many folks will take the book info & try to sell stuff to the members?
We can simply say that kind of activity is not allowed so it wont happen...
but then neither is drunk driving or smoking the reefer, and that goes on ubiquitously.
Seems to me that the AMA will only be adding people whom want to be in the program. They've sent postcards, given you 800 numbers, what else do yo need to opt out so you can move on with your lives?
I mean god for bid you would want to support your MEMBERSHIP BASED ORGANZIATION and be part of something that will prolly stick around for many years to come. And as far as whose going to buy the book, who cares. The AMA got the money (so you guys say) and now Harris has to sell at least 444 books just to recoup the money they gave to the AMA. Perhaps double or triple that to break even in publishing and editing costs. We all know how much publishing can cost, don't we?
It didn't cost the AMA anything up front, in fact they made money and now the members that want the book have access. As far as what the AMA is going to do with the money, guess you'll have to talk to your local EC member, they voted for it. Maybe they are going to throw a keg party or pay for some new robot guided lawnmowers to keep those pesky AMA staffers stuck at their desk instead of trynig to cut the grass on their own time.
Oh and in regards to companies selling you products on that list so what. So you'll be spammed by RC companies promoting new products and might even get a coupon in the mail from time to time. Are you guys really that worried about it? My wife isn't even that anal. I mean my god .... this is absolutley pathetic the way some of you are acting.