>From: Linda Doran <[log in to unmask]> > >How come WE didn't hear about a free issue of Modern Ferret magazine? The offer was made in the third advertising issue of the Ferret Mailing List dated: 12 April 1996. Since it was purely a commercial post, this seemed like the appropriate place for it. It was not hidden in any way. The idea was to do a one-time test to determine whether seeing the actual magazine would entice people to subscribe. Participation required sending us your address via postal mail before 5/1/96. This would make it easier for us to enter the names into our list program for doing a bulk mailing. It would also prevent us from getting more e-mail than we could handle. Since our post informing FML readers that the magazine was in the mail system, we have received several e-mail requests for a free issue. Since the mailing has gone out already (bulk mail requires many pieces to be mailed at the same time) there is no way to add people to the mailing at this point. We hope that you will understand that we are not in the business of giving away stuff all the time - we need to pay for the printing, postage, and everything else (and possibly, someday, ouselves). We are two people & four ferrets, not some faceless megabucks corporation, and we have to be very careful where we spend the money. Results (paying orders) and positive feedback from this mailing will determine whether it was an effective way to promote the magazine. Since we are continually increasing distribution into bookstores & pet stores, it should get easier all the time to locate a copy on the newsstand and flip through it. Hope this clears up any confusion. - Eric, Mary & The Ferrets: Sabrina, Ralph, Marshmallow & Knuks * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - Modern Ferret Magazine - The magazine for ferret lovers. Mary & Eric Shefferman - The big ferrets Sabrina, Ralph, Marshmallow, & Knuks - The little ferrets [log in to unmask] - Eric [log in to unmask] - Mary http://www.modernferret.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [Posted in FML issue 1622]