Anthony,
I, for one, replied to Jerome offgroup and gave him my $.02, I will not
state what I said to him, as it is private. He does clearly say
MONSTERBOOK in his message, I don't know where you got MONSTERBOARD
from.
John Amirault
Anthony Eros wrote:
>
> The other gotcha on this one is that it's not Monsterboard, the well-known
> online job search company, but Monsterbook -- anybody ever heard of it
> before?
>
> Sort of an online version of getting a swell Alphine car stereo or
> Panaphonic VCR at your local discounters -- close, but no banana...
>
> -- Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Strickland [SMTP:jim_at_calico.litterbox.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 12:27 AM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: <OT> Free stock shares
>
> Um no.
>
> What it SAYS is:
> "As a special promotion, MonsterBook.com has announced that if and
> when it files
> for an Initial Public Offering of shares in the future, within 1
> month after
> the Public Offering of shares it will give you $10 cash (US
> Currency) for every
> friend you referred to MonsterBook.com who subscribed before May 1,
> 1999.
> Should you earn a Referral Bonus under this promotion, you will be
> able to
> choose to receive your Bonus as a cash payment, or to apply it
> toward the
> purchase of stock in MonsterBook.com. See agreement below for
> details "
>
> Which means after the stock has gone through its IPO gyrations, THEN
> they
> give you your 10 dollars toward stock. AND, according to the fine
> print,
>
> "This offer is limited to the first 1 million people to subscribe to
> receive
> the free MonsterBook Internet Directory in the mail, and the maximum
> Referral
> Bonus to be paid to any one person will be $500. "
>
> It's not a BAD deal, assuming the company lasts long enough to issue
> stock
> (and considering they're offering to flush capital down the toilet
> like that
> I wouldn't hold my breath) but it sure as heck isn't free stock.
> >
> > A US company is giving away free shares (like Yahoo did
> > at its beginning). They're called Monsterboard and are pretty
> big.
> > go to : http://www.monsterbook.com/SignUp2.asp
> > and sign up, all they want is your demographics. If you don't
> mind,
> > please give them my referral No. ( 277673 ). Hurry, they are only
> > taking the first one million people. They will probably have that
> > many within about 24 hours.
> >
> > If this is an imposition, don't bother with my referral No. If
> you
> > wish, register all by yourself. They just want name and address
> > and e-mail address. Since many of you already make that
> available,
> > on this list, I doubt they would have any more information.
> >
> > Sincerely yours,
> >
> > Jerome Fine
> >
>
> --
> Jim Strickland
> jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
>
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Received on Thu Mar 25 1999 - 11:10:47 GMT