"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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This was in this morning's email.
Presented here as an interesting idea, so the specific contact details
for additional information or purchase information have been eliminated
from this post. In the unlikely event that somebody would be interested
in contacting the firm that makes this device, Email me at
and I'll send the contact info via that route:
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Hi Chuck,
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Grant
Chuck, remind me again how this is not SPAM.
Gladly:
1) I have no financial interest of any kind in the item described.
2) There is no pricing or commercial contact information included, (in
fact, it was deleted), merely a description of a new product.
3) I do have contact information available to anybody interested via
email- but I didn't post that here to *avoid* falling into a spam
category. Spam is a commercial solicitation in a non-commercial venue.
If somebody wants the commercial solicitation, I will put them on the
track to get it- but it isn't appearing here.
4) There is no personal endorsement or recommendation that anybody
actually purchase one of these for any purpose, merely an invitation to
discuss whether such a device by this or some other manufacturer with a
similar concept might be a useful safety device.
1. You mentioned the manufacturer
2. The manufacturer mentioned the specific product by name
3. You offered to act as a distributor for the manufacturer
If it smells like a duck and quacks like a duck...........
What you should have said:
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"I received an email from my brother in law........ummm....I mean a
manufacturer of a safety product for boaters and would like your opinions on
it.
The company manufactures a device that is worn either around the child's
wrist or on their lifevest or around the pet's collar or lifevest and sends
a wireless signal to a base station (positioned anywhere on the boat) if the
child or pet falls overboard. The base station then alarms loudly so that
the adults on board know immediately
that there is a child/pet that has fallen overboard and can rush to help."
What do you think?
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Personally I think that anyone who leaves a child unsupervised around water,
even for a minute, is insane.