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It had to Happen at A/R!

I`ve been awaiting this day. I knew it couldn`t last. The Spammers are advancing and their dressed as Mortgage Brokers who wish to prey on Realtors...

This is from Zack Miller: my name is Zack Miller. I have an interesting proposition for you. I help clients that sell their property, but have to carry back financing. This means a note is formed and the seller has to wait twenty to thirty years to see the return. So we cash out preexisting notes so the seller doesn't have to carry the paper anymore. He/she gets paid today and doesn't have the burden of carrying the note for twenty or thirty years. In turn, this make your client very happy. Please contact me with any note holders looking to cash out at zakumilero@yahoo.com. My name again is Zack Miller. Hope to hear from you soon.

Zack, don`t you have any self respect for yourself? It must have taken you hours to send email to everyone on A/R. Worse, don`t you understand that Realtors don`t respect spam like this from someone BEGGING for Business, Zack?!!! It`s sad to watch this person, worse, I won`t comment on his torrid email.... Sorry, it had to be said!

Posted by Jenny Lozano on 09/02/2006 06:58 AM

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17 Comments on It had to Happen at A/R!

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I have to agree. I never take emails like Zacks serious...Zack, why not call a Reverse Mortgage by it`s name? Sounds like your writing a mystery novel Zack!!:)

You're right - it must have taken this guy a long time to send all these messages. The truth is, spam works... the stats on spam are pretty amusing given how many people complain about it... kind of like all advertising I guess. :)

I got the same e-mail last night. I never got past "I have an interesting proposition for you" (his second sentence). I hit the delete button.

I always just hit delete. Emails don't work ~ who would ever respond to anything like that?

Jenny,

I got the same email from Zach Miller. Notice he doesn't put an contact information except for an email address.

Chaz

I got it as well. Unfortuantely we see it time and again. The most powerful thing we can do is delete and move forward. Thanks for posting this it helps bring awareness to others who might not have been aware...

And here I thought I was getting "Propostioned!"

Darn, I'll go delete it. ;(

Good morning ActiveRain Folks,

Wow, I was so nervous and embarrassed because I thought I had invited Zack and I wanted to apologize to the whole community because I really felt bad. I even had a realtor block me this morning from Florida and I don't want to mention his/her name but let's just put it this way, this realtor commented on this BLOG. That is why I thought I invited this person to AR and that realtor was upset with me and blocked me. After further review, I did not invite Zack and I do not feel bad anymore but I still would like to learn why this Florida realtor blocked me? I am still amazed.

SPAM, it just keeps coming and coming like the energizer bunny, delete and spam mail box is the best option.

Zach actually makes some very good points in his email. I received it also but explained to him that I do the very same thing.

If you employ Zach's technique, you can sell more homes for higher prices

I think the problem is that he should have called first before he sent the e-mail.

Jenny I agree I am not going to use someone first of all that can't pick up the phone, But very tacky

This is amusing... for us "net heads" I'd consider a phone call about 1,000 times more annoying than an email. I mean - if I can't identify you in under 2 seconds on the phone I hang up. I at least give spam a few sentences (or it's subject line at the minimum) on the off chance it is interesting. :)

I'd consider anyone emailing me out of the blue to be 100% professional (at least at the start - if you can't write then you get deleted) and preferred to you calling me.

Think about it - with spam - you can read it if the subject grabs you - otherwise "delete" takes a millisecond. You can read it when you want to (not while you're doing something important). On the 1-in-a-million chance that it was relevant and interesting to you... you've got it on record and can refer back to it.

I guess I don't consider spam to be annoying or a problem (and I'm 100% not careful with where I enter my email address: activerain@gmail.com :). I spend maybe a minute a day managing spam - that's cheap for what email brings to the table. IMHO.

Advertising is going to exist in a capitalist society - you could say it's the corner stone of a capitalist society (this is what's so exciting about what google is doing to the marketing world) ... I'll take banner ads, ad words and spam over the conventionally accepted crap any day (telemarketers, TV ads, billboards, reams of junk mail, door-to-door salesman, etc.)

Advertising that's remotely relevant to me (i.e. not Depends commercials and Arthritis medication) is much preferred (at least bearable) over the mass marketing that's the current standard. TV Advertising (if Google and Tivo-type-companies have their way) is going to change, big time, in the next few years. Looking forward to it!

Sorry for the babbling rant :)

Zack also contacted me through ActiveRain. I can't believe he had the nerve to admit it! How desperate can you be for business? I hate it when people just take it upon themselves to think you might be interested in dealing with a perfect stranger!

I am with Ben. Rather be spammed-faster to delete and you don't find yourself having to being rude to anyone! Kum La Ka Lakka.

I'm with Ben, too. Spam emails are much more preferrable than phone calls at your private residence at 8:55pm at night.

Oh Darn! Here I thought I was special...and he emailed everybody<LOL>.

However, am I correct that he doesn't have our real emails as he sent it thru AR?

Are we giving negative points? He should get Minus 10,000 for each email he sent!

It's just part of our internet and we will all learn to deal with it

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Paul,

You`re right, but not here...

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