Khurram,
Once again, I applaud your rationalizations! Too little effort appears
to be aimed at attracting the larger merchant organizations to accept
e-gold. As a fellow Market Maker, it appears that the bulk of e-gold use is
still limited to the many investment games/ponzis/pyramid programs out
there.
The list of accepting merchants DOES appear to be growing on the
directory page, however, I have yet to see a major household name brand
merchant added: J.C. Penny, Sears, Maytag, Calgon, GM, Ford, etc.
Perhaps this will soon change as it appears the G. Matyjewicz and the
SR team are pushing to get these merchants on board. While they are
promoting SR-AUG, it is backed by e-gold, therefore indirectly e-gold use is
being promoted.
I have always been a believer that the MM's should focus on the act of
the exchange. "IMHO" it should be those that developed the currency that
negotiate with the merchants to accept it.
You are a wise man far beyond your years, Mr. Khan!
With Great Respect,
Eric
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From: "Khurram Khan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:29 AM
Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: and wouldn't TWC be to die for!
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> --- Douglas Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > wrote:
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> >I'll bet well over 100 people on this list send money to TimeWarner
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> >Communications every month too. Imagine TWC's (and other utilities')
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> >overhead relating to acceptance of mailed checks:
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> >- latency for check to arrive via mail,
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> >- human beings to open envelopes and manually transcribe posting
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> >information into operator interface,
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> >- prepare deposits and take to bank,
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> >- deal with overdraft checks...
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> I wonder if this means that some marketing dollars are going to be spent
to attract some large businesses. e-gold/ G&SR's main marketing objective
seems to be to attract Market Makers who will go out and attract people to
use the currency.
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> This just doesn't work. While MM's may be able to attract small mom and
pop shops and individuals, they can not attract large business.
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> Coming from a MM, is sounds like a sales pitch. "Hey I sell this stuff,
so can you accept it" Coming from the company that issues the stuff can be
a little different then the everyday telemarketing sales pitch.
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> Khurram Khan
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