[Pensieve] [Fwd: [H_PBDFA] Yahoo's charges]

[Betty]

This looks like another hoax.  Sorry for forwarding it.  I hadn't been
able to find any proof but I had wondered if anyone else knew anything
about it.

Betty wrote:
> 
> Advance apologies if this is off topic for some of these groups, and
> more apologies for the massive cross-post.  Apparently, yahoo is about
> to start charging for pop access to email, etc.  Below is a petition to
> ask them to reconsider these charges and a link for you to follow if you
> want to sign it.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [H_PBDFA] Yahoo's charges
> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:18:07 -0800 (PST)
> From: courtney <riant_girl at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: Harry_PotterBookDiscussionForAdults at yahoogroups.com
> To: * HP book discussion
> <Harry_PotterBookDiscussionForAdults at yahoogroups.com>
> 
> In light of the recent announcement to begin charging
> for POP access
> to Yahoo! email addresses, a petition has been put
> together to
> protest the action.
> 
> Here is the full text of the petition followed by a
> link where you
> can go to sign it:
> 
> We, the undersigned, are signing this petition to
> protest the new
> Yahoo pricing structure in relation to several of the
> services most
> popular features such as Yahoo Groups, Yahoo Mail, and
> GeoCities.
> While we agree and understand that it is the primary
> goal of any
> company, including Yahoo, to expand their services and
> to make money,
> we feel that Yahoo is deliberately targeting users who
> have no choice
> or option in using Yahoo services. Yahoo Clubs, Yahoo
> Groups, Yahoo
> Mail, and GeoCities are all services that, once signed
> up for and
> established, are very difficult and extremely
> inconvenient to migrate
> from Yahoo to another service. We believe that Yahoo
> is deliberately
> targeting these users in total disregard to our needs
> and desires.
> 
> We would like to strongly encourage the management of
> Yahoo, Inc to
> reconsider their pricing structure for these services
> and consider
> continuing the current structure of Yahoo as supported
> primarily by
> advertising.
> 
> http://www.petitiononline.com/11213/petition.html
> 
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Now, you two--this year, you behave yourselves.  If I get one more owl
telling me you've--you've blown up a toilet or--"
"Blown up a toilet?  We've never blown up a toilet.
"Great idea, though, Thanks, mom."        
Molly, Fred and George Weasley: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,
chapter 6