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Originally Posted by eeyore  okay may be i'm wrong - there is somuch ooer in cyberspace that ive become overly cyncical - i'd still nbe interested to know how they are affording such an incentive - i suppose amazon are sponsoring it but even so it seems like a costly way to gather info |
Here's most of the email..... it seems OK
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