Re: ATM - Starry Messanger-- the final insult

[astrojoe@erols.com]

What's interesting is that only 2810 names were supporting that
publication. I would have thought with the 100,000 plus circulation of
both Sky and Tel and Astronomy that the number would have been much
larger.......


Joe Castoro











Richard Schwartz wrote:
> 
> I have received a letter from Steve Cariddi, "publisher" of the Starry
> Messanger, offering the sale of 2810 names and addresses of amateur
> astronomers and telescope makers.   The price of this list is $400.
> 
> If you were a subscriber to TSM, and are receiving sixteen tons of junk
> mail, you know know  who the guilty party is:  somebody who, in your
> innocence, you trusted.
> 
> What is $400 worth?
> 
> . . . Richard