We received this solicitation today.
From: Don Thompson [mailto:donthompson66@adelphia.net]
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 2:25 PM
To: info@thinkbluedems.com
Subject: Website Comments
Patrick Ballentine email list - 150,000 subscribers you can email your product or service to who supported Patrick Ballentine during his GOP campaign on the Republican ticket for the Governorship of North Carolina. These subscribers now receive a daily news feed that you can advertise on. The investment in this list is $5500.00 for a one time broadcast for a stand alone or $5500.00 for a 5 day sponsorship email ad that would go out with the news feeds.
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This list has 200,000 subscribers on it. It is made up of people who contributed to Patrick Ballentine's campaign for Governor in 2004. He lost the race, which is what made lead to making his list commercially available now. The investment is 5500.00 for 5 sponsorship email broadcasts.
When would be a good time to discuss this with you?
Side note: quite a rip off for so few impressions, even if they are wealthy red donors.