"Joe" wrote in message
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To 'a-happy-up-yours',

I know market researchers are annoying and will try everything to get a
survey filled out. I actually am a student at the University of
Saskatchewan
and my professor wants me to get 100 surveys filled out for my business
plan. I do not know 100 people from the United States who are interested
in
fishing, so I thought I would post for help on some newsgroups.

If this offended you, I am sorry.. I am not a specialist on newsgroup
etiquette.

Joe Bell




I would guess that many are concerned, and rightly so, that filling out
any form online has a good chance of being yet another way of spammers
harvesting email addy's, phone #'s, personal info etc.
Also sometimes links will take people to "trash sites" where one can
encounter browser highjackers
and other such nasties. The net can be a great place for research
unfortunately too many A$$holes use it for less than honorable purposes
hence the skepticism you have encountered.

Lou
"fishin deep in S. California"