One little old reply card… 10/26/06

It seemed harmless. The magazine ad got me thinking of warmer climates and bright blue skies. All I had to do was send in a simply reply card to this wonderful land development property in Rear End, Arkansas.

Two weeks later I received in the mail a huge color brochure which covered most aspects of this new paradise now being offered in a limited basis to only a few chosen people, I being one of them. The brochure depicted the place in art renderings of what the developed property would look like, paved roads with ornate streetlight. Tennis, golf and swimming pools, the artist’s hand hadn’t missed a beat. There were even hiking trails along the White River.
Could this be another Bill and Hillary deal?

They had an #800 phone number which I could call if I had further questions. They even would fly us down for a weekend to enjoy this once in a lifetime offer. Get the hook…. Then 10 days later I got this call from India from a "sales Rep" asking us when we would like to make a visit. I told the sales person...
" Gee, I just had brain surgery and will not be my self for at least the next 5 years and do you really know where Arkansas is?" There was a void at the other end.

So much for getting skin alive I told myself…not quite for my name and address must have been resold to a name listing company. Now several months later we receive 2 or three times a week another " Once in a Lifetime Offer". We even got one from Sotheby’s, an English land development firm, concerning their property in Costa Rica wherein the lowest priced unit was $2,400,000 and change.

S0 now we to headed to the paper recycling center weekly with an extra 10 ponds of unwanted paper all due to one little reply card.