HW: Promo Single

[Colin Allen]

I am sure that all of you will remember that, while we were all enjoying our
mid-Winter festivities, many parts of the countries bordering the Indian
Ocean were laid waste by a tsunami of enormous proportions.  As a result of
this, a close friend of mine, who is Sri Lankan, lost most of her family.
Consequently, we converted a gig that we were putting on in Exeter (Ozric
Teantacles and Litmus) into a benefit gig for the tsunami relief charities.
As a result of the generosity of the Ozrics (thanks Brandi:) ), Litmus (who
gave back half of their fee), the venue, FSOE and, particularly, the
audience, we raised a reasonable sum.

The same friend has now been back to Sri Lanka several times and now wants
to take a one year sabbatical to help with the reconstruction effort and the
care of the many orphans.  Her employers have agreed to this but are unable
or unwilling to pay her for they year.  Consequently, a group of us are
trying to raise enough money to enable her to live in Sri Lanka for a year
and pay for her UK mortgage etc.  Consequently, when the promo CD arrived
and had been listened to, we decided to sell it on E-Bay to aid this effort.

While the subsequent outrage on the part of one or two individuals has made
an interesting psychological study, it is now time to bring it to an end.

To those who were outraged, perhaps you will not be so quick to rush to
judgement in future;).

Hopefully, this will end what Keef accurately described on the Yahoo list as
a thread that has become boring.

Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "HAWKWIND" <hw at CY-B.ORG>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Promo Single


> ++ ++ STAR WARRIORS + ++ ++
>
> It has saddened us that certain fan(s) have attempted to sell their
> *free* "This is your Captain Speaking - Take Me To Your Leader" sample
> promo cd on ebay for personal profit. This is exploiting our fans by
> demanding money for what is essentially a free product. Please do not
allow
> yourself to be ripped off in this manner. DO NOT buy the free promo cd
from
> ebay. We will guarantee that you will receive the promo disc absolutely
> FREE if you register to become a Hawkwind Passport holder by 21st August,
> by sending your details to us by e-mailing us USING THE LINK PROVIDED ON
> OUR UPDATES PAGE:
> http://www.hawkwind.com/up_.htm#ph
> THIS MUST BE FOLLOWED UP BY A PRINTED FORM POSTED TO THE ADDRESS BELOW
ASAP
> (within 14 days). PLEASE DO NOT USE THE ABOVE FOR GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
OR
> CHANGE THE SUBJECT LINE
>
> Thanks
>
> HAWKWIND
>
> If you do receive extra copies of this disc (due to being on two or more
> different mailing lists) please *give* your extra copy away to someone who
> would appreciate it... help spread the good will, not exploit
> it...............
>
>
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