The Prologue |  There Is No God: Exhibit 52B

As with previous orders, the usual Internet sales boilerplate zips across the aether into my e-mail. Suspiciously, they include the address to which to lodge complaints. It's like they KNEW they were shipping me a box of grief. Well OK, that's what they do for a living. Perhaps I mean to say that there was value-added grief. Or maybe I'm still suffering from PTSD. Whatever.





From: Despair Inc.
Subject: order demotivators-187495 from Despair Inc.
Date: 17 March 2004 19:18:02
To: Brian Moore

Again, thanks for your recent order from Despair, Inc.

If you have received this email, it means that your credit
card information proved valid and that your order has been
sent. You might assume now that we have your money that
you're in for better treatment. You might also assume
that if you try really hard, you will succeed. But your
assumptions would, in both cases, be completely wrong.
And that is why you REALLY need our products.
.
.
.
As always, if you have questions, please contact us at
"unfulfilled@despair.com". We'll do our best to solve the
problem, since, you know, we already have your money.

Automatically yours,
E.L.

E.L.Kersten, Ph.D.
Founder & COO,
Despair, Inc.



The following items have been shipped:
NameCodeQtyEach
----------------------------------------------------------------
2003 Notecard CollectionNS-004112.95
Burnout DesktopperNF-014112.95
"Classic"FWN-001130.00
Subtotal25.90
Shipping6.95
Tax2.71
Total35.56

This completes your order. Thank you for shopping with us.



The Prologue |  There Is No God: Exhibit 52B