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- From: jmuth@pyrps5.eng.pyramid.com (John Muth)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: DISPUTE OVER A BILL WITH SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER!
- Message-ID: <184872@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 00:56:18 GMT
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- In article <117660001@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com> jws@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com (John Stafford) writes:
- >Also beware of their "free" trial subscriptions; they use the same logic
- >with them. You are expected to call them at or very near the end of the
- >"free" period and tell them that you don't want it automatically
- >converted to a paid subscription, otherwise it continues and you get the
- >bill (despite the fact that they will often say "we'll call you back and
- >see if you like the paper and want to continue receiving it", they have
- >never called back).
-
- I'll let you in on a little secret. If you blow off a magazine or newspaper
- subscription, nothing will happen. They will stop sending the magazine or
- newspaper and they will send you some letters asking you to pay, but it
- won't appear in a credit report and it won't go to a collection agency.
-
- About the only negative thing that will happen is you won't be able to
- subscribe again without paying the bill (at least using your real name).
-
- -John Muth
-