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- From: acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng)
- Subject: Re: DISPUTE OVER A BILL WITH SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER!
- References: <MCGRANT.93Jan5224235@rascals.stanford.edu> <1993Jan7.012652.8731@ads.com> <prk.726482825@polaris> <1993Jan12.002318.22101@ads.com>
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- Originator: acheng@shalom.ncsa.uiuc.edu
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- Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:29:05 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan12.002318.22101@ads.com>, henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes:
- >prk@planet.bt.co.uk (Peter Knight) wrote:
- >->More civilised countries, eg the UK, have laws about unsolicited goods,
- >->ie products you didn't order and so have no contract with the supplier.
- >
- >it seems you haven't been paying attention, since nobody's talking
- >about unsolicited goods here ... the person *DID* request delivery of
- >the paper.
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- Hm... he requested an 8 weeks trial subscription. What in dispute is
- the continual delivery of paper after the 8th week. He claimed he
- had not explicitly ordered the continuation, but the paper claimed
- it was so by default because he did not explicitly stopped it.
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- Some mail order crooks will get my credit card number when I
- trial order 1 month supply of their miracle pills, then send me
- 10 years supply and charge accordingly. Should I pay? NO.
-