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- From: tracyb@bnr.ca (Tracy Blomquist)
- Subject: Re: Byte magazine, con man?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.155404.892@bnr.ca>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:54:04 GMT
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- Robert Jr. (whitesto@oasys.dt.navy.mil) wrote:
- : In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, cs161fho@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (cs161fho) writes:
- : ]Recently discussion about Net vs. magazines remind me of my
- : ]unpleasant experience with Byte magazine. I subscribed to it two
- : ]years ago, but only received one issue. After I found out the check
- : ]was cashed, I wrote them twice- never receive a reply. I think Byte
- : ]was taking chance that small subscriber like me will never take
- : ]legal action against them for the little subscription fee(to them at
- : ]least). They were right; as a result, I have never purchased a
- : ]single issue of Byte again.
- :
- :
- : Twice in the past I have started subscriptions with Byte,
- : and both times I was shortchanged three issues the first
- : year.
- :
- : INTERNET: whitesto@oasys.dt.navy.mil
- : --------------------------------------------------------------
-
- I had some problems with BYTE subscriptions, but after writing them,
- the problems actually got cleared up. It took me awhile though.
- Quite suprising for a published like MacGraw-Hill to not be able to
- get its billing straight. How complex can it be? Paid... Unpaid...
-
- FYI: I have a number for BYTE (don't know if it still works)
- 609-426-5000
-
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