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- From: camerons@NAD.3Com.COM (Cameron Spitzer)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Consumers Digest 'you renewed now pay'
- Message-ID: <1470@bridge2.NSD.3Com.COM>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 18:59:19 GMT
- References: <C1Fsqy.540@news2.cis.umn.edu>
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- In article 540@news2.cis.umn.edu, konstan@saturn.cs.umn.edu (Joe Konstan) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan25.213453.4846@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>, prm@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (paul.r.mount) writes:
- >|> It seems like renewal by intimidation. Anyone else having
- >|> this problem w/CD or other magazines.
- >
- >Not this problem, but I did enter their sweepstakes (carefully checking the
- >no box to indicate that I didn't want to subscribe) and whaddaya know, a bill
- >for a subscription. Real Consumerly attitude.
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- How could you expect a "consumer" magazine that takes corporate advertising
- to be anything but a fraud? _Consumer Reports_, _Bay Area Consumer Checkbook_,
- and _Multinational Monitor_ are legit. No ads. Just say "no" to phony
- consumer magazines.
-
- Cameron
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