On Jul 16, 10:46*pm, "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:
> "Catmandy (Sheryl)" > wrote in message
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> > Anyone here a member of "Cooking Club of America"? I got mail from
> > them today.
> > My first thought was "Sounds like a scam". But it's "only" $1 a month.
> > Of course, I'd want to pay that all in one lump sum, last thing I need
> > to have to do is remember to pay another monthly bill! $12/year, you
> > get a monthly magazine, $100 worth of coupons for groceries, and if
> > you test any of their products, you get to keep them and just send
> > back a survey. *I know someone who claims she got a set of pots for
> > free, and a few other items, from them.
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> > At any rate, part of me is wondering "If it sounds too good to be
> > true, it probably is" and part of me is thinking "maybe it's not a
> > scam. Free stuff is free stuff".
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> > The mailing they sent is high on hype--lots of great buzz words they
> > hope will hook you but there's not a lot of detail and I know that's
> > intentional.
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> > So if anyone has any experience with this "club", would like to hear
> > about it.
> > Thanks
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> I bit a couple of years ago. *The mag is bi-monthly, 6 a year, and they tell
> you you can try things for them. *I've done a few....they send coupons for
> food items free, you make them and rate them. *So far I haven't been asked
> about any of the 'good' things.....mixers, bowls, ovens, etc. *It's so-so on
> the recipes. *Similar in type to Taste of Home, which in my opinion, is
> superior to CCA. *Also, if you take one of those, you get ads to 'join' all
> their 'sister' clubs, Hunting, Handyman, etc.
> -ginny

Hmm.. that's what I thought. Not that great. I searched about them on
Chowhound and there some very unkind things said about it. I'm going
to pass. I hate Taste of Home magazine. So if that's better than
Cooking Club's magazine, it would be a waste of time and $12. Thanks,
Ginny