On 7/16/2010 9:46 PM, Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> "Catmandy > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>>
>> 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".
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> So if anyone has any experience with this "club", would like to hear
>> about it.
>> Thanks
>
> 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
>
>
Yeah, my experience was with Handyman, one of the grandkids gave me a
subscription several years ago. I was bombarded with "free" and "low
cost" offers every time the mail came. In addition they sell your
address and info to every scam artist in the world. I would stay away
from anything to do with them myself.