"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:21:30 -0500, James Silverton
> > wrote:
>
>> There are a lot of worthy charities to which I contribute but it seems
>> that the requests for money tend to come earlier and earlier each year.
>> This amounts to a sneaky attempt to get a larger annual contribution. I
>> wonder if they realize that if I put the requests aside I will probably
>> forget them completely.
>
> Magazine subscriptions use the same tactic,
>
Don't they just! I renewed a sub in December and had an e-mail offer 2 days
ago to renew!