"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> > wrote in message
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>> In response to a come-on, my wife took out a trial subscription to Cooks
>> Illustrated. Now they sent her a "bill" saying that because she had
>> signed up
>> for their Six Months Automatic Renewal program, she should please get the
>> money in.
>>
>> Did anyone ever run afoul of this? She never would have tried the
>> magazine had she known she was signing up to subscribe in perpetuity.
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> I've had that happen with the Jerry Baker books. I finally told them if
> they send one more book, I will keep it and not pay them, they stopped.
>
> Cheri

I had trouble with books through Good Old Days. A couple of books arrived
and they were ones that I never would have sent away for. When I called,
they tried to say that I had agreed to get automatic shipments of these and
they were tied to their "specials". They put out a monthly magazine but
also some seasonal specials. Odd thing is that nobody else I know got these
books and they got the specials. In the end, they let me keep the books for
free.