Cooks Illustrated scam
On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 02:33:18 -0600, MaryL
> wrote:
> On 1/9/2016 11:30 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 19:06:30 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I did manage to cancel a couple of them but it took me many
> >> hours of phone calls to do so and it's just not worth it.
> >
> > Why don't you cross out the name and either say moved or the more
> > effective: deceased, and send them back?
> >
>
> Yes, that's effective, but you don't even need to return the magazine.
> Just cut out the label and mail that, along with the message you
> suggested. I think the Post Office even has post cards to use for
> forwarding addresses, and that could be used for this purpose. It would
> be a waste of time to make a trip to the Post Office for every magazine,
> but it would be easy to pick up several and keep them on hand if this is
> a frequent occurrence.
>
It's just as easy to not put any effort into it at all and keep the
magazines. She didn't order them and her name isn't on them. They'll
stop eventually.
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sf
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