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Default Cooks Illustrated scam

dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:22:07 AM UTC-10, wrote:
>> 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.

>
> I've run into this in the 70's. It's a scam only until you understand the rules of the game. It's a good deal if you remember to cancel the subscription early enough. My recommendation is that you learn to play the game.
>


And kill off an rfc-grade whine?

Oh brother, that's cold of you!

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