On 1/10/2016 11:30 AM, The New Other Guy wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 13:58:44 -0800, "Cheri" > wrote:
>
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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 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.
>
> TOO many people DON'T READ the 'fine print'.
>
> Almost all trial subscription programs nowadays include auto-renewal.
>

It's just like the ads you see on TV for various things. We'll send you
the first [whatever] FREE! The fine print on the screen (which is hard
to read read no matter how big the television) indicates they'll
automatically send whatever on a regular basis. Naturally they're going
to start charging you unless you cancel within the first 30 days.

Jill