Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnewsm!tp From: tp@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (thomas.a.pierce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: A2-central...AUGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!! Message-ID: <3135@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> Date: 22 Aug 89 23:08:05 GMT Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 71 In-reply-to: your article <16479@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> News-Path: att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!fadden I wrote: > > Ok, that's all... I heard about A2-Central being sooooo gooood, and heard > >it everywhere. Add Andy: > Not just a few times from me, I would assume. I will continue to insist that > it is one of the best Apple II newsletters there has ever been. > > So, I figured I'd see what it was all about. I decided on a $7 > >'trial' subsciption. I received the first one and, well, I was ready to > >cancel -- but I saw that unsatisfied customers could get a -FULL- refund (On >>the back it says"Unsatisfied subscribers may cancel their subscription at any > >time and receive a full refund of their last subscription payment."). I >>decided to give A2 another chance. Well after receiving this one I sent in my > >cancellation, and clearly expressed disatisfaction :-). Today I received my > >'Refund' check from A2--$2.33!!!!!! > Did they say how they arrived at that figure? Nope, nothing but a check in the envelope. > $2.33 goes into $7 about three > times... Yeah, but it should've been $7!! Who CARES how many times $2.33 goes into $7! > At $28/year, I would assume you signed up for three issues... looks > like he he paid you for the issue you didn't get. I'd say that was probably > fair, although the line you quote is misleading. MISLEADING??? IT WAS A LIE!!! FALSE ADVERIZING!!! MISLEADING?!? Misleading... > The check was drawn from Tom Weishaar's > >account and signed by Sally Dwyer(names you'll recognize from the back). > Is that good or bad? I'm confused (my normal state). just wierd, you figure they'd have checks saying 'A2-Cental' > > I hope this saves someone else from the 'A2-Central Rip-Off'. > > I hope that this makes people who read the net aware that they can get a trial > subscription to a great newsletter for next to nothing. Yeah, just pray that you're gonna be satisfied because *against* their *advertizing* you'll never see your $$$ again! > >| Tom Pierce > fadden@cory.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden) > ...!ucbvax!cory!fadden > "Well, I'm back." -- The last line in The Lord of the Rings (I think) -Tom Y'know what? I just tried posting this article (all above this line) and it was 'rejected by inews... included more text then new text'!! I took all of the '>'s uot of empty lines, and stuck in a few extra blanks and here we go..... -- ______________________________________________________________________________ | Tom Pierce | These opinions don't represent anyone at AT&T (but me!)| | tp@cbnewsm.ATT.COM | These opinions may be harmful or dangerous if swallowed| |_tomp@pro-party_____|_These_opinions_are_100%_pure_and_contain_no_cholesterol|