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From: tp@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (thomas.a.pierce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: A2-central...AUGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!
Summary: Ok...
Keywords: Rip-Off!!!!
Message-ID: <3137@cbnewsm.ATT.COM>
Date: 23 Aug 89 02:35:14 GMT
References: <3067@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> <34211@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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   I wrote:
>>    Ok, that's all...  I heard about A2-Central being sooooo gooood, and heard
>>it everywhere. 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!!!!!!  The check was drawn from Tom Weishaar's
>>account and signed by Sally Dwyer(names you'll recognize from the back).
 
 Add Dave Lyons:

> If you really want your other $4.67 back, give them a call and point out where
> you read that you could get a full refund.

   It's not that I NEED the $4.67 back, but it's the PRINCAPAL of this.  
A2-Central, by printing the 'warranty' quoted above, assured me my money back,
AND THEY COPPED OUT!  Say somebody here goes with a 1/yr. disk & paper 
subsciption and doesn't like the first issue, but he reads the little 
'disclaimer' section and sees he can recieve a -FULL- refund.  He figures he'll
let it go another month...  He doesn't feel #2 is worth the money either, but
with the disclaimer's promise he waits another month...  Ok, he's ready to 
cancel!  #3 left no doubt, A2 wasn't for him.  He sent a letter expressing his
disatisfaction...  A few weeks later a check from A2 was in his mailbox for...
($80*3/4yr.=) $60???  "Wait, A2 promised," he thought, "they promised me!!"  
So, he loses $20(until he can clear things up w/A2),and he has to go through  
the hassle of calling (long distance) Kansas, and the joy of locking horns with
whoever answers!  Also, just maybe A2 knows exactly what they are doing...
Maybe they're counting on me not wanting to go through the hassles... yeah...
Maybe they figure if they rip me off, even if it's only $4.67, and they do the
same to 10 other people, they'll have an extra $46.70!!

> I consider A2-Central a high-quality publication, and I'd like to know what
> you found unsatisfactory about it.

   Ok, it has _ONE_ article, per se, per issue.  For the two issues that I
recieved the subject of these articles was yesterdays (or yesterYEAR's--'NEW 
ShrinkIT' HA!!!) news.  Oh, yeah you also get a FUNNY (T.?) cartoon!  Don't
forget 'Uncle DOS' {(R) and/or (C)}!  It was A2 where I found out that YOUR
COMPUTER CAN CONTROL AN EGG GRATER!!  Yes, folks, an EGG GRATER!  Wow?!
  Any more questions?

 I have one-What is so 'high-quality' about A2, and why do you like it so much?
 
>  --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc.          |   DAL Systems

    - Tom
"In no case shall I be liable for any incidental or consequential damages, nor
for ANY damages in excess of $2.50"
  This disclaimer borrwed from A2!!!!

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