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From: forrette@cory.berkeley.edu (Steve Forrette)
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Subject: Re: Automatic Call Forwarding
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Date: 7 Oct 90 15:08:55 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 721, Message 3 of 6


I took advantage of this offer from Citibank a couple of years ago.
It's a pretty good deal, I thought, but here's the catch - you agree
to be sent them each year, with subsequent years being billed at the
full $21.95 price!  Actually, you have the option not to purchase in
subsequent years.  What happens is they send you a notice about a
month in advance, reminding you of "the deal," and telling you that
you need to send something back if you DON'T want it.  But, I just
glanced over it at the time, determined it was junk mail, and junked
it.  Well, when the book arrived, I felt really hoodwinked, but they
gave me a refund when I sent them back (refund necessary since they
automatically bill your credit card!).  Now back to telecom...


[Moderator's Note: I should have, but neglected to mention that part
about the 'negative-option' in my response yesterday. It is true you
get into a cycle with the calendar/diary people which requires you to
respond to them every year (regardless of *who* you actually buy it
from, i.e. Sprint, American Express, Visa, "Amoco Merchandise Center"
a/k/a/ Fingerhut  a/k/a "Exxon Merchandise Center", Diners Club et al)
but it still is a decent and attractive little book, and hardly the
sleazy, scam offer our original correspondent purported it to be.  PAT]