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From: sahayman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Steve Hayman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: If you're thinking of buying a subscription to NeXTWorld ...
Message-ID: <1991Feb28.062819.6922@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 28 Feb 91 06:27:47 GMT
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I bought issue #1 of NeXTworld magazine and decided to subscribe.
Called the 1-800-745-7002 number listed in the subscription ad on pg 97.

Conversation goes something like this:

Me:    I'd like a one year subscription to NeXTWorld.
Phone: And do you have a price on that?
Me:    Excuse me?
Phone: Do you have a coupon with a price on it?
Me:    No, I'm just looking at an ad in the magazine, it doesn't show the price.
Phone: The only price we know about is $29.95 a year, but if you
       have a coupon...
Me: (frantically flipping pages in the magazine, I find a subscription coupon)
       Wait! Wait! Here's a coupon, it says $23.95 a year.
Phone: OK, $23.95 it is.  We're not authorized to suggest that price but
       if you have a coupon, we take your word for it.

Something like that.
This 1-800 number sounds like it's a subscription clearing center for
a whole bunch of magazines, not just NeXTWorld.

So, if you call the number, be sure to mention the $23.95 price.  For that
matter, mention whatever price you want, it sounds like they're
prepared to believe you. :-)

Steve