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From: fjs@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Fernando J. Selman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: If you're thinking of buying a subscription to NeXTWorld ...
Message-ID: <1991Mar14.010359.20931@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 91 01:03:59 GMT
References: <1991Feb28.062819.6922@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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In comp.sys.next you write:


>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. :-)

Now that we are on the subject. Could someone explain to me the 40% discount
claimed in NextWorld's coupons? 4.95 an issue. 6 issues a year = 29.70.
Coupon price = 23.95. Where is the 40% discount? Thanks!

					- Fernando
>Steve