Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ceres.physics.uiowa.edu!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!wuarchive!usc!samsung!caen!etsu!cmi.com!kevinh Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXTWorld "credit department" Message-ID: <10428@etsu.CMI.COM> From: kevinh@cmi.com (Kevin Hegg) Date: 9 May 91 15:46:10 GMT Sender: news@etsu.CMI.COM References: <1991May8.143229.9184@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991May9.150530.20767@potomac.ads.com> Distribution: na Organization: EDS Corp - Center for Machine Intelligence Lines: 17 > Suggested recourse: > > 1) Tell them you will not be intimidated and to f__k off. > 2) Threaten legal action. > 3) Report their behavior to the BBB. > 4) Send nasty letters to their editors etc. Seems to me that people are going overboard on how to resolve this problem. Why not try the simplest and most effective action. IGNORE THEM! You have no legal obligation to respond to anything they send you. They can't and won't take any legal action against you. By the way, NextWorld is not unique in this tactic. Virtually every magazine publisher uses these tactics. Kevin Hegg, EDS Corp - Center for Machine Intelligence 2001 Commonwealth Blvd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 Phone: (313) 995-0900 Internet: kevinh@cmi.com Applelink: D5990