Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!theory.tn.cornell.edu!finn From: finn@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Lee Samuel Finn) Subject: Re: NeXTWorld "credit department" Message-ID: <1991May9.234524.3843@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Followup-To: /dev/null Keywords: NeXTWorld, credit Sender: lsf@astosun.tn.cornell.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: theory.tn.cornell.edu Organization: Cornell Theory Center References: <1991May9.150530.20767@potomac.ads.com> <10428@etsu.CMI.COM> Distribution: na Date: Thu, 9 May 1991 23:45:24 GMT In article <10428@etsu.CMI.COM> kevinh@cmi.com (Kevin Hegg) writes: >> 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 Ah, but if they think you owe them, and don't pay, they might report you to a credit agency. Wouldn't that be fun. No, I don't think it is necessarily wise to ignore things like this. In an ideal world, they would be unable to cause you problems, but this is far from an ideal world.