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From: genji@ucbopal.CC.Berkeley.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.misc
Subject: Re: Did you get one of these?
Message-ID: <137@ucbopal.CC.Berkeley.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 4-Jan-84 05:55:15 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  4 05:55:15 1984
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You seem to have had an easier than average experience getting
that company (Columbia House Records) off your back.  I usually
have to phone a company as well as write a few letters to stop
undue demands.  Protesting notes written on returned invoices
seem never to be read-- next month another invoice with more
threats will arrive; and so forth.  Some years ago i made about
40 phone calls to get American Express to erase some gratuitous
charges.  (I'd never spend all that time today.)  AmEx then
used a phony name like "L. Graham" who was supposed to be the
customer's "personal representative".  On one phone call, the
AmEx worker said he would transfer the call to this L. Graham.
I protested that there was no such person and he replied
"It doesn't matter.  You can talk with him anyway".
				--Genji