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From: lad@eplrx7.UUCP (Lawrence A. Dziegielewski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Subscribing to MacUser (warning)
Message-ID: <119@eplrx7.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 1-May-87 13:40:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: eplrx7.119
Posted: Fri May  1 13:40:09 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 3-May-87 01:37:51 EDT
References: <7078@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
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Summary: Mac User did it to me too!

In article <7078@bu-cs.BU.EDU>, gasp@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Isaac Kohane) writes:
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> >When I subscribed, the first two issues I received were old; i.e. I
> >subscribed in November.  In December I received the Oct, Nov and Dec
> >issues all within the space of a week. 
> 
> I have had a similar experience. In November I received three issues,
> including those of the previous two months. I suppose this is an easy way
> to cause subscriptions to be renewed early :-(

This has happened to me too!  I thought I was the only one.

Back in November I sent in a subscription to MacUser.  About a week later a
bill arrived and the note inside said I would be receiving my first issues
in about a week or two.  True to the note,  the first issue arrived.  When I
got the wrapper off it said 'AUGUST 1986'.  Well,  I was ticked off a bit.
I called the 800 number at MacUser and told them my story.  The woman at the
other end of the phone told me that she was sorry I had received a back
issue and she'd see what she could do.

About a week later I got another issue,  this time the September 1986 issue.
After another call to User I got to speak to a guy that told me I should be
happy I was getting back issues.  He said,  and I quote,  "You should be
gald,  we normally charge more for back issues".  I hung up.

After another 3 weeks and two more issues (November and Decmeber)  I got a
note from the MacUser  subscription dept saying my payment was past due.  I
wrote a nice letter back explaining my plight and sent it off.  Another
month later I got yet another PAST DUE notice.  This time I fired off a
scathing flame to MacUser.  That got another PAST DUE notice,  only this
time they said 'we're stopping delivery to you as of this issue'.  Thank
God,  I thought.  

That was the last I heard from MacUser.  At this point I cannot and do not
recommend that anyone subscribe.  Until,  that is,  they start shipping
current issues.

        Lawrence A. Dziegielwski                E.I. DuPont Co.
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