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From: shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: UNIX Review considered sleazy
Message-ID: <141@mcf.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Aug-87 10:18:06 EDT
Article-I.D.: mcf.141
Posted: Wed Aug 26 10:18:06 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 29-Aug-87 06:24:23 EDT
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Reply-To: shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani)
Organization: Michigan Cancer Foundation, Detroit, MI
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In article <1890@sfsup.UUCP> mdash@sfsup.UUCP (M.D.Scheer) writes:
>At the Summer Conference, I responded to a UNIX Review come-on for a
>free subscription, and responsed to a questionnaire at their booth.
>
>I just received a letter from the circulation department, saying, in
>part, "Thank you for your request to receive a free subscription to
>UNIX REVIEW."  As much as we would like to add your name to our free
>subscription list, we are unable to do so at this time.  However, we
>would like to invite you to enter a paid subscription..."
>
>Thanks for the invitation.  The letter gave no information explaining why
>UNIX Review is "unable" to do what they promised.

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>Did anybody else have a similar experience?  Is this sleazy enough that it
>merits an organizational response from USENIX?

Well ..yes I did have a similar experience. I filled out their required
form and did get one issue but then they stopped coming. But that didn't
have anything to do with my meeting their qualification criteria, 
instead they have a lousy circulation department and when I called up,
found that they had messed up my subscription details.

I'm still waiting for the next issue. But from the single issue I did
receive, it appears to be a resonably okay mag, after all what can
you expect for something which can potentially be sent free?
-- 
Sharan Kalwani			Dept. of Physiology/Biophysics  	
Michigan Cancer Foundation	110 East Warren Avenue,Detroit,Michigan 48201
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