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From: root@yale.UUCP (Celray Stalk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC Tech Journal Dies
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Date: 1 Mar 89 15:12:25 GMT
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Reply-To: galvin-peter@CS.YALE.EDU (Peter Baer Galvin)
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It's sounding a lot like snake oil to me.  I recall now that when I
started my subscription (about a year ago) I got two issues back to back and
about a week later got a "renew now and save" letter!  I wonder if even
back then they were planning to kill the mag and were trying to get
all they could before then.

Just yesterday the last issue in my subscription (lucked out!), with a
big red cover page warning me that this was my last issue and I'd better
send in my renewal now or I wouldn't receive any more issues.  In light
of the fact that they don't give refunds for unused portions of subscriptions
if the magazine goes under, I'd say that it might be time for all folks
being ripped of by Ziff Davis to get together for a class action suit.  They
are apparently knowingly conducting fraudulant business practices.
Anyone out there have a lawyer in the family?!

I have (or at least had) nothing against Ziff Davis (they _are_ the
publisher, aren't they?...I don't have an issue here).  I think PC Mag
and PC Week are very good magazines.  It's too bad they're quickly
gettings themselves a bad reputation.

					      --Peter

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