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From: brian@padouk.ima.isc.com (Brian R. Holt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacWorld's Phony Offers
Keywords: MacWorld
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Date: 10 Jan 90 16:25:37 GMT
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In article <7541@cs.utexas.edu>, knapp@cs.utexas.edu (Edgar Knapp) writes:
> 
> >3)	I still need a new mouse pad.
> 
> Here I have to side with MacWorld since their offer clearly states that
> you receive the mouse pad with your PAID subscription.

Hmm, the one I got said you got a free mouse pad just for sending back
the card and accepting the trial issue, which I did. Note that the card
had no place for a signature, you just had to drop it in the mail.
When I got the bill, I returned it unopened with the word CANCEL SUBSCRIPTION
NOW in big red letters. I had to do this several times. I don't know whether
they actually did or not, since I was getting it at work, and I've changed
jobs. The mouse pad is pretty, though.

I also filled out their questionnaire at MacWorld Expo last summer, and
they gave me a free subscription. I hate poorly designed questionnaires.
I answered as honestly as I could, but I'm afraid I came out sounding
like the buyer for the world's largest Mac customer. Is it my fault the
questions don't take into account that some of us are Unix hackers and
not paper pushers?

		=brian

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