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From: chris@imagine.ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM (Chris Sterritt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacWorld's Phony Offers
Keywords: MacWorld
Message-ID: <187@imagine.ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM>
Date: 11 Jan 90 14:26:12 GMT
References: <2505@manta.cme.nbs.gov>
Reply-To: chris@ADMS-RAD.Unisys.COM (Chris Sterritt)
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In article <2505@manta.cme.nbs.gov> proctor@cme.nbs.gov (Fred Proctor) writes:
>Several months ago, my colleagues and I each received an offer from
>MacWorld magazine for a free mouse pad and trial issue.  We all said
>"Sure, why not?"  What a mistake.  After receiving several harassing
>letters from MacWorld (to which we responded with queries abour our
>mosue pads and requests for cancellations), we've been put on the
>delinquency list of the North Shore collection agency.  After filling
>out an unsolicited bulk-mailed freebie card!  What a bunch of slimeballs.

I had this happen to me on another magazine (Vanity Fair -- ugh) when it
first came out, and got a similar runaround.  When I got the letter from
the collection agency, I got *furious* and wrote a very angry note on the
letter (started off "I WILL accept an apology..." and went on from there!)
and sent it back to them.  They ceased and desisted, because I believe that
LEGALLY, they were in the wrong!

What I didn't do, and *SHOULD HAVE*, was included photocopies of the abuse
in a letter to VF's editor, and YOU SHOULD DO THIS *FOR* MacWorld.  Why
for MacWorld?  Well, because I believe that this WAS NOT EVER MacWorld's
desire or intention; the slimeballs are the marketing/distributing company
people (I use the term 'people' loosely :-) who are trying to sucker people
with this abuse.

Let MacWorld know they are being slimed-by-association.

	--chris sterritt
	chris@adms-rad.unisys.com