[Rhodes22-list] Renewals

[Robert Skinner]

Tootle wrote:
> I got Sail magazine for years.  However, I got pissed off at them.  Even
> though I had more than three years left on my subscription, they kept
> sending me renewal mail that did not state when my subscription ran out.  So
> I decided to get out from their unethical renewal practices.  After my
> subscription ran out, they kept sending me renewal notices.  Now they do it
> by email.  One day a lady called.  I told her why I quite.
> 
> It had nothing to do with the quality of magazine.  In fact it is good.  If
> you have a long term subscription already, to keep asking for renewals
> sounds of fraud to me.  They get to use your money without interest.
> Furthermore, a renewal notice should on the face state when a subscription
> ends.

Ed, I just send back all renewal notices 
without an actual expiration date in the 
generally business reply envelope 
requesting that they provide it.  

Sometimes they reply with the info, and 
then I check that against my checkbook.  No 
jibe, no pay.  

I have noticed that when the actual date 
comes near, they always supply the 
expiration date.

Sail, Wooden Boat, and Practical Sailor 
all get a bit previous.  Only Small Craft
Advisor is straight up.
-- 
Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven" 
Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."