Parents Magazine
Mel Walker
samples) an advertisement for Parents magazine, indicating that we could
request a free issue. We did so, and it arrived. We liked it, but we
decided not to subscribe, and sent back a bill informing the publishers of
this. Now, 2 1/2 months later, we are still receiving bills, and are being
threatened with a collection agency. We are _not_ still receiving the
magazine, and did _not_ receive any other issues after the first.
Parents seemed to be a good magazine, but my advice now is either (1)
order it and pay the bill, or (2) don't even order your "free" copy.
Frankly, I have never seen such bad behavior from a magazine. Any magazine
that has to threaten legal action to get people to subscribe is not a
magazine I want to subscribe to.
--
Mel Walker http://www.xmission.com/~mwalker/ mwa...@xmission.com
"There are some on this earth of yours," returned the Spirit, "who claim to know
us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill will, hatred, envy, bigotry,
and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us...as if they had never
lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us."
Jan Silbermann
Mel Walker <mwa...@xmission.com> wrote:
>When my son was born, we were given (in addition to all the other free
>samples) an advertisement for Parents magazine, indicating that we could
>request a free issue. We did so, and it arrived. We liked it, but we
>decided not to subscribe, and sent back a bill informing the publishers of
>this. Now, 2 1/2 months later, we are still receiving bills, and are being
>threatened with a collection agency. We are _not_ still receiving the
>magazine, and did _not_ receive any other issues after the first.
They did this to me too. I called up their billing dept. and they appologised
and straightened the matter out. I didn't receive any more bills,
but I also would never subscribe to the magazine. Sounds like they
do this a lot.
Jan
cfel...@skatter.usask.ca
I'll give folks the benefit of my experience. I didn't ever subscribe to
Parents magazine but other periodicals make similar offers (free gift,
keep even if you don't subscribe). Save the original offer from the
magazine insert and file it away. If you can collect two you'll have an
original copy for yourself and another extra. If you decide to invoke
your privilige of not subscribing and you get any garbage from the
subscriptions department, make a xerox copy of the original agreement
(or use the extra) and send it with a letter indicating your annoyance
and citing chapter and verse from the enclosed agreement. It also
works for bookclubs which change their minimum "number of items to buy
in X time" rules often and then try to get more orders out of you lest
be threatened with having to pay for your initial "free gift" for early
withdrawal. Never give up the original unless you have extras lying
around..
Caren Feldman
Deb Kelly
> In article <mwalker-1512...@mwalker.murray.novell.com>,
> Mel Walker <mwa...@xmission.com> wrote:
> >When my son was born, we were given (in addition to all the other free
> >samples) an advertisement for Parents magazine, indicating that we could
> >request a free issue. We did so, and it arrived. We liked it, but we
> >decided not to subscribe, and sent back a bill informing the publishers of
> >this. Now, 2 1/2 months later, we are still receiving bills, and are being
> >threatened with a collection agency. We are _not_ still receiving the
> >magazine, and did _not_ receive any other issues after the first.
I ran into a problem with Parent's Magazine Development Toy Division.
I had sent them a check to pay for 2 sets of toys ($29.95) in the beginning
of September. My October bank statement showed the check had been cashed
on October 15. On November 11, I got a notice from a collection agency
telling me that I owed PMDT $29.95. I called them and was told that the
posting of my check and the sending of this letter must have overlapped
a day or two. This means they held the posting of my check for almost 3 weeks
before they credited the account. I cancelled my membership.
Deb
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Robyn Kozierok
|I ran into a problem with Parent's Magazine Development Toy Division.
|I had sent them a check to pay for 2 sets of toys ($29.95) in the beginning
|of September. My October bank statement showed the check had been cashed
|on October 15. On November 11, I got a notice from a collection agency
|telling me that I owed PMDT $29.95. I called them and was told that the
|posting of my check and the sending of this letter must have overlapped
|a day or two. This means they held the posting of my check for almost 3 weeks
|before they credited the account. I cancelled my membership.
The management of the Toy program has recently changed, which may explain
a few screw-ups.
-- Robyn