On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:00:34 -0400, "Young Carpenter"
wrote:

Just as an added note, well over half of these magazines will give you a
chance to sample their magazine for free. Then they send you a bill and if
you like it you pay for it. Sometimes if you hold off an extra month or two
they send you a reduced price. Sometimes you cancel, they continue sending
the magazine and the bill (popular WW did that with me)
Anyway It might give you a chance to see what you like, not to mention the
"free" advice

I did that with Wood Magazine not too long ago. They offered to send
me a couple free issues and since I hadn't seen it in a while, I
figured why not.

I didn't particularly like what I saw, especially at the prices they
wanted to charge, so I cancelled and forgot about it. Then they
started sending me bill after bill after bill, each more threatening
than the last until finally I called their customer service line, sat
on hold for a long time and ripped the person on the other end a new
one. Cancel means cancel. Cancel it. Stop bothering me. Obviously,
if I don't PAY for the thing, and you don't SEND the thing, I don't
want it!

Needless to say, I'll never purchase another issue of Wood again as
long as I live.