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From: mikey@trsvax
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Bytes auto renewal plan
Message-ID: <70900036@trsvax>
Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 09:51:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 28 09:51:00 1985
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Nf-From: trsvax!mikey    Jun 28 08:51:00 1985



A friend of mine used to subscribe to Byte.  He let the subscription
lapse about 3 or 4 years ago because his interest and the magazines
coverage no longer overlapped.  Anyway, about a week ago he got an
invoice for $21.00 and an offer to increase his savings if he wanted a
2 or 3 year subscription instead of 1 year.  As he says that there is
no way he wanted to resubscribe to Byte again, he ignored the invoice,
thinking that it was a re-subscription ploy.  Well, yesterday he
received the new issue of Byte.  As far as he is concerned, it is not
his.  Could this be a ploy to increase subscriptions?  Is Byte ****ing
up with their old subscription list?  Is it a mistake?  OR, is it a
attempt to increase readership?  Anyone else have this happen?  My
friend is going to delay his response to Byte until he hears if this is
widespread or an isolated incident, then he'll decide what kind of
letter to write.

mikey at trsvax