Ray wrote:
>WWJ just lost a subscriber. Anyone else get a 'free' book from them
>with the promise of more to come for the low price of...
>
>Even if the books are worth reading, the fact that they signed me up
>for automatic delivery is enough for me to drop them.
Yes, this has happened to many people.
You are under no obligation to pay for unsolicited merchandise.
Complain to WWJ if you wish, but in any case, you are well within your
rights to keep any merchandise which you did not request.
buuba said:
>
>
>If you look at the fine print it says that they will send out the book
of
>the month every 4 - 6 weeks. If you want it do nothing and if you
don't
>want it just send back the card. So you are liable for it.
Not unless you specifically requested to join. They can't unilaterally
sign you up. You are free to keep unrequested merchandise.
>IMHO I think this sucks.
Your opinion notwithstanding, it is fairly typical "negative-option
buying".
Gus
Ray <[email protected]> wrote:
> WWJ just lost a subscriber. Anyone else get a 'free' book from them
> with the promise of more to come for the low price of...
>
> Even if the books are worth reading, the fact that they signed me up
> for automatic delivery is enough for me to drop them.
I signed up from Canada and I didn't have to buy *any* more books than
the introduction offer. Apparently it's too expensive to send the book
of the month and have it sent back to them :-)
Canadians, take your chance. 4 books for very little money.
--
mare
bubba <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you look at the fine print it says that they will send out the book of
> the month every 4 - 6 weeks. If you want it do nothing and if you don't
> want it just send back the card. So you are liable for it.
And I just wrote that they don't do that if you are located in Canada.
The postage (and return postage) is just too expensive.
> IMHO I think this sucks.
> "mare" <mare*Remove*All*0f*This*I*Hate*Spammers*@mac.invalid.com> wrote in
> message
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> valid.com... > Ray <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> WWJ just lost a subscriber. Anyone else get a 'free' book from them
> >> with the promise of more to come for the low price of...
> >>
> >> Even if the books are worth reading, the fact that they signed me up
> >> for automatic delivery is enough for me to drop them.
> >
> > I signed up from Canada and I didn't have to buy *any* more books than
> > the introduction offer. Apparently it's too expensive to send the book
> > of the month and have it sent back to them :-)
> >
> > Canadians, take your chance. 4 books for very little money.
> >
> > --
> > mare
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mare ()
Clint <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mare,
>
> Where did you sign up for this? I've been over a couple of my more recent
> issues of the WWJ, and haven't found a link for the book club. I've also
> been over the website and Google, with no luck. Any help appreciated, from
> one Canuck to another...
That would be <http://www.woodworkersbookclub.com>
--
mare
Clint <[email protected]> wrote:
> I found that one, but that's actually linked from Popular Woodworking, not
> WWJ. Thanks for the link, though. I'll check them out.
Oops, you're right. Anyway, this is the one I signed up for and the one
that doesn't send book-of-the-month's to me. So I got 4 books for US $
10. And that was it.
I didn't knew WWJ also had a book club, and can't tell if they do the
same to Canucks.
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mare
Mare,
Where did you sign up for this? I've been over a couple of my more recent
issues of the WWJ, and haven't found a link for the book club. I've also
been over the website and Google, with no luck. Any help appreciated, from
one Canuck to another...
Clint
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> bubba <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> If you look at the fine print it says that they will send out the book of
>> the month every 4 - 6 weeks. If you want it do nothing and if you don't
>> want it just send back the card. So you are liable for it.
>
> And I just wrote that they don't do that if you are located in Canada.
> The postage (and return postage) is just too expensive.
>
>> IMHO I think this sucks.
>
>> "mare" <mare*Remove*All*0f*This*I*Hate*Spammers*@mac.invalid.com> wrote
>> in
>> message
>> news:1gvxi0q.a6pntgv8t6v4N%mare*Remove*All*0f*This*I*Hate*Spammers*@mac.in
>> valid.com... > Ray <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> WWJ just lost a subscriber. Anyone else get a 'free' book from them
>> >> with the promise of more to come for the low price of...
>> >>
>> >> Even if the books are worth reading, the fact that they signed me up
>> >> for automatic delivery is enough for me to drop them.
>> >
>> > I signed up from Canada and I didn't have to buy *any* more books than
>> > the introduction offer. Apparently it's too expensive to send the book
>> > of the month and have it sent back to them :-)
>> >
>> > Canadians, take your chance. 4 books for very little money.
>> >
>> > --
>> > mare
>
>
> --
> mare ()
If you look at the fine print it says that they will send out the book of
the month every 4 - 6 weeks. If you want it do nothing and if you don't
want it just send back the card. So you are liable for it.
IMHO I think this sucks.
"mare" <mare*Remove*All*0f*This*I*Hate*Spammers*@mac.invalid.com> wrote in
message
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> Ray <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> WWJ just lost a subscriber. Anyone else get a 'free' book from them
>> with the promise of more to come for the low price of...
>>
>> Even if the books are worth reading, the fact that they signed me up
>> for automatic delivery is enough for me to drop them.
>
> I signed up from Canada and I didn't have to buy *any* more books than
> the introduction offer. Apparently it's too expensive to send the book
> of the month and have it sent back to them :-)
>
> Canadians, take your chance. 4 books for very little money.
>
> --
> mare
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
> "bubba" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> If you look at the fine print it says that they will send out the
>> book of the month every 4 - 6 weeks. If you want it do nothing and
>> if you don't want it just send back the card. So you are liable for
>> it.
>>
>> IMHO I think this sucks.
>
> Every book club and record club operates the same way. They depend on
> you not sending the card back and then keeping the book or album.
>
>
The last several mailings specifically indicated that, since this was
unsolicited, you were under no obligation to do anything - return the book,
pay a bill, communicate your opt-out, anything.
An unintended consequence of this marketing campaign is that at least one
subscriber is letting their subscriotion lapse when it runs out. There is
more than sufficient junk mail arriving here already. The publications may
be safely ignored, IMO.
Patriarch
I found that one, but that's actually linked from Popular Woodworking, not
WWJ. Thanks for the link, though. I'll check them out.
Clint
"mare" <mare*Remove*All*0f*This*I*Hate*Spammers*@mac.invalid.com> wrote in
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> Clint <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Mare,
>>
>> Where did you sign up for this? I've been over a couple of my more
>> recent
>> issues of the WWJ, and haven't found a link for the book club. I've also
>> been over the website and Google, with no luck. Any help appreciated,
>> from
>> one Canuck to another...
>
> That would be <http://www.woodworkersbookclub.com>
>
> --
> mare
"bubba" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> If you look at the fine print it says that they will send out the book of
> the month every 4 - 6 weeks. If you want it do nothing and if you don't
> want it just send back the card. So you are liable for it.
>
> IMHO I think this sucks.
Every book club and record club operates the same way. They depend on you
not sending the card back and then keeping the book or album.