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Article #19158Re: Byte magazine, con man?
From: G. Scott Braley
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:19
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:19
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cs161fho@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (cs161fho) writes: >Recently discussion about Net vs. magazines remind me of my >unpleasant experience with Byte magazine. I subscribed to it two >years ago, but only received one issue. After I found out the check >was cashed, I wrote them twice- never receive a reply. I think Byte >was taking chance that small subscriber like me will never take >legal action against them for the little subscription fee(to them at >least). They were right; as a result, I have never purchased a >single issue of Byte again. I am so sure. Byte probably has a whole department devoted to screwing small subscribers. Why, the probably bilk, what, literally hundreds of dollars every _year_ out of sheer greed and avarice. -- ***************************************************************************** * F.B.I.B.M.--The most feared merger * gsbg9079@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu * *****************************************************************************
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!gsbg9079 From: gsbg9079@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (G. Scott Braley) Subject: Re: Byte magazine, con man? References: <43806@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> Message-ID: <C18Jvx.8u4@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:19:08 GMT Lines: 22