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Re: 10 CDs for the price of 1: kosher?

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From: Joel Kolstad
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 23:12
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In article <1993Jan7.011948.8472@ads.com> henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes:
>alasnik@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Adam Lasnik) wrote: 
>->--People forget to send back the "selection-of-the-month" card, and so
>->consequently get stuck with the overpriced CD whether they want it or not.
>
>mark the box "return to sender" and send it back.  i do this all the
>time without hassles.

This certainly works, but there may be an even better alternative...

I'm in the BMG club, and several years ago I sent them a letter that
informed them that, since I had taken advantage of next to none of their
"specials of the month" offers, I would like the default option on the
monthly mailing to be "don't send me anything."  They complied -- it's
really nice!

I also joined the "two free for life" deal several years back, and it's
paid off well.  Be careful, though... if you don't order anything for about
6 months, they'll send you little cards that inform you that you'll be
dropped as a member if you don't send them the card back!  After about 4 of
these cards, they got the message that I was NOT about to just go away and
die, and they haven't bothered sending me any more little cards since.

						---Joel Kolstad
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From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
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Subject: Re: 10 CDs for the price of 1: kosher?
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Date: 7 Jan 93 23:12:14 GMT
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