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Wired Strongarms Subscribers?

Posted by Zonk on from the better-than-the-jedi-mind-trick dept.

yali writes "Wired has apparently been sinking to some rather low tactics with ex-subscribers. Namely, siccing a collections agency on them. If you let your subscription run out, you might get one of these. Nerds beware." From the article: "First came the usual letters warning McMillan, 36, that his subscription was up and that he wouldn't get any more copies of Wired unless he ponied up some cash. Then Wired's correspondence took a different turn. In May, McMillan received a letter from North Shore Agency, a leading debt-collection firm. The letter, headed 'Please Respond,' said he owed $12 for his Wired subscription."

3 of 492 comments (clear)

  1. That's it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just cancelled my subscription.

  2. Re:Balley Fitness does something almost as bad by Aeiri · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least I can use them to light a fire if I need to . Let's see you kids do that with your fancy email spam that's all the rage these days.

    We're all about automation now, my email server automatically lights on fire when I get get my fancy email spam.

    Beat that.

  3. Re:Easy to prevent this by almostmanda · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is a great idea. Another side benefit is, you get to see which magazines are selling your info to junk mail lists or signing you up for random catalog. And then you won't feel bad not paying your bill, because you'll know that Wired already made a killing selling your name and address to the highest bidders.