So I got a letter a week ago saying that a local furniture store, American Furniture Warehouse was teaming up with the Rocky Mountain News to give me 4 weeks of free newspapers. Now I dont subscribe to a newspaper because I dont read them and I get all my news on F150online.com. I was outraged that I had to call up the newspaper yesterday and tell them to stop sending me newspapers. Am I wrong for being upset that I had to call and cancel something I didn't ask for in the first place?

Wish I had thought of this sooner: I should have stock piled all the newspapers and dropped them off at the paper's front door.

 

No you are not wrong. I had a similar experience with a "free" newspaper subscription. Once it expired, they still came along with a bill. They wanted me to pay because the first free newspaper I threw away had a note wrapped in it saying It was a free trial and I had to cancel or be charged or something like that. I never read it, and I never paid. I tried to solve diplomatically, but ended up having to throw a fit to get out of paying.

 

No, you aren't wrong. You should probably have called the police and had them ticketed for littering.

 

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Free newspaper subscriptions are never good... you should stock pile them and try to knock the paper boy off of his bike when he drives by each day

 

My neighbor hates the newspaper because of the lousy service he gets.
Claims that when he does get a paper it looks like it's already been read.

I haven't paid for a newspaper in years.

 

I'm more upset with banks that send a letter saying if you don't respond in 60 days they will begin selling your mailing information to vendors. Why should I have to tell them NOT to share my information It should be the other way 'round, get my permission to sell the information, otherwise observe my privacy as your customer.

 

 

Who needs newspapers or magazines. Just come here and you will get all the important stuff in life.

 

UC, you have every right to be upset about the unwanted newspapers. I've never had that kind of thing happen but I'd be pissed too.

 

You might check Colorado law. In fact, I think it's Federal law that you don't have to pay for anything sent to you that you didn't order. I don't believe that you are under ANY obligation to notify anyone of anything. If you did not initiate the order for the paper, than you SHOULDN'T have to cancel it.

Personally I'd let them keep sending the papers until someone calls. Then ask them to produce an order form from you. When they can't, then it should be over.

I've been getting Car and Driver free for a little over a year now, and I never ordered it. Crutchfield did, without my permission. I just keep throwing the bills away, and they keep sending the magazine.

I also got some gifts including DVDs, coins, and posters from 4Wheeler magazine. They sent a bill later, and I told them to go fly a kite. They never billed me again because I didn't order it to begin with.

So just enjoy the "free" subscription, and when they call, tell them to send the bill to Jake Jabbs, because it was his idea.