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The Magazines

gloriajean — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:14:34 GMT

For about two years now, I've been getting so many magazines that I never ordered, they just keep coming, all kinds, even thick ones like Bazaar etc. never a bill for them, just keep right on coming. I don't read them, but give them to my daughter. Anyway, here we just moved to an apartment, two weeks ago, and the magazines are being forwarded here. If that isn't the strangest thing.

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DoneTryin — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:36:52 GMT

Sounds like the basis for a sci-fi story.

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SunValley — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:44:13 GMT

Did you have airline miles that you didn't use and the airline automatically redeemed them via magazines?

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terriebear — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:47:12 GMT

When you put in a change of address with the post office, this will be applied to magazines, for 6 months. This is done at the post office, not at the origin of the magazine. If you want of know about your magazines and how they are paid for etc. You can call customer service of each magazine. I assume you are on automatic renewal which is common, and your credit card is being billed. To get to customer service you can find it in each magazine or go to the name to the magazine.com You will have to log in with your name, address. etc., but from there you would click on customer service on the next page and find the 800 number to call them. You can then cancel your subscription. A lot of magazines are handled by the same company like Hearst. Hope this helps.

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DiAnne — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:49:58 GMT

I think the new marketing ploy for magazines is to send them unrequested to people for a few months to try to get them to subscribe. I get magazines all the time that I know I am not paying for.

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jlkz — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 19:10:09 GMT

Whether it's a magazine, a catalog or solicitation in which I am not interested, I call the source and give them whatever info is on the address label. This usually takes care of the problem in a few weeks.

I did this to mail that came in to my Dad after he passed. It does work. My preference is to deal with people but if there' son other way, electronic it is !

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deepwaterdotter — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 19:20:37 GMT

I've decided that after the end of the world, the only things to survive will be cockroaches and Pottery Barn catalogs.

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Quiltlady — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 20:16:19 GMT

The same thing has happened to me. I got three different magazines and yes they are big and heavy and I don't want them either!! I am 61 what do I want with Marie Claire magazine? A total waste of paper and shipping on their part to send these magazines to my house. My daugthers aren't even interested in taking them.

With everything going digital I am keeping the magazines that I DO like and pay for!! I am afraid down the road paper subscriptions will be a thing of the past.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:29:25 GMT

HSN is very sneaky about including magazine subscriptions with your orders. You do pay for them because if you call and cancel you get a refund. I really resent this practice, especially since the mags aren't any I'd select.

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chrystaltree — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:39:01 GMT

Me too! I thought it was just me. It started 4 or 5 years ago. I get magazines that I didn't order, I would never order them because they don't interest me one bit. I don't receive any bills but when the subscription is running out I do get a renewal card. Of course I don't renew, the magazine's stop coming. But a couple of months later another magazine arrives! And it begins all over again. So, now I get two baby/parenting magazines and a cooking magazine. I give them away.

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Allegheny — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:43:21 GMT

I started getting Martha Stewart's Living magazine without subscribing, so I called their subscription department and asked why. They told me it was a gift subscription from Macy's. My nephew was getting married and I ordered quite a lot from their shower registry.

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chrystaltree — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:43:48 GMT

@DiAnne wrote:
I think the new marketing ploy for magazines is to send them unrequested to people for a few months to try to get them to subscribe. I get magazines all the time that I know I am not paying for.

I think you might be right. I hadn't thought it was a marketing strategy but it makes sense.

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abbeythe 8th — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 00:29:36 GMT

I hate these free subscriptions, and they are not easy to cancel. I've been trying to cancel VOGUE for about 6 months. I get a an arts and crafts magazine that I have no idea how to get rid of. I've written refused but my carrier said it gets thrown in the garbage and not returned. I've spoken numerous times to the publisher but it keeps coming for almost a year.

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AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 11:30:30 GMT

I don't understand this. How can you be getting all of these free magazine subscriptions and nobody is charging you? I do get a lot of magazines for sure, but I never get any for free. Oh, I take that back. I think 1ce or 2ce in my life, I got an issue of something sent to me because the wanted me to see if I liked it. That was it. I wish they'd start sending me free subscriptions! Of course, the way my luck is, I'd think I would be getting them free and then I'd get a huge credit card bill for like $9,000 or something!

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abbeythe 8th — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:43:15 GMT

@AngelPuppy1 wrote:
I don't understand this. How can you be getting all of these free magazine subscriptions and nobody is charging you? I do get a lot of magazines for sure, but I never get any for free. Oh, I take that back. I think 1ce or 2ce in my life, I got an issue of something sent to me because the wanted me to see if I liked it. That was it. I wish they'd start sending me free subscriptions! Of course, the way my luck is, I'd think I would be getting them free and then I'd get a huge credit card bill for like $9,000 or something!

HSN includes subscriptions with some TS items. What happens is, if you do not cancel they renew the magazine and charge your credit card.

Other online sites do the same thing. One subscription I have came from Wayfair. Again, if you neglect to cancel after the free period, your credit card is charged.

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gloriajean — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:30:21 GMT

You think?

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gloriajean — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:31:07 GMT

Nope - no airline miles.

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gloriajean — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:35:28 GMT

That makes sense - so they will continue coming for the next six months.

I have never been billed and won't be and I'd better not be. I never ordered them in the first place and they just don't stop coming. Sometimes they come with a renewal notice which I just don't renew anyway.

My daughter likes it when I give them to her for her massage office.

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gloriajean — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:39:13 GMT

I don't buy from HSN and I haven't paid a penny for any magazine that comes to me that I didn't subscribe to. And there are lots.

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gloriajean — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:41:51 GMT

That's how it works for me too. I lost count with how many different magazines get to me. The only one I do like is Prevention.

This is 2 years, so after six months of living here, I suppose they will stop. Good thing they don't know my credit card number as they cannot bill me.