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Old 02-17-2005, 08:59 AM
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Best Buy Magazine Scam
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...e/10921614.htm

They are offering a free 8 week subscription, but you have to call to cancel otherwise you will be billed. And they get your credit card info from the purchase you just made at Best Buy. So sneaky!
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Old 02-17-2005, 10:48 AM
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This is pretty common with "Free" offers. If someone tells you something is "free", better start covering your wallet. As one of my favorate boyhood authors said:
TANSTAAFL: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. --Robert Heinlein
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I was suckered, Got 8 weeks of Sports Illustrated, They sent me a thing in the mail after my 4th issue with instructions to Stop it. Which I did.........Jim
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It aint nice out there no more...
soup bones USEd to be free...

You would THINK for what we pay, the quality would be going UP, but it aint..
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