I had a similar problem with Flying Magazine. My wife got me a subscription
over the web. After it ran out, they started calling us on the phone to
try to get us to renew. We told them over and over to put our number on
their do not call list, threatened them, whatever, but the calls kept coming
in. I sent a letter to Flying Magazine and got a letter of apology, but
they claimed they couldn't do much about it because it was a separate
marketing company or whatever. Needless to say, I stopped the subscription.

I really liked IFR magazine originally. Seems like they had some good info
that filled in the cracks other magazines left. I still go back and re-read
some of the old issues. But after a few years, it seems to be getting
somewhat redundant. I was always dismayed at how much it cost. They need a
few more advertisers to bring the cost down.

.... Aaron

"Abafon Goula" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 20:58:25 GMT, "JFee"
wrote:

I was upset about the same thing. Last year I joined for $24 and this
year
they sent me renewal notice for $40!

So I crossed off the $40 on the renewal notice, wrote in $24 with a short
note that if they charged me the same rate I subscribed at, I would
renew.

Sure enough, they sent me a bill for only $24, and I kept receiving the
magazine (though i hesitate to call it that.. more of a newsletter, I
think)

That's funny! I decided to see if they improved a while back and
subscribed. True to form, they started sending me renewal notices
before I received my first issue. After the fourth notice, I told
them to cram it.


"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
nk.net...
I used to subscribe to IFR until I realized that they offered a much
better
rate to new subscribers than to existing ones. After realizing this,
my
four year old decided to subscribe :-). Today he recieved a
solicitation
from another aviation magazine. Obviously they sold his (and my) name
and
address. I always check the little box indicating that I don't want my
information shared and I don't want to recieve any offers. I will
never
subscribe to any Belvoire publication again.

Just had to vent after calling a credit card company and telling them
not
to
send me any more ot their stupid balance tranfer checks. It was the
third
time I called them. I am in the national opt out list for all
pre-approved
credit and I still get at least two "offers" a day. I guess that
Congress
is so busy spending our hard earned money developing rainforests in
Iowa
and
subsidized rail to Disneyland that they don't have time for legislation
that
ordinary people really care about.

Mike
MU-2