Like most of you, I've been receiving FoxTalk 2.0 renewal offers on a daily basis, which go straight into the garbage can. Today's renewal has a new twist:

"The great news is that we will automatically renew you unless you notify us otherwise!"

My subscription doesn't expire until April 2007, but they will "conveniently" renew it for me on 9/29/06 if I don't tell them otherwise. So, now I have to opt out of a magazine subscription? What a load. First, flood your customers with renewal "offers" to the point where they don't even look at them, then slip in an automatic renewal notice. I smell a lawsuit.

What a shame, this used to be my favorite magazine. Anyway, be sure to check those notices before you throw them away!