>>You write "We will apply your payment to your credit card we have on file unless you notify us of a change in payment method or subscription status." AFAIK it's actually illegal to store credit card information unless you are a credit card company yourself.
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>i think that this is just an EU rule. i also think that another eu rule is that it is illegal to do this sort of automatic renewal thing.
>~M

I also think so.

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>>>>Joel,
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>>>>Automatic renewal != automatic payment of the future renewal invoice. *bg*
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>>>Guess I forgot to include this bit:
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>>>"We will apply your payment to your credit card we have on file unless you notify us of a change in payment method or subscription status."
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>>>I already faxed and emailed DO NOT RENEW messages. We'll see what happens.
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>>>>>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:
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>>>>>"The great news is that we will automatically renew you unless you notify us otherwise!"
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>>>>>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.
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>>>>>What a shame, this used to be my favorite magazine. Anyway, be sure to check those notices before you throw them away!