On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 1:38:50 PM UTC-8, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 1/9/2016 4:22 PM, wrote:
> > In response to a come-on, my wife took out a trial subscription to Cooks
> > Illustrated. Now they sent her a "bill" saying that because she had signed up
> > for their Six Months Automatic Renewal program, she should please get the
> > money in.
> >
> > Did anyone ever run afoul of this? She never would have tried the
> > magazine had she known she was signing up to subscribe in perpetuity.
> >
>
> I've never seen a trial anything that did not involve sending a bill or
> charging a CC later. If it is a free trial, there is the fine print.
>
> I hope she canceled in the allotted period or still can.
>
> Please, nothing is free. Anyone giving you something free is looking
> for something in return.

No, it wasn't a free trial, just a deep discount,

She did not like the magazine well enough to subscribe. She gets
one cooking magazine -- Saveur.