Richard Kaszeta > wrote in message >...
> Melba's Jammin' > writes:
> > > While I've always liked the Cooks Illustrated magazine, and even have
> > > a few of their books, for the last two years I've had problems with
> > > them sending (and billing for) unsolicited books, despite my
> > > repeatedly telling them not to send anything.
> > >
> > > Anyone had luck with getting them to stop? Fighting with the credit
> > > card companies and Cooks has gotten rather old.
> >
> > I'd send them a registered letter explaining you desire to receive no
> > more books from them. And tell them that if they send anything else to
> > you you will regard it as unsolicited merchandise, a gift, and will keep
> > it. Copy your state's AG's consumer affairs office. Be nice to get a
> > name there that you can stick on the letter.
>
> I've pretty much done this (the local library now has a handsome copy
> of "The Best Recipe, 1st Edition" after they insisted on sending me a
> copy of the 2nd Edition, BTW), but it doesn't stop me from having to deal
> with the credit card company every time they do, and that's getting to
> be a bigger irritation (although why the credit card company just
> doesn't deny their transactions is a good question).

But once you have the receipt for the REGISTERED mail, you can prove
your side should they do the same afterwards, and thus file an
affidavit of criminal fraud. That will get their attention and stop
future abuses.

Dean G.