PENMART01 wrote:

>>Melba's Jammin' writes:
>>
>
> Richard Kaszeta wrote:
>
>>>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.
>
>
> Unsolicited merchandise received through the US Mail is a GIFT, for which it is
> an *illegal act* to bill. If you receive a bill file a complaint with your
> local Post Master and the billing will cease.
>
>
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> "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
> Sheldon
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Sheldon hit it. I had the same problem with Food & Wine doing that with
thier annuals that I never ordered and thier quick from scratch
cookbooks that I ordered one of. Having worked in marketing in the past
I scruitinzed the hell out of the order form for any "auto-ship"
information, there was none. And I kept a scanned copy of the completed
order form. The postmaster about fell over when I had that to support
my claim. They sent me two more books after that....however it never
went to collections and isn't on my credit report. The books which I
didn't want anyway went to the library.

Jessica