Dear magazine publisher.
I was thinking that it would be awesome to sign up for your magazine for a year, try it out. So, I went to your site, and started to fill out the information that you asked. When it came to pay you, though, you have told me that by signing up now, I agree that you'll AUTOMATICALLY bill me again, every year, from now until I actually remember to go out of my way to cancel.
I spent two minutes trying to find a way to not sign up for auto-renew, and you didn't give me an easy way to get out of it.
To make it clear, YOU just LOST a FULL PRICE subscriber because you tried to FORCE an AUTO RENEWAL policy onto me.
Have a nice day,
Gary Allen Vollink
P.S. I live in New York, I know where the news-stands are. Too bad I won't be in your subscriber circulation count. Might want to re-think that Subscribe Now web page in the future.
P.P.S. I could tell my readers which mag it was, but when I thought about it, I realize I've been faced with this problem with other mags, too, and had the same response (not subscribing). I also know that I can't be the only person who had the same reaction.
I was thinking that it would be awesome to sign up for your magazine for a year, try it out. So, I went to your site, and started to fill out the information that you asked. When it came to pay you, though, you have told me that by signing up now, I agree that you'll AUTOMATICALLY bill me again, every year, from now until I actually remember to go out of my way to cancel.
I spent two minutes trying to find a way to not sign up for auto-renew, and you didn't give me an easy way to get out of it.
To make it clear, YOU just LOST a FULL PRICE subscriber because you tried to FORCE an AUTO RENEWAL policy onto me.
Have a nice day,
Gary Allen Vollink
P.S. I live in New York, I know where the news-stands are. Too bad I won't be in your subscriber circulation count. Might want to re-think that Subscribe Now web page in the future.
P.P.S. I could tell my readers which mag it was, but when I thought about it, I realize I've been faced with this problem with other mags, too, and had the same response (not subscribing). I also know that I can't be the only person who had the same reaction.