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Originally Posted by RWJ
WTF? I just got this in my inbox:
We noticed that you've purchased an issue of Analog Magazine. Why
not subscribe and never miss an issue? By subscribing, you save over
paying the 'newsstand' price, and new issues are delivered to your
bookshelf automatically. You can subscribe for one or two years.
And to make your decision even easier, we'll give you a 20% Micropay
REBATE for either a one or two year subscription! But don't wait,
this rebate will expire on July 8, 2010. The rebate is automatic,
you'll see it credited to your Micropay account on your purchase
receipt. To subscribe or get more information, follow these links:
This is bizarre. This makes me think that either they have no plans to fold, or they're acting in bad faith. Not sure which is more plausible, although I strongly hope it's a).
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Neither. They have an automated program that takes note of people who buy individual magazine issues and don't have a subscription. A few weeks later they send those people that canned email. Someone just didn't remember to turn off the script that does that.
-Marcy