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  1. 06-13-2014, 5:27 PM #1
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    Magazine Scam

    Just got an offer from Publishers Billing Exchange to renew my subscription to Woodturning Design for $99.97 for two years.

    What a deal, only $40 MORE then renewing direct

    That is assuming Woodturning Design would actually see the $59.97

    I wonder what out-dated subscriber list they got a-hold of. I dropped my subscription several years ago.
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  3. 06-13-2014, 7:44 PM #2
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    I got the same mailing. I put it file 13. I have not renewed Woodturning Design in years.
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  4. 06-13-2014, 7:56 PM #3
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    Seems to indeed be a scam...

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  5. 06-13-2014, 9:34 PM #4
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    I got the same thing. Talked to Joe Herman, editor of said magazine, He assured me it is a scam. Jim
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  6. 06-13-2014, 9:40 PM #5
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    Got the same thing. Talked to Joe Herman, the editor of woodturning design, he assured me it is a scam. Jim
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  7. 06-14-2014, 8:36 AM #6
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    Seems the question is " how they get the mailing list and was there any other info compromised?
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  8. 06-14-2014, 9:06 AM #7
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    Got the same... about choked when I saw the $100 pricetag. Tore it up.
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  9. 06-14-2014, 10:16 PM #8
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    Guess if you are going to run a scam, no point in running a cheap scam?
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  10. 06-15-2014, 10:56 AM #9
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    I got one also and trashed it.


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