The magazine company calls you because you are a preferred customer this month! They want you to pay your entire balance with a 10% or 20% discount! If you do, you account will be marked paid in full! They will also send you a confirmation letter, a gas rebate card, and give you a confirmation number over the telephone. Be careful before you take action!
The Community Reading Club of Virginia, aka National Reading Service or NRS, sells their magazines packages for $1,200. Of course, you are not aware of the price during the initial conversation. So, the promotions department is a select few of individuals who randomly choose customers out of the database telling them they are a preferred customer. It is the promoter's job to get you to pay a lump sum of money! They get commission from your payment and you ultimately save money, right? Wrong! You can just cancel the account without having to pay $900.00. Are you sure you want to purchase this very expensive magazine service?
When making a large purchase, you would want to deal with a reputable company. Do the research. You shouldn't feel pressured into buying anything! $4.99 to $68.28 monthly is a huge jump! Remember, the customer is called thinking the package is only five dollars a week. By the end of the call they are told its $68, $49, $39, $24, or $19.99. Either way the package totals anywhere from $600 - $1,200 dollars.
Even if I was filthy rich, I wouldn't want to pay this misleading company anything for some magazines. If they were more honest and straight forward, giving a way out instead of making it difficult for me to cancel, I would pay.
Do not believe all the hype of being a preferred customer because really you were just randomly picked out of a list of thousands of customers and you answered your phone. They just want your money, thats all.
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