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 The rain here in Houston has prompted me to run something by all you Habs and wannabe Habs. Let's have a ruling on this:
Remember we cancelled our Wall Street Journal delivery (which was in my name) because it got too expensive? Then in April 2009 John got a special offer for $99 for a year. That year was up in April, and so that his credit card wouldn't automatically be charged for a second year at the normal rate, he called to cancel. That request was half met. His credit card was not charged, but the paper is still landing on our lawn every morning.
So what do you think? Should we come clean? I know there are at least three Habs who have had a paper route in the past. Would you be upset if you knew you were delivering a newspaper to someone who wasn't paying for it? Bear in mind that we do tip the carrier every Christmas. John's theory on all this is that they are lucky we're not prosecuting them for littering our lawn every morning. My take is that we help boost the circulation figures.
And what does the rain have to do with all this? Well, whenever the paper got wet we only had to call a number and a dry one would be delivered within the hour. This morning's was soggy, in spite of the plastic wrapping. I didn't have the cheek to request a fresh one.
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| Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
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Re: Rain and newspapers
by publiustx on Jul 08, 2010 - 06:54 PM
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ABC allows newspapers to count "old" subscriptions as current up to three months after the date on which the subscription ran out. Given the outright fraud at the Dallas Morning News and some others on circulation, ABC has become pretty strict about the dates and such. You seem to be right about at the three-month point. I'm guessing your delivery stops pretty soon on its own. I would give it a few more weeks to see. :)
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