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From: finn@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Lee Samuel Finn)
Subject: Re: NeXTWorld "credit department"
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Date: Thu, 9 May 1991 23:45:24 GMT

In article <10428@etsu.CMI.COM> kevinh@cmi.com (Kevin Hegg) writes:
>> Suggested recourse:
>> 
>> 1) Tell them you will not be intimidated and to f__k off.
>> 2) Threaten legal action.
>> 3) Report their behavior to the BBB.
>> 4) Send nasty letters to their editors etc.
>
>Seems to me that people are going overboard on how to resolve this 
>problem. Why not try the simplest and most effective action. IGNORE THEM! 
>You have no legal obligation to respond to anything they send you. They 
>can't and won't take any legal action against you. By the way, NextWorld 
>is not unique in this tactic. Virtually every magazine publisher uses 
>these tactics.
>
>Kevin Hegg, EDS Corp - Center for Machine Intelligence
>2001 Commonwealth Blvd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
>Phone: (313) 995-0900  Internet: kevinh@cmi.com   Applelink: D5990

Ah, but if they think you owe them, and don't pay, they might report
you to a credit agency. Wouldn't that be fun. 

No, I don't think it is necessarily wise to ignore things like this.
In an ideal world, they would be unable to cause you problems, but
this is far from an ideal world.

