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Tuesday Nov 2, 2010 #
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So this is how at least one part of the glorified world of small business works --
Every day I get on the phone for a while to get my mom off various mailing lists, plus cancel periodicals, because she can no longer read. Today I called New York magazine, got a pleasant person at customer service. Asked if I could cancel her subscription.
The problem was that they farm out the subscription operation, well, maybe not entirely, but in my mom's case the subscription renewals had been processed by (and the money paid to) a subscription service. Actually 3 such services over the years. So I would have to contact them.
She was kind enough to give me the three names and phone numbers. Before I hung up, I asked her how long my mom's subscription was good for. There was a pause while she looked it up, and then she said, "It goes until June of 2033."
I almost started laughing, except I'd already run into this with another magazine. I think they just keep calling up, and someone would ask if it was OK to renew her subscription, and she wouldn't understand a thing, but she's very polite so she would say yes. I've seen such calls here, she would hang up, I'd ask who it was, she'd have no idea. And then a bill would arrive, and she'd pay it.
The woman from New York was actually trying pretty hard, she gave me as best she could a rough breakdown of what part of the extra 23 years each of these three outfits was responsible for. So far I've gotten a hold of one of them, supposedly the prime offender. Yes they would cancel their share of the extra years, yes they would issue a refund, but it will take about 6-8 weeks to process.
We shall see.
Every day I get on the phone for a while to get my mom off various mailing lists, plus cancel periodicals, because she can no longer read. Today I called New York magazine, got a pleasant person at customer service. Asked if I could cancel her subscription.
The problem was that they farm out the subscription operation, well, maybe not entirely, but in my mom's case the subscription renewals had been processed by (and the money paid to) a subscription service. Actually 3 such services over the years. So I would have to contact them.
She was kind enough to give me the three names and phone numbers. Before I hung up, I asked her how long my mom's subscription was good for. There was a pause while she looked it up, and then she said, "It goes until June of 2033."
I almost started laughing, except I'd already run into this with another magazine. I think they just keep calling up, and someone would ask if it was OK to renew her subscription, and she wouldn't understand a thing, but she's very polite so she would say yes. I've seen such calls here, she would hang up, I'd ask who it was, she'd have no idea. And then a bill would arrive, and she'd pay it.
The woman from New York was actually trying pretty hard, she gave me as best she could a rough breakdown of what part of the extra 23 years each of these three outfits was responsible for. So far I've gotten a hold of one of them, supposedly the prime offender. Yes they would cancel their share of the extra years, yes they would issue a refund, but it will take about 6-8 weeks to process.
We shall see.
1 PM
orienteering 41:39 2.92 mi (14:16 / mi) +305ft 12:59 / mi
ahr:148 max:165 shoes: mudclaw 270
O' practice at Five Ponds.
14 controls, course was 4.5 km, all woods (no trails). Mainly just trying to get a woods workout. No problem with the orienteering. My route (going clockwise). So I think I'm slowly running a little better.
Really need to warm up a little on the trail. Was stumbling a lot the first couple hundred meters until the joints started working.
256/800 (32% done, need to get at least another 100 before winter, will certainly help if I can make it to Hickory Run this weekend).
14 controls, course was 4.5 km, all woods (no trails). Mainly just trying to get a woods workout. No problem with the orienteering. My route (going clockwise). So I think I'm slowly running a little better.
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Really need to warm up a little on the trail. Was stumbling a lot the first couple hundred meters until the joints started working.
256/800 (32% done, need to get at least another 100 before winter, will certainly help if I can make it to Hickory Run this weekend).