Re: ridecamp-d Digest V00 #936

[Bob Keeffe <bkeeffe@nativeson.com>]

Title: Re: ridecamp-d Digest V00 #936

on 6/14/00 3:52 PM, ridecamp-d-request@endurance.net at ridecamp-d-request@endurance.net wrote:

> From: "Ruth Bourgeois" <ruthb@tdsi.net>
> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 03:40:05 -0500
> To: <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Subject: RC:  The Whole Horse Journal, Athlete magazine
>
> What I can't figure out is if these magazines are going out of business, why
> would they still be encouraging people to renew their subscriptions? Esp.
> Whole Horse Journal - I subscribed for the last couple years, and just
> hadn't gotten around to sending in my renewal this last time. I got a
> renewal notice and letter every month for the past six months, including one
> just a couple weeks ago. So, if I had sent in my check, I'd probably just be
> out that money. I had paid for a 2 year subscription to Equine Athlete, and
> it folded less than one year after my subscription started. No credit was
> given for remaining paid year. It's hard for me to imagine that if they're
> going to quit printing a magazine that they wouldn't know it at least a few
> months prior to quitting. So why the push for renewals? Seems like a bit of
> a ripoff to me. I really did enjoy both, and hate to see them end.
> Ruth

Hi Ruth,

Same here with Whole Horse Journal and same experience you had with Equine Athlete, just a different monthly.
If I tried to do that with my business I'd probably be hung out to dry and shot at for target practice.
Bob