I canceled the home delivery of the newspaper

[kacaju]

because I found I just did not have the time to read it. After a week, half the papers were still folded and unread. So I called to cancel and explained why. I just do not have the time to sit and read the paper anymore.

This newspaper calls house every other week to see if we want the paper delivered again!!
I also got a survey from them and if I filled it out they would give me two weeks free.
what do they NOT UNDERSTAND???
last night they called again....dh answered. I am so ready to tell the next person off when they call again. I don't want to be mean, and I know it is not the person who calls fault, but come on...it is so frustrating to continue to get calls when I already explained...more then once, why we are not interested in home delivery of the paper.

Thanks for letting me vent!!!

 

[MichelleinMaine]

we have only ever gotten the Sunday paper. That's all we have time to read, the other days would be a waste of money and paper for us. We continually get offers to "try" the weekly paper free, or try their "weekend plan" or whatever. I keep saying no, once they did put it through- and charged us for it to boot!

I appreciate sales are down, trying to up sales and it isn't the callers fault. After 13 years in this house though, it is getting very old! ugh!

 

[Hillbeans]

because I found I just did not have the time to read it. After a week, half the papers were still folded and unread. So I called to cancel and explained why. I just do not have the time to sit and read the paper anymore.

This newspaper calls house every other week to see if we want the paper delivered again!!
I also got a survey from them and if I filled it out they would give me two weeks free.
what do they NOT UNDERSTAND???
last night they called again....dh answered. I am so ready to tell the next person off when they call again. I don't want to be mean, and I know it is not the person who calls fault, but come on...it is so frustrating to continue to get calls when I already explained...more then once, why we are not interested in home delivery of the paper.

Thanks for letting me vent!!!

We only get the Sunday paper as well, just don't have time to sit and read it every day and it actually seems "old news" since now news is available 24/7 from the internet.

 

[luv2sew]

I am also considering cancelling the paper. I haven't yet, but the news is definately old by the time I get the paper and I don't read it. It is also very very biased news and I just want the "facts" as they are, no spinning allowed. I don't care for the right and left thing I just want the truth and noone seems to be wanting to give that to me.

The paper that comes to us on a Monday is pitiful and they may as well go the way of the post office and skip even printing that thing up and delivering it that day. I am considering stopping it all together and on a Sunday morning go out and buy the paper when I want it at the local drug store.

Someone mentioned how they get the calls from the paper for a trial paper and then get charged....I also found that when one time I purchased something and they offered along with the purchase a trial magazine subscription....well guess what they ended up charging me for a subscription of that magazine for a year....so don't get fooled by that scam and watch all your magazines subscriptions like a hawk. I have found several renewel notices come for the same magazine in the time period that you still have many months and even a year left on your old one...and if your not keeping track, you may be renewing something that does not need to be.

 

[MM27]

We were down to just Sunday delivery too and cancelled recently because other than the coupons, it wasn't worth it. They call daily offering "new deals" I don't know how many different ways you can say no I'm not interested.

I understand why the papers are trying so hard to keep customers though. A friend of mine works for one and is being forced to take unpaid time off during the summer because their sales are down so much right now.

 

[C.Ann]

Since you have all ready cancelled their service, wouldn't their calls now be considered "telemarketing"?

The next time they called I would tell them that since you are no longer a customer, their calls have now become telemarketing and you are listed with the "Do Not Call" list.. Tell them to remove your name and telephone number from their data bank immediately.. If they call again, ask to speak to a supervisor and tell them that their calls are now a form of harassment and if they don't stop you will be filing a complaint with the Attorney Generals Office..

Nothing worse than annoying, unsolicted phone calls..

 

[ORMom2Four]

I did the same thing. Canceled my daily newspaper. Not because I was not reading it, but because the bill was pretty high.

They started calling me weekly too. The 3rd time they called, I told them, "Please put me on your do not call list".

Have not heard back from them, so it seems to have worked.

 

[DebbieB]

I used to only get Sunday. Then someone came to my door from Special Olympics offering to get 10 (or 20?) weeks daily for $20, the money went to Special Olympics. They just pile up too. When recycle day comes I take them out of the plastic bags and dump them into the recycle bin. I keep waiting for the renewal to cancel it, it was back in late January but I stopped it a bunch of weeks when I was traveling on business.

 

[kydisneyfans]

Since you have all ready cancelled their service, wouldn't their calls now be considered "telemarketing"?

The next time they called I would tell them that since you are no longer a customer, their calls have now become telemarketing and you are listed with the "Do Not Call" list.. Tell them to remove your name and telephone number from their data bank immediately.. If they call again, ask to speak to a supervisor and tell them that their calls are now a form of harassment and if they don't stop you will be filing a complaint with the Attorney Generals Office..

Nothing worse than annoying, unsolicted phone calls..

The do not call list does not apply to companies that you have done business with over the past several months. Many of the calls come from inside the paper, and other calls come from outside. If someone specifically asks not to be called again, it could take a month for that info to get transferred from the paper to the telemarketing agency. Most calls are either random dialing or have lists of everyone who has subscribed at some point.

 

[mum4jenn]

I plan on keeping our daily paper. I can't stand to read it on the computer unless it is breaking news or something. Reading the paper is part of my morning ritual and the mornings it comes late and I don't get to see it before going to work just really throws my whole day off.

 

[dakcp2001]

If you ask to be removed from their list, and then they call you again, it IS a violation of the do not call list. You just have to ask them to take you off their list and remind them that you wish to have no more calls.

 

[Disneyadore]

Tell them you've become "green "and look after the environment by not buying "old dead three communications sources".

That will p.. them off