jay@hp-pcd.UUCP (jay) (02/14/85)
Has anyone had any luck getting a refund from Ziff-Davis? I had a three year subscription to the now-defunct MicroSystems magazine and still had 21 months remaining when Ziff-Davis axed it. They started sending me, without prior notice, of all things, PC Tech Journal. This might be allright to some, but I have no interest in PCs or their clones. A letter to Z-D requesting a refund brought only another issue of PCTJ. Does anyone have ideas on how to deal with this? Jay Phillips hplabs!hp-pcd!jay
droms@CS-Mordred (Ralph E Droms) (02/21/85)
I sent a request for refund to Ziff-Davis within a week of their notice to me that Microsystems was folding. Several weeks later I received a postcard telling me that a full refund (~$30 - ~1.5 years) would arrive in "6-8 weeks". I just receieved the full refund yesterday. So - try sending a letter to the person whose name was on the original notification (if you can find it!). Or try the Z-D Vice-President, Circulation, as listed in Microsystems. - Ralph -- Ralph Droms ihnp4!purdue!droms 445 MATH droms@purdue.arpa Dept. of Computer Science droms@purdue.csnet Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47906
abney@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Louis Abney) (02/22/85)
Try writing to the following people at ZD for refund or complaints that haven't been answered elsewhere. I did this once, and got a very quick reply. Mr. William Ziff, Chairman of the Board Ziff Davis Publishing Company 1 Park Avenue NY NY 10016 Mr. Kenneth Koppel, President of Computer Publications Division Ziff Davis Publishing Company 1 Park Avenue NY NY 10016
cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) (02/22/85)
You need to write to the folks at PCTj for your refund. I got a letter
on Dec 12Th telling me that my subscription had been converted to
PCTj and if I replied before Nov 15th I could get a full refund. (No
phone # was provided) I sent off a scathing letter, something about
how even African Aborigines new the difference between S100/CPM and
Orwellien(sp?) Blueness. Which apparently got to them some time in january.
By which time they had already shipped the Feb issue (My subscription to
MS ran out in Feb) so I wouldn't be getting a refund. They did get the
point though.
Note: Ziff-Davis will be at the 10th West Coast Computer Faire. Please stop
by and mention that you didn't appreciate their actions.
--Chuck
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