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krismry
04/20/09

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I just paid 52 usa american dollars in a sub for my local paper for 16 weeks. The paper does no copy editing or proof reading and hires children to write the news, but they aren't sure what news is, so they write down whatever. Some of them are cute, but they can barely spell. I could say more, but I am too nice. The AP once gave me a check for a dollar for some story I wrote, which I still have. The check,not the story. Let's not hear about the word 'cheap' from the AP.
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
04/20/09

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Isn't this a Seinfeld episode?

When you try to cancel they should first have a beautiful person try to convince you to stay, and then if that doesn't work, they send you the muscley person.
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Kid Twist
04/20/09

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Brokeback Newspaper: I wish I knew how to quit you.
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misslinda
04/20/09

@Kid Twist: Bah! Too funny for a Monday morning!
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SaraRueful
04/20/09

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The Ashton Kutcher of newspapers.
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ChillbearLatrigue
04/20/09

@SaraRueful: Doesn't that distinction belong to USA Today?
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SaraRueful
04/20/09

@ChillbearLatrigue: Hah -- depends on definition, I guess. I was referring to how Kutcher's followers on Twitter aren't allowed to quit following him.
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SarahHeartburn
04/20/09

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They've learned from phone and internet companies. Try to cancel service on anything. I pay 60€ a year for a yearly deposit on an internet company I dumped 4 years ago, because I can't get them on the phone (it costs 60 cents a minute, and I've spent about 40€ on their non toll free number on hold)and the fax number to send a letter is always busy. I gave up.
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Almostbanned
04/20/09

@SarahHeartburn: Call your credit card/bank and tell them to decline the charges going forward.

I had a really similar situation with an internet service and the only way I could kill it was to ultimately change the debit card number that they were sending their recurring charges to.
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misslinda
04/20/09

@Almostbanned [jezebel took away my star]: That is only a temporary solution, banks will only do that for I think 6 months. But by that time all newspaper will be out of business, so problem solved!
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
04/20/09

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Oh it doesn't matter anyway. Just stop paying all these bills and don't worry about it. We're heading for a major change in the way all business is done in this country, and it will almost certainly involve a debt jubilee. Make plans to feed, house, educate, and care for medical needs and then pull the plug.

I guess we'll have to look at some sort of global solution at the same time because if we default on internal debt, we'll be defaulting on external debt as well. Instead of war, it would be nice to have a plan.
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