getting magazines i never subscribed to

[FoBoT]

so about 6 months ago i started getting rolling stone magazine

then last month, i started getting some CBS magazine , i think it is called Watch! or something


i didn't sign up for them and occasionally wonder if some person on OT did it for a prank or if it is a weird internet scam or something else

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Punk'd is really struggling for new ideas...

 

[Leros]

They send out free magazines to get more viewers, which means they can charge more for ads. And if they are lucky, you'll start subscribing for some stupid reason.

 

[KeithTalent]

Bah, they sent you the wrong ones. It was supposed to be Drunk Fatties and Naked Grannies. Hopefully they'll come next month.

KT

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Leros
They send out free magazines to get more viewers, which means they can charge more for ads. And if they are lucky, you'll start subscribing for some stupid reason.

so they get names/addresses from the same mailing lists as all my other junk mail?

 

[villageidiot111]

Thats the reason I bought a deep fryer.

 

[dainthomas]

I received Field and Stream for at least three years. I never subscribed to it and I don't hunt or fish.

 

[Steve]

I started inexplicably getting Flying magazine. After three issues, I got a bill. I called and asked why I was getting it, and was told that the first three issues were a free gift from my membership at eHarmony.com. Guess I got two things to cancel.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: Leros
They send out free magazines to get more viewers, which means they can charge more for ads. And if they are lucky, you'll start subscribing for some stupid reason.

so they get names/addresses from the same mailing lists as all my other junk mail?

I honestly have no idea. Thats just my theory.