Well, I have to admit I wasn't expecting this, although I suppose I should have been.
I occasionally request free magazine subscriptions from Free Biz Mag. Typically, I ask for mags on technology, modern society, politics, blah blah blah... well, a few weeks ago, on a lark, I took them up on their offer for a free subscription to the imaginatively-titled "Stuff", sister publication to "Maxim". I wasn't really all that interested, but I thought I'd see what it was about. Big mistake.
This evening I received a telemarketer call, asking me if I had "received and was enjoying my men's magazines". I said I'd gotten my first issue a few days ago but hadn't read it yet (only looked it over briefly). She said that was fine, and told me they were going to send me "a special video" as a thank you for subscribing. At this point, I began to sense what was going on, mainly because she didn't tell me the title or nature of the video.
"OK, just to confirm, can I please ask you your age?" Err, 34, I said, sensing what was coming...
"Well, that's great! As a thank you for subscribing, we're going to give you sixty full months of subscriptions to a wide variety of magazines for only four dollars a month. We'll be sending you Penthouse, High Society, Hustler, Cheri, Oui, FHM...."
At which point I politely interrupted the young lady and told her that I did not have any particular interest in that kind of publication and hung up.
Hmm. Anyone want a free subscription to "Stuff"? Just give me the address to send it to.
Posted by Zathras at April 10, 2003 08:14 PMrofl... That is why I do not give out my phone number when filling out subscription requests or any other type of non-governmental form. It's also part of why I use the answering machine to screen my calls. (The ability to avoid individuals I don't feel an overwhelming urge to deal with via phone at that moment is the other big reason.)
Posted by: Moggy at April 10, 2003 08:22 PMYeah, I usually don't answer the phone, either, for the same reasons. Once in a while I break the rule, though.
Posted by: Zathras at April 10, 2003 08:27 PMIsn't Stuff "Playboy Lite?" Why not got for the real thing instead?
Uh, I do just read it for the articles, of course...
Posted by: TripleS at April 10, 2003 08:45 PMI don't *know* what "Stuff" is. I've never read it before -- still haven't looked at it, as I said. I used to read Playboy regularly but haven't in a few years.
Posted by: Zathras at April 10, 2003 08:47 PMEasy enough to Google:
http://www.stuffmagazine.com/
(Sheesh. Where's the testosterone around here, when a female has to be the one to look up the scantily clad men's mags...)
Sometimes I do things the old-fashioned way.
Posted by: Zathras at April 10, 2003 09:00 PMThat's what I say about me and my right hand . . . bada-boom
Posted by: TripleS at April 10, 2003 09:32 PMDig this now: as Shaggy as it gets . . .
http://www.americanfeedmagazine.com/1994/shaggier.jpg
and
http://www.americanfeedmagazine.com/1994/mevstheworld.jpg
Posted by: TripleS at April 10, 2003 11:25 PMHey, WTF - why isn't it automatically hyperlinkin'?!?!
Posted by: TripleS at April 10, 2003 11:25 PMIt looks like Parrish and me are having a race of who can keep their website updated the least.
Unfortunatly, it looks like I'm winning. Gotta keep workin'. More people send subs/talk about it more when I stop for some reason. Parrish has been taking a year or so to write his latest piece. Tariq has been writing his for the past 5 yrs.
Such is the life of a "starving artist". Someone bring me into the mainstream. Now.
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