12th August 2005, 1:29 PM
Nintendo just sent me an e-mail for 3 FREE* issues of Nintendo Power.
*immortal soul, doesn't really need to be yours...
Well, while I wouldn't pay for it, I'll take free issues any time. They might have some full color maps or something in there. The thing is, after clicking on it, the <a href="http://www.nintendo.com/three_for_free/">page</a> says "3 free issues followed by 12 issues for, I'm gonna say... 15 bucks...". So, they aren't really free at all, are they then? Well, turns out I never had to give them any sort of credit card data or anything, and they really are giving out 3 and then politely asking if I want a subscription. Seemed straightforward, and that's what I'll stick with. So, if this is a lie like the last time some company kept sending me free issues and suddenly a bill, I'll handle it like last time, CHALLENGE them on it, they eventually apologize for being jerks, and I get to keep my free magazines.
*immortal soul, doesn't really need to be yours...
Well, while I wouldn't pay for it, I'll take free issues any time. They might have some full color maps or something in there. The thing is, after clicking on it, the <a href="http://www.nintendo.com/three_for_free/">page</a> says "3 free issues followed by 12 issues for, I'm gonna say... 15 bucks...". So, they aren't really free at all, are they then? Well, turns out I never had to give them any sort of credit card data or anything, and they really are giving out 3 and then politely asking if I want a subscription. Seemed straightforward, and that's what I'll stick with. So, if this is a lie like the last time some company kept sending me free issues and suddenly a bill, I'll handle it like last time, CHALLENGE them on it, they eventually apologize for being jerks, and I get to keep my free magazines.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)