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    Default Re: Stupid book club!!

    I have no idea, but can you tell us which one, so I don't join? I find those papers in the middle of my smut novels strangely tempting...

    If it's a large company, google their main office, call, raise hell?

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    Change your card. Or, if you don't want to do that, write on the next bill they send you, "I am not subscribed for these books and I will sue you if you charge me" and send it back in their little return envelope. I had a book company try to do that to me a long time ago, I wrote that and they never bothered me again.
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    Instead of accepting the package and mailing it back I'm pretty sure you could refuse the shipment at the post office and they would have to return to sender.

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    Have you ever sent them a registered letter?

    Find a template of a legal letter, or have one written, informing them that you have left the club, and that any new books will be returned at the book clubs expense.


    Sounds like you found the Columbia House of book clubs. That place is an incarnation of true evil.
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    I had this issue with a book club. I just kept the books and stopped paying for them. Eventually they stopped sending. And it never showed up on my credit

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    and this is why I now order with a fake name if i've never been a member before., If they are good, I'll order in my real name. if they rip me off....at least it cant affect my credit since the person who ordered doesnt exist

    Send them a certified letter saying that either they stop or the next letter tehy get will be from your attorney.

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    Default Re: Stupid book club!!

    How can they report it on your credit if they do not have your social security number?

    I put a note on a bill saying, "I am cancelling my subscription as of (date). If any further books/materials are sent to me after this date, I will keep them without payment. I have a copy of this letter. This is your only warning."

    At that point, I think if they keep sending you books, you can claim that they knew you were not going to pay for them and insisted on sending the books anyways.

    It worked for me. Maybe try that?

    And, you can just write on the package, "Shipment refused" (the package cannot be opened). The company will get charged to ship the book to and from.

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    What I do in the UK is say that I've cancelled my subscription and that any further deliveries will be treated as unsolicited goods and will be disposed off after 1 month if they do not arrange collection. I send the letter recorded delivery so as to have proof of receipt.

    Legally if they've been told it's unsolicited goods, it means the onus is on them to collect if they want the books back. Also, in the UK, once a company has been told they're sending unsolicited goods, it's very dificult for them to take any action for non-payment.

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