Past: A while back, I received an offer in the mail from American Express. As a cardholder, they wanted to give me a free airline companion ticket. Free! All I had to do was agree to receive two free issues of Travel + Leisure magazine. Then, should I choose, I could continue my subscription at the low, low price of $19. If I didn’t want to subscribe, all I had to do was call and cancel. But the free airline ticket would still be mine. Sweet, right? Wrong! Really, it was just kind of a nuisance.
The free ticket turned out to be more of a hassle to redeem than it was worth. And—of course—I kept forgetting to call and cancel that subscription. When the annual renewal showed up on my credit card statement—and I realized it had been a whole year of me putting off this item on my t0-do list, I promptly called and cancelled. Easy as that.
I love travel—and I’m all about leisure—but this just wasn’t a magazine that I really needed. So, why not let my loss be someone else’s gain.
Present: Only one person responded to this Craigslist ad. And that’s all I needed. I like to think that each issue will get a careful perusing and result in a fabulous vacation in Tuscany or Tahiti or Tanzania.
The free ticket turned out to be more of a hassle to redeem than it was worth. And—of course—I kept forgetting to call and cancel that subscription. When the annual renewal showed up on my credit card statement—and I realized it had been a whole year of me putting off this item on my t0-do list, I promptly called and cancelled. Easy as that.
I love travel—and I’m all about leisure—but this just wasn’t a magazine that I really needed. So, why not let my loss be someone else’s gain.
Present: Only one person responded to this Craigslist ad. And that’s all I needed. I like to think that each issue will get a careful perusing and result in a fabulous vacation in Tuscany or Tahiti or Tanzania.
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