Another Scam Alert for Magazines
I received an email about another magazine scam. This one was for a woodcarving magazine but others have had the same "bill" for other magazines. The bill in not from the magazine but from MBS, Magazine Billing Services. It asks for renewal at $89.95 for two years which is eight issues. Do the math! That comes out to $11.24 per issue! This for a magazine that costs $6.99 at the newsstands. The subscriber called the toll free number listed in the magazine to ask them about this. They had renewed their subscription with them last month for about $20 for the year. The magazine said that MBS is an organization the sends out bogus bills at exorbitant prices expecting that some people will just automatically pay the bill, whereupon MBS will keep the $30 extra fee for the yearly renewal.
You get your magazine but it costs you 21/2 times the regular subscription price. There is another company out of Palm Coast, Fla. that is doing the same thing. The magazine has tried to stop this practice but they are not doing anything illegal.
If MBS is doing this with this magazine, they are probably doing it with other monthly magazines as well. BEWARE! And be aware!!
Check all your bills when they come in.