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Re: Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take to cancel it

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Post by ansible »

PoignardAzur wrote: post #560
Fuzzwah wrote: post #516

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm an outsider to US politics (in that I'm Australian), but I'm really interested to know what widely held "left" views you think are "incorrect"? The topics I understand as being pushed by the left in the US just seem so centerist to me, based on the political landscape that I'm living in. Single payer health care, minimum wage increases, increases in social support nets... So many topics I'd love to hear the argum…

The minimum wage increase that Biden is pushing for is radical . He wants a 15$/hour minimum wage, which if I believe Wikipedia would be the highest minimum wage in the world right now. Not saying that's a bad thing, but I think it would qualify as left-wing in most countries. Agreed about social safety nets and most other policies. Sometimes it feels Americans don't realize how uniquely chaotic and inefficient their…

Eh, it isn't that radical. These people making minimum wage are likely working part-time, so they don't get medical insurance. They often have to find two or more part-time jobs. Do they are working more hours than a full time job, but still don't have medical.

An increase in the minimum wage will help a little, but having affordable health care works help more.

Re: Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take to cancel it

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Post by float4 »

This is sleazy from the NYT, but the person trying to cancel allowed the NYT employee to change the conversation to a negotiation.

They were talking to this NYT employee after 3 minutes (not too long IMO). The employee wrote in the very first message:

> [...] May I ask why you are canceling?

At that point you should say:

> No. Cancel my subscription.

Then, they'll always give you a counter offer nonetheless:

> Are you sure? We can offer you xyz.

Then you explicitly say that you won't negotiate:

> I won't negotiate. Cancel my subscription.

Maybe they'll give it one more try, but if you don't budge they'll back off. And then, at the end, you write:

> Thank you for helping me, have a nice day!

Because these people don't want to be sleazy. They would get a better job if they could.

Re: Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take to cancel it

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Post by tantalor »

Hnrobert42 wrote: post #572

It seems the problem was that the person engaged with customer service. I have more luck with firmly repeating, “No reason. I just want to cancel.”

Exactly! Don't say anything about "ads". Just say you're not interested in subscribing anymore. It's not hard!

Re: Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take to cancel it

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Post by mancerayder »

HenryBemis wrote: post #360
astura wrote: post #325

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If that invalid "debt" was still on your credit report you'd just file a dispute to have it removed.

When you remove an invalid debt, make sure that the bank doesn't sneak it back in. The banks "push" to the credit scoring companies on regular intervals, so although the credit scoring company-ies may remove it, unless the bank/source removes it from THEIR systems, it will be re-pushed 1-3-6 months later. (source: Dave Ramsey's mentioned that in many of his radio shows/podcast episodes)

6 months seems like a long latency. I've been nervously eyeing mine due to a credit payment mishap in nov/dec (of under 2 dollars) that lead to what I expected was a 30 day late payment, but as of today it hasn't shown up on the credit reports (I check two bureaus). After reading your comment my paranoia is starting to resurface.
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