Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2004

Ok, this is a few years later, but it is still relevant. I have hear of
people getting bills for £0.00p with demands for service termination if it
is not paid. I had a rather amusing incident happen to me, but it was
Readers Digress.

A full years subscription at that time cost £14.00p a year. I was offered
the possibility of taking out a gift subscription to someone for only £5.50p
for the first year. I took out a gift subscription for myself and cancelld
my own subscription. One year later I did the same.

1 year later I received a computer-generated letter which read something
like this:

"Dear Mr Lippitz,

We notice from our records that we send Readers Digress to 49 Linden Way,
Madenham, but we do not send Readers Digress to 49, Linden Way, Madenham. We
feel that perhaps Mr Lippitz would enjoy Readers Digress as much as Mr
Lippitz. If Mr lippitz would like to have Readers Digress delivered to 49
Linden Way, Madenham, then ..." blah, blah!

I kept the letter for several years, but I should have had it framed.

Regards H