Best Buy’s Magazine Scam

The next time you hit Best Buy, a clerk might ask you if you want a free 8-week magazine subscription. The catch is that it will renew automatically, billing your credit card.

The Mercury News has a great question and answer column regarding the free magazine subscribtions that Best Buy is giving away at their stores. And by the sounds of it, the clerks have not been properly trained and reportedly are telling customers that a card will come to them in the mail asking if they would like to renew their magazine subscription.

The Truth: When your free 8 week subscription is up (only 2 issues), you will automatically get billed for the magazines subscription. How do they get your credit card information? Why, with the purchase you just made at Best Buy. Looks like the company’s hands are getting a little dirty…

Read more at Mercury News

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