National Magazine Services, Inc. Huge Rip-Off Elmsford, New York

I received a Notice of Renewal/ New Order in the mail from National Magazine Services, Inc. The total amount due was for $49.95 for 6 issues of a magazine that I have a subscription to.  I thought this amount was unusually high so I looked at my records for this magazine subscription.

Last year when I renewed my subscription the total amount was $26.95 for 7 issues of this magazine. I was going to cancel my subscription if the price was going to be more than double what I paid last year.

I decided to contact the publisher directly. I sent them an e-mail stating that I received a renewal notice from National Magazine Services, Inc. and the cost of the magazine had more than doubled from last year. I was asked to send this notice to them so they could forward it to their lawyer. I was told that this was a fraudulent notice and that company has managed to try and scam all their customers for their 16 publications.

What tipped me off was the cost of the subscription and the look of the renewal notice. The renewal notice didn't look like what I had received in the past and I have never spent that much on a magazine subscription.