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mski

271 posts in 517 days


53 days ago

Hi, anybody else get a DVD and sales package from these Clowns? Woodworkers Guild of America
In the package it says if I DONT want to join (or buy) send the DVD back, if You do keep it and you will (join / buy)!! What kind of hokey pokey marketing is that!
Now I watched about 1 Min of it and the guy was marking a sheet of ply to cut, he said, see that v shape I marked, that means the point of the v is where to cut! Don’t think I could have set through the whole thing.

I did have my Father in law give me his bookcase full of His Woodsmith and Shop Notes collection, now there is a quality Magazine!! no Ad’s, great projects and articles, I am considering a subscription.

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

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odie

824 posts in 376 days


53 days ago

I got this about 8 months ago. They’re still asking for their DVD back. I still haven’t watched it. They can pound sand!!!!

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".

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Praki

86 posts in 533 days


52 days ago

I got it a few months ago and promptly returned it without watching it. Now, I have received one more with the usual threat that I will be automatically subscribed if I don’t return it.

This is utterly ridiculous that they spam me for the second time. I wish there is something we can do send a clear and firm message to these marketing ploys.

-- Praki, Aspiring Woodworker

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coloradoclimber

346 posts in 604 days


52 days ago

hmm, the one I received says right in the standard print

”Because you didn’t ask for this special DVD, you’re under no obligation to do anything and could consider it a free gift, ....”

Seemed pretty fair to me, if you watch it and like it they’d like you to subscribe and pay them. If you dont want it they’d like you to return it postage paid by them. If you keep it, throw it away, give it to your buddy, it looks like you’re under no obligation to do anything and could consider it a free gift.

Seems like it couldn’t get much fairer than that. I did watch it and thought for the $13 they’re asking it wouldn’t be so bad, I’ve paid much more for much worse.

Where I balked is that if you do subscribe they will send you ”the newest DVDs”, ”every 2-3 months”, for the ”regular price plus shipping and handling”. What does that mean? I went to the web site and looked around. I didn’t see a list of future titles and no indication of what the “regular price” might be.

$13 for a three hour’ish video is a bargain. “regular price plus shipping” for “the newest DVD” is a bit too nebulous for me. If they were a little more up front with the cost and had some titles in the pipe I might be more interested.

It definitely is a beginners video but I thought it was well produced and pretty easy to sit through. Not too preachy, not too loud, moved at a reasonable pace, had a few interesting tidbits. On the whole pretty good for $13 (but maybe not for the “regular price plus shipping”).

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StevenAntonucci

55 posts in 475 days


52 days ago

Haven’t seen it (or even heard of it), but by US postal law, if they mailed it to you, then it’s yours to keep. They know that, and they also know that they can’t collect from you if you decide to keep it.

I might just be so lucky some day…

-- Steven

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