Who Are They To Make Assumptions About My Last Name?
@danishcanadian (28954)
Canada
February 3, 2009 7:22pm CST
I reacently added my husband's name to my subscription to Reader's Digest, making it OUR subscription. Instead of coming to Me, it would come to Me & Him in that order, because he feels that men's names have "come first for too long."
My initials are L C and his are W B, C being my last name, and B being his.
Today "our" first magazine after renewal came to
L C & W Bhislast.
That is to say My initials, and his initial with surname.
If they dind't have room they could have put L Mylast & W Hislast, not L Initial & W Hislast. Who are they to change my damn name? What was written on the form should be on the paper.
I refuse to come under his last name, when that is against our beliefs.
I'm going to send them a note with my payment telling them to fix the names.
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7 responses
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
4 Feb 09
leah it is a mistake calm down, do you realize how many subscribers they have and they don't know any of them personally, just tell them to fix the name.
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@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
11 Feb 09
I'm almost BLIND, and even I can COPY something from an order blank into a computer label. Am I to assume they have WORSE vision than they do? I clearly wrote L Mylast and W Hislast. If they can't see well enough to read that, they need to get some talking order readers!!
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
8 Feb 09
Since they got the names wrong, I would write return to sender and send the issue back and then I would call the customer service to get the name correctly. Sarah isn't my real name. My real name I hate, hate but it can be spelled several different eays and I have had to fight to get it spelled correctly. And if someond says it incorrectly, I don't answer.so getting names wrong is a huge deal with me.Why pay for the wrong name on a magazine?
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@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
11 Feb 09
You've just earned yourself a BEST RESPONSE for this one! I have the right to be called by MY NAME, and if they don't like what's written clearly on the order form, it's their effing problem, and not mine!
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
11 Feb 09
Thanks for the best response.Keep us informed how all this turns out.
@idowrite72 (2213)
• United States
4 Feb 09
Doesn't surprise me a bit, since they figure they are doing YOU a service and shoule be able to do what they want to do. Hope you get it straightened out with no more trouble.
@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
4 Feb 09
You have that right. I hope they fix it.
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
4 Feb 09
I do not get upset with things like that although when I went to a company party with my husband (while we were dating) the company had print my name tag with his ex's name on the tag. I wasn't thrilled about that but luckily they had blank tags and I just hand wrote my name
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@checapricorn (16060)
• United States
4 Feb 09
H[i]i danish,
I hope after they receive your note, they will learn to ask people without making an assumptions about it![/i]
