Comments on: How to cancel your New York Times subscription

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 02 May 2019 18:18:48 +0000

I feel your pain. Loyal subscriber for over a decade but when our newspaper carrier retired, they went through a series of new people, some months it didn’t arrive more days than it did. After numerous “this will never happen again” scenarios, I gave up only to find that cancelling was an ordeal unto itself. Their last line “thank you for being the best part of ….” cracked me up.

By: Christopher Winter

Christopher Winter — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 03:19:14 +0000

By the way: Just for sheets & giggles, I refer you to the late Gordon Dickson short story, published 1965, “Computers Don’t Argue.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computers_Don%27t_Argue

By: Christopher Winter

Christopher Winter — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 03:09:18 +0000

I actually like the New York Times better than the Washington Post. First the NYT has better commenting software. With the Post, I have to reload the page to get the comments to come up — sometimes 2 or 3 times. Also, despite having paid for a year's digital subscription, I get all the ads. They constantly shift the text I'm trying to read upscreen. It's annoying. And each page takes minutes to settle down (but that's a general complaint about almost all Web sites these days.) The NYT, by contrast, is quite stable. My main complaint is that they close commenting on op-ed pieces after 48 hours or less.

By: Roger Lambert

Roger Lambert — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 11:15:25 +0000

“Power lines should be public electricity highways (as should be all data cables or lines).”

Would that entail renewing or cancelling an affiliation with Solar Roadways, Inc.?

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:53:01 +0000

In reply to thetentman. Power lines should be public electricity highways (as should be all data cables or lines).

By: thetentman

thetentman — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 18:26:23 +0000

I feel your pain. I was recently notifiedby my Electric Co. that they could not access my Meter and could I schedule a Reading or my power would be turned off. My Meter is outside. Of course they declined to answer their Customer Service phone. Twice. They did respond to an email. Just last week they sent me a notice saying I had to re-activate my online account or my Power would be shut off. I clicked the link, which promptly took me to ‘Pay MY Bill’. No account rejiggering needed. I would change if I could but they are a monopoly. At least you have WAPO.