when bas sends books/videos you have no obligation to send it back at all, you can keep them,its stated on the invoice they send you.

when bas sends books/videos you have no obligation to send it back at all, you can keep them,its stated on the invoice they send you.

Is theft a part of your daily routine?

when bas sends books/videos you have no obligation to send it back at all, you can keep them,its stated on the invoice they send you.

Is theft a part of your daily routine?

BAM! Yeah, send those back. I don't care if they say you don't have to pay or not, that's just unethical.

Bass states on the invoice "if you do not want the book/video and don't wish to send it back, please keep it as our(bass') gift to you. how is that theft? and please watch what you say, accusing people of things like that is not very ethical either.

been a member for many years. Just a little dissapointed in how small the mag has gotten over the years. but good stuff for the most part and I fish the opens.  there's  something nice about sittin back and reading from a mag.

I just joined a couple days ago. Wonder how long it will be until my bag arrives.

I've been a member since 94 and still have every mag! I treasure my older ones and I admit it seems to have diminished in size and quality. I still would not be without it. As the founding membership organization of the sport we love the price of the publication is well justified. I never got sent anything I had to pay to send back. I even got to test a Revo S and a battery powered cooler. Score! I feel almost as strongly about my BASS membership as my NRA status! Take away my fish or guns? I think not!!

;D

The bag will come later.......much much later. HaHa. Takes a while.

All you have to do is notify them that you don't want any articles or books sent to your address. They will take you off the list and you will receive no more. All it took for me was a phone call and the lady said you can send a note to the circulation dept if you prefer. Nothing else will arrive with a later bill requesting payment. Not hard to get it stopped.

Wow, they must be hurting. I also let my membership lapse, and about 4 weeks ago and just yesterday, I just received another solicitation to renew for a new bag and 10 issues or so. I could use another bag.  ;D

when bas sends books/videos you have no obligation to send it back at all, you can keep them,its stated on the invoice they send you.

Is theft a part of your daily routine?

well...........thats not theft. if i had any motivation at all id find the mail fraud law that clearly states unsolicited goods do not have to be returned to sender.

I'm eating crow on this one... been a member for years and they've never sent me anything other than my magazines and membership info.

I see both sides of the book issue but would personally have to send it back. If the roles were reversed and you sent something to someone expecting to either get paid for it or have it returned and they decided to keep it out of a technicality... you'd be pretty upset. I don't think a $12 subscription gives us the right to keep $20 books despite how annoying it is to have unsolicited things sent to us. Just refuse it at the post office and they'll send it back.

They will send you books that you didn't order and bill you at 20.00 per book , pretty shady , that's why I dropped them.

If said book is unwanted, all you have to do is write RETURN TO SENDER on the box and put it back in your mailbox.

No crap , why don't you state the obivous ? That wasn't the point of my post.

I swore when my membership ran out this spring I wasn't going to renew, but I ate my words and renewed. The price on the cover is $4.95 per issue so if you can get a one year subscription for $12 bucks you're saving money. Plus any free tackle, bags, etc.

What you are buying is really a magazine subscription with an organization affiliation.  But beware, YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE SOLD to anyone who wants to solicit you, a fisherman, to buy their product or services.  That pretty much goes for any similar organization. The Bass West is a really good publication.  FLW also has a good publication.  They all have information to help your knowedge grow.

For $12 its not a bad deal. I also dropped out because in my opinion the magazine was not as good as in the years before ESPN. Also I didn't think ESPN treated the former Federation well and I don't fish T's.

Years ago I'd read cover to cover as soon as possible after receiving the magazine. Now I pretty much skim through when I get an issue. Grand Daughter had a school thing to get orders for mags so I reupped for Bass Master.

I'm not a current member, but $12 is pretty cheap and I'd be willing to take a chance.  Anyone know if there's a way to get this $12 deal online?

Oneup, check out ebay, sometimes sellers have a good deal on subscriptions.