South Carolina's State newspaper: Reduced to a glorified litterbug

Update 8/26/2019 - This matter seems to have been due to automated responses I received by submitting my request through the State newspaper's website. I finally contacted them by phone, and the supplement has apparently been discontinued. Otherwise, my remarks stand as stated. 8/29/2019 update - Spoke too soon, the supplement is being delivered again effective yesterday morning. None arrived last week after my phone call, so I thought the State had gotten the message. Perhaps this matter will have to be resolved in small claims court. 9/16/2019 - small claims court won't work, it has to be an individual - not a company - doing the harassing in order to get a restraining order. Meanwhile, I've learned that dislike of the State's supplements is rampant and not being able to get delivery stopped is a common problem. Just another out-of-control corporation making life in this little rat-hole of a country miserable for consumers. As Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says in this article, "Life in America has become a gut-wrenching, soul-sucking, misery-drenched, demoralizing existence." 

Update 10/4/2019 - Don't bother complaining to the SC Dept. of Consumer Affairs, a worthless agency that functions primarily to provide cushy jobs for select South Carolinians at taxpayer expense. I couldn't even get the little corporate stooge's website to work, so I sent 'em an e-mail and finally got a reply but the info they sent didn't work either, so I replied with a link to this post.

If there's anything Amerika's corrupt power structure hates, it's a consumer who can't be suckered into buying unnecessary products. Some of the best examples of such products are newspapers, telephones (landline and cell), and home Internet, especially when you're already paying for Internet via taxes and have a nearby library that offers Internet access.

I've saved gobs of money by not subscribing to any newspaper, not having a phone, and riding my bicycle to the library to use a computer. I blogged about my efforts to get the State newspaper to quit delivering McClatchy supplements, but the game continues with the State looking more vindictive (I cancelled my subscription in 2005) each time another supplement is deposited on my property. Lately, whoever delivers the supplements has been exchanging the one I leave in the driveway for the latest edition of CAROLINAS FOOD. Two down, one to go for McClatchy supplements, with the EXTRA and YES biting the dust as requested.

The good news is that such harassment is taking place on the State's nickle. The State doesn't have any better sense than to pay to make fools of themselves. From the get-go, the State newspaper has been a useless rag, a mouthpiece for South Carolina's - and Amerika's - corrupt power structure. The situation also gives me an opportunity to expose the State's ridiculous behavior.

As for the State's biased "news" coverage, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts sums things up admirably in his 6/06/2019 article, "The State of the Economy," writing that "In brief, you can believe nothing you are officially told. If you desire truth, you must support the websites that are committed to truth." Dr. Roberts' take on the economy, incidentally, being truth-based, is quite at odds with the garbage you'll find in the State newspaper. I'm gonna start advising people to cancel their newspaper subscriptions and donate a significant percentage of the savings to Dr. Roberts' website. That's what I've been doing.

The State is no longer South Carolina's largest newspaper, giving the top spot to Charleston's Post and Courier. This "Age of the Internet" has apparently taken it's toll.

Perhaps the State is as incompetent as ever, and simply can't stop the CAROLINAS FOOD supplement from being delivered to my home. I can't for the life of me figure out why it should take "approximately two weeks" (see 5/24/2019 update to previous post) for the State to stop delivering a supplement to my home. Point is, it's now been well OVER two weeks - it's been more like two months - since I first requested cancellation.

Market conditions have turned the State newspaper into a glorified litterbug. Meanwhile, my savings continue to increase, totaling in the vicinity of almost $2,000 since I cancelled. I don't miss the State newspaper at all, and would sure rather have the money than expose myself to the brain-rot of such a lousy publication.

Go ahead, State newspaper. Waste what's left of your time, money, and salaries. In other words, make my day.

Updates 6/11/2019 - 
> Tweeted a link to this post to the State newspaper, also e-mailed 'em a link via their website. Just for good measure, I also tweeted a link to McClatchy. 
> Just now received the following e-mail from the State newspaper, so apparently they intend to keep playing games:

Columbia The State 

To:askparris@yahoo.com

Jun 11 at 11:45 AM

Dear Parris Boyd,

We regret to inform you that we are not able to pull up an account using

the information provided. Can you please confirm if you are a The State 

subscriber and also please provide us further details on your concern.

For immediate assistance, you may call our Customer Service Department 

at 1-800-888-3566.

Thank you for being a loyal reader.

Sincerely,

Grey

Customer Service Representative

#ReadLocal            

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Cancel Subscription

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Parris Boyd

Email *

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Delivery Address *

2121 Beaver Lane

Phone Number *

803-796-3357

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Saturday, June 8, 2019 

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Update 6/14/2019 - Looks like "The State" finally got the message - I sure hope so. No supplements were tossed in my yard yesterday. Woops - spoke too soon. Delivery has resumed.