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| Did a lot of you get a DVD from AQHA in the mail? I'm not very happy with them - maybe I'm just grouchy but don't send me something without me asking for it and then expect me to PAY for it. I have enough going on without having to go to the post office to return this! (There, I'm off my soapbox)!  |
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 Canine Carryout Queen
Location: Oklahoma | Nope none of us got anything |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| I just got it yesterday. I don't mean to be such a grouch but I'm kind of shocked they did that! |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Put it back in your mailbox and just write return to sender on it |
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | No one in my family got it either. |
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Location: Four Corners Colorado | I got one today! |
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 A Barrel Of Monkeys
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Location: Texas | I got it a while back. I put it back in the return envelope and sent it back.
I agree with you, not happy about it. |
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Extreme Veteran
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| I got one yesterday and it kind of ticked me off too! Seems like a waste of AQHA's money. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| Thank you for not making me feel like I had lost my marbles! - I agree, waste of money. |
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| HORSE & RIDER has done the same thing with a Julie Goodnight video to put the guilt trip on you to buy it.
In the second letter asking for the $16.95 monthly payment for a video each month it has a line in BLACK ..... THAT SEZ ...
IF YOU DID NOT ORDER THIS DVD THEN YOU MAY KEEP IT AS A GIFT ...................
(not an exact quote)
They know it is against the law and especially interstate mail ..... so .. plaster it over the net and whack AQHA over the head anyway you can .........
Including their stupid 5 panel DNA disease non-sense ......
FOLKS ... IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CARE OF YOUR HORSES !!!
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| I got it last summer and sent it back. Ticked me off too! |
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 Duck Duck Goose
Posts: 1280
Location: Ohio | I got mine today too and was not happy.
Glad I read the details before just trashing it. |
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More bootie than waist!
Posts: 18425
Location: Riding Crackhead. | Speak of the Devil. I got my mail this afternoon and the DVD was in there. I'll write return to sender on it and mail it back too. I didn't even open it. What's the DVD about and how much do they want to charge? |
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Location: Lost with the rest of the MINIONS! | I got mine yesterday. It is a training DVD, they want $14 for it.
BUT, I found on the Post Office's website that this is illegal nation wide, regardless of the state. If you did not request the merchandise, you have no obligation to send it back. You can toss it, mail it back, or keep it. I do intend on calling the customer service number on Monday and let them know what I think, though. |
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Posts: 1384
Location: Kansas | Sleepy H Ranch - 2014-03-15 10:06 PM I got mine yesterday. It is a training DVD, they want $14 for it.
BUT, I found on the Post Office's website that this is illegal nation wide, regardless of the state. If you did not request the merchandise, you have no obligation to send it back. You can toss it, mail it back, or keep it. I do intend on calling the customer service number on Monday and let them know what I think, though.
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0181-unordered-merchandise
I heard AQHA was not sending them out, but a company affliated |
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Blessed 
Location: Here | Griz - 2014-03-15 7:17 AM I just got it yesterday. I don't mean to be such a grouch but I'm kind of shocked they did that! Great. I agree with you. wonder if we can put refused return to sender and make them pay for return postage
Edited by SG. 2014-03-17 10:33 PM
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Blessed
Location: Here | Sleepy H Ranch - 2014-03-15 10:06 PM I got mine yesterday. It is a training DVD, they want $14 for it.
BUT, I found on the Post Office's website that this is illegal nation wide, regardless of the state. If you did not request the merchandise, you have no obligation to send it back. You can toss it, mail it back, or keep it. I do intend on calling the customer service number on Monday and let them know what I think, though.
Did you get a chance to call? This is crazy |
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Location: Texas | I got it today...sent it back today!
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Location: Northeast Nebraska | I got one too. Whoever had this lame idea should be fired. What a colossal waste of money. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
Posts: 7268
| It came with an envelope that had the postage paid on it to send it back. It's just the fact that they sent something nobody ordered and guessed people would buy. It wasn't any big deal to send back - just a hassle to have to drive by a mail box. I honestly still can't believe they did that. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 539
Location: South East Kansas | SG. - 2014-03-17 10:35 PM
Sleepy H Ranch - 2014-03-15 10:06 PM I got mine yesterday. It is a training DVD, they want $14 for it.
BUT, I found on the Post Office's website that this is illegal nation wide, regardless of the state. If you did not request the merchandise, you have no obligation to send it back. You can toss it, mail it back, or keep it. I do intend on calling the customer service number on Monday and let them know what I think, though.
Did you get a chance to call? This is crazy
I am wondering if you got a chance to call, and what the reply was, also. Thanks. |
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 Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | I received the DVD yesterday, put it in the pre-paid envelope and sent it back. I wasn't sure if I kept it that they would charge me, so back in the mail it went. I noticed the return address was located in PA, which is odd considering AQHA is in TX. |
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More bootie than waist!
Posts: 18425
Location: Riding Crackhead. | Murphy - 2014-03-18 7:24 AM I received the DVD yesterday, put it in the pre-paid envelope and sent it back. I wasn't sure if I kept it that they would charge me, so back in the mail it went. I noticed the return address was located in PA, which is odd considering AQHA is in TX.
Hey Murphy - the return address on mine is from Minneapolis, MN. That's really weird. I thought the same thing, HQ is Texas. |
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Posts: 3165
| i got one a few weeks ago, i thought it was very odd. sent it back, was afraid if i kept it too long i'd be billed for it. |
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
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| Got mine today.  |
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 Northern Chocolate Queen
Posts: 16576
Location: ND | Got it today too, it'll be back in the mailbox tomorrow. |
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 It Goes On
Posts: 2262
Location: Muskogee, OK | Wow! I'm sure glad I opened this thread. I got it in the mail a few days ago and it's still sitting on my kitchen counter..hadn't opened it yet. Guess I better get to sending it back! |
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Blessed
Location: Here | What is the return address on the original package? |
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 Go go girl
| I called them right away after opening it. Chewed them out because I didn't want to have to make a special trip to town to mail it (I dont go to town alot). They assured me you do NOT have to send them back. You only pay if you wish to continue recieving the videos. I am hanging onto it just in case they try to bill me, but was on the phone with them for a good 5 minutes and they repeatedly told me I do not have to send it back I will not be billed. |
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Blessed
Location: Here | MrsHound - 2014-03-18 9:36 PM I called them right away after opening it. Chewed them out because I didn't want to have to make a special trip to town to mail it (I dont go to town alot). They assured me you do NOT have to send them back. You only pay if you wish to continue recieving the videos. I am hanging onto it just in case they try to bill me, but was on the phone with them for a good 5 minutes and they repeatedly told me I do not have to send it back I will not be billed.
Aqha ? told you this?
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Go go girl
| I called the customer service number on the letter that came with the DVD. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | I got it too. Has anyone actually watched the thing? |
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More bootie than waist!
Posts: 18425
Location: Riding Crackhead. | The return address on mine is
4600 Lyndale Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55412 |
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Location: SW MO | What hacks me is AQHA keeps raising all the breeders fees & they are spening money for postage on things like this, all the sponsorship fees, and many other thingsthe list goes on & on |
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Posts: 495
Location: Washington | Received it and will be sending it back. I put it in for the kids but they had no interest, not even with horses in it.
$14 for a video, and I read it if you dont send it back they will keep sending them to you and charge you for the ones you dont return. If you return them they are free?
Didn't read into it too deep because it's going back. |
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Blessed
Location: Here | Yep showed up Post Master wrote refused on it and that way they have to pay for the plastic case postage Anyways she told me that this was becoming more and more common. And if I ever got a magazine that I did NOT subscribe too, to refuse it as they were starting to bill people and get nasty about collecting |
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 Some Kind of Trouble
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| My letter with the DVD from AQHA says right on it that I am NOT required to return it or pay for it because I did not request it. You don't have to return it. |
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 Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | DID ANYONE WATCH IT? Just curious. I didn't yet. It said you don't have to send it back. I may or may not.....what are they going to do with a bunch of unwatched DVD's? |
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 Rebel Without a Cause
Posts: 2758
Location: Adopt a homeless pet - www.petfinder.com! | The multiple return addresses probably have to with regional mailing centers, it was probably a way to save money on postage. |
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| CYA Ranch - 2014-03-18 7:48 AM
Murphy - 2014-03-18 7:24 AM I received the DVD yesterday, put it in the pre-paid envelope and sent it back. I wasn't sure if I kept it that they would charge me, so back in the mail it went. I noticed the return address was located in PA, which is odd considering AQHA is in TX.
Hey Murphy - the return address on mine is from Minneapolis, MN. That's really weird. I thought the same thing, HQ is Texas.
Got mine in KS today and just wrote across it return to sender and dropped it right back at the post office. It was from MN. |
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Rebel Without a Cause
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Location: Adopt a homeless pet - www.petfinder.com! | I got mine, it went straight into the trash. No reason I should waste any time on something I didn't ask for in the first place. |
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 Best of the Badlands
Location: You never know where I will show up...... | Griz - 2014-03-15 6:42 AM Did a lot of you get a DVD from AQHA in the mail? I'm not very happy with them - maybe I'm just grouchy but don't send me something without me asking for it and then expect me to PAY for it. I have enough going on without having to go to the post office to return this! (There, I'm off my soapbox)!
Yep we got one. What a waste of time and money. We sent ours back without watching it. I nearly threw it away thinking it was junk mail. |
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I Really Love Jeans
Posts: 3173
Location: North Dakota | I got it a few days ago! My seven year old asked if I ordered it! When I said no he asked why they mailed it to us then! Its still sitting by my coffee maker. |
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 Ima Non Controversial Girl
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Location: where the wind blows | I didn't get one but hearing this annoys the heck out of me. It cost a flipping fortune to go to AQHA shows and AQHA wastes how much money on this? Can't imagine the postage fees sending these out and return fees. Not to mention the AQHA website says I won an award in 2013 for the Justin Intermediate rider for my province. Says I won a buckle and boots. Have yet to see anything direct from AQHA on this. It's March. Instead of spending time mailing a dvd to people who didn't ask for it look after the people who support your shows. Just my vent. |
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | So did anyone even look to see what it was? Anyone watch it? What is it? |
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Veteran
Posts: 292
Location: Northeast Nebraska | I tried to watch it but the sound wouldn't work. It was stupid stuff like how to catch your horse and how to make him stand for mounting. Someone ought to be FIRED over this. |
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Champ
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | I don't know. Maybe some people will appreciate it. I think they are trying to help out the newbies.  |
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Blessed
Location: Here | So I did the refuse return to sender deal
Today I get a letter from this Dvd company asking me if I have decided to keep the DVD and if not to please return it |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Not me, but if i do get one will just put return to sender on it.  |
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A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | SG. - 2014-05-12 4:31 PM So I did the refuse return to sender deal
Today I get a letter from this Dvd company asking me if I have decided to keep the DVD and if not to please return it
Really!!!! This is just crap, why did they even send these out in the first place? |
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Blessed
Location: Here | Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-12 4:34 PM Not me, but if i do get one will just put return to sender on it.
Envelope looks like an invoice from AQHA I still don't think this was a smart or kind thing for AQHA or this programpartners to pull... I did call the customer service and asked to be removed from all future mailings. |
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Location: No place like home | Got one sent it back. Figured if I didn't they would bill me!! |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 898
Location: Mountains of VA | crossspur - 2014-03-19 8:26 AM What hacks me is AQHA keeps raising all the breeders fees & they are spening money for postage on things like this, all the sponsorship fees, and many other thingsthe list goes on & on
On a related note..........what ticks me off is the ridiculous "Chrome" magazine from APHA. What a waste of members money!! Why can't either Assoc. do something positive to help the breed and the members?? |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 437
| I never got the video but the other day I got a notice saying I had and please pay for it but the last line said we know you don't have to pay for it because you didn't order it so keep it as a gift! WTF Wake up AQHA |
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Location: kentucky | I was fuming when I got the dvd in the mail and read that I would be charged and immediately called the number on there and she told me it was a complimentary dvd and to keep it there was no charge. I was livid that AQHA would take it upon themselves to do something without my permission amd make me go out of my way to mail the crap back but that wasn't the case |
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 Hugs to You
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | I sent mine back yeserday. I was going to keep it just for the first aid part. However, it was only a preview. So, that didn't work. If you had kept it, they were going to do the "automatic" thing of sending you one every month or so and charge you full price. Reminds me of the "tape of the month" club they used to have in Sunday papers. |
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Expert
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| So apparently, when I wrote return to sender on mine ... something didn't connect because I got a letter from AQHA this weekend saying that I needed to return the dang thing. Phone calls shall commence and I am NOT happy about this whole thing ... |
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 Scorpions R Us
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Location: So. Cali. | Recieved it. Watched two portions of it, didnt keep my interest. Returned it. And got letter yesterday asking for me to pay or return it......
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Scorpions R Us
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Location: So. Cali. | Maybe its their way of raising the funds to fight the cloning lawsuit.....
Sorry, couldnt resist.
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Nut Case Expert
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | i received it some time back. I was annoyed when it arrived and tossed it somewhere and do not really know where it is now. It really ****es me off to receive unsolicited merchandise for which anyone expects to be paid. I received a request for payment in the mail earlier this week -- which I also tossed aside. The way I feel about it, anyone or any organization stupid enough to send out unwanted stuff is screwed. I am not wasting my time to send it back and I am not paying them. |
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 Tough Patooty
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Location: Sperry, OK | Somehow it doesn't seem like this would be leagal... sending something out unsolicited and then charge if it isn't returned within a time frame... |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 762
Location: NC | We received it, watched a small bit of it and then haven't touched it since. Got a letter to either send back or pay. My mom called and said we are not paying for a dvd that we do not need and didnt order it. Woman told us to donate it local library, which we did. Very dumb |
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