Gothamist: Delivery Man Arrested for Scamming New York Times

Sommelier

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:50:46 -0500

"they have 8,500 less readers" "Fewer", damn it. "FEWER"! Doesn't anyone here know how to write this language?

NannyState

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:30:39 -0500

It's still a good paper, in spite of all the criminals they apparently employ.

Future Taliban

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:39:56 -0500

Considering all the fictitious news the NY Times delivers, I'd say it's par for the course. Plus this guy recycled.

Spiritof76

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:49:58 -0500

read it on-line, it's faster and it's free and your hands won't get smudged with ink. Yeah, but it's not the same. Strangely, I don't mind full-page ads when they're in the paper. The pictures in the ads sometimes look great. I completely ignore itty bitty online ads without even thinking about it. I also like the way articles and columns fit together in the paper, unlike the online version where everything is essentially on its own page. I'd love a Kindle-like device with a big, full-color, flexible screen that showed the Times exactly as it looks in its print edition, but affordable color electronic paper is at least ten years away.

JohndeGuzman

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:59:33 -0500

Jen Chung... get an Amazon Kindle! NYT is delivered every morning, you save money, and you save some trees. Perfecto.

dodgegibson

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:18:36 -0500

Are there even 8500 people in wisconsin?

LS

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:04:47 -0500

No he did not fake credit card numbers. He submitted these subscriptions. The Times got wind of the scam when they sent bills to these "phanthom" subscribers and got them returned as addressee unknown.

Jen Chung

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:43:50 -0500

I do subscribe, because I need subway reading material. But I don't understand--this guy faked 8500 credit card numbers? Kind of amazing.

suepart

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:30:02 -0500

read it on-line, it's faster and it's free and your hands won't get smudged with ink.