Have received this email several times over the last few days. Sounds wonderful. And FREE updatings - but chances are, they're really hoping you don't read the fine print until you've signed up:

THE SIGNING OF THIS DOCUMENT REPRESENTS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS [shortened for ease of reading] LEGALLY BINDING [my emphasis] AND GIVES YOU THE RIGHT OF AN INSERTION ON THE ONLINE DATA BASE OF THE EUROPE BUSINESS GUIDE, [shortened] WWW.EUROPEBUSINESSGUIDE.NET THE VALIDATION TIME OF THE CONTRACT IS THREE YEARS [my emphasis] AND STARTS ON THE EIGHTH DAY AFTER SIGNING THE CONTRACT. [shortened] I WILL HAVE AN INSERTION TO ITS DATA BASE FOR THREE YEARS. THE PRICE PER YEAR IS EURO 990. THE SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED EVERY YEAR FOR ANOTHER YEAR, UNLESS SPECIFIC WRITTEN NOTICE IS RECEIVED BY THE SERVICE PROVIDER OR THE SUBSCRIBER TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE SUBSCRIPTION.[My emphasis] YOUR DATA WILL BE RECORDED. THE PLACE OF JURISDICTION IN ANY DISPUTE ARISING IS THE SERVICE PROVIDER’S ADDRESS. [Nice! You wanna sue? Throw in a trip to Netherlands - for YOUR expense]

Here's the accompanying letter:


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[Mmm - wouldn't even ask to be unsubscribed. Rather hit the 'junk' button on this one!!]