Oh my! I just subscribed to my local paper as well. It's funny b/c I had a funny feeling when they called and asked me to subscribe. I feel like an idiot for giving out my credit card info now that I think about it, but had been meaning to subscribe anyway, and I was in a rush that day, so I went ahead and discarded my gut feeling and subscribed anyway. Now I'm a little worried and have been keeping a close check on my credit statements. Now I will definitely call the local paper myself and see what is going on, I have been receiving these calls as well, with the same results as others on this post. I feel like such an idiot....