Newspapers are so desperate, they&#x27;ll do anything. The answer is only use a customer focused card, or insist on invoicing, preferably where you pay in arrears.<p>My local paper even plays games with invoicing. They bill on a weird cycle (10 week) and will send you out of cycle&#x2F;overlapping invoices that you don&#x27;t actually owe. Sometimes those out of cycle invoices casually jack the rate up 20-30% -- if you pay it, you&#x27;re accepting new terms.