I RECENTLY RECEIVED MY RENEWAL BILL FOR THE MODESTO BEE DAILY HOME DELIVERY AND IT HAD GONE UP OVER $100.00. BEING A SR. ON A FIXED INCOME, NEARLY $400 IS ENTIRELY TOO EXPENSIVE. MY RELATIVE WHO HAS THE SAME SERVICE OF HOME DELIVERY PAYS ONLY IN THE AREA OF $150.00. I CALLED THE BE TO CHECK THIS OUT AND WAS BRUSHED OF AS IF THEY DON'T CARE AND WOULD NOT NEGOTIATE OR TRANSFER ME TO SOME ONE WHO COULD. AFTER 20 + YEARS WITH THE BE, I WAS FORCED SADLY TO CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION. THEY DO NOT NEED OUR BUSINESS AND IN SO MANY WAYS, AND INDICATED SO. I WANTED THEM TO CALL ME BACK AND THEY RUDE LADY ON THE LINE FROM THE BEE, DECLINED AND SAID SHE HAD ALREADY CANCELLED THE RENEWAL. IF I HAD RAN MY PRIOR BUSINESS THIS WAY.......I WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT OF BUSINESS A LONG TOIME AGO.