Unable to pay for magazine subscription

by John
(Hendersonville NC)

In November of 2009 I received a call on the phone about subscribing to a magazine company, I told them I had no financial income at the time, but apparently they kept my info on file and when I got a job and opened up an account at the bank in May of 2010, I then received a call from them and I ordered a subscription, I was then arrested and put in jail, I was incarcerated for about 7 mos and during this time they called my aunt repeatedly about the monthly payments, and she told them where I was at.

When I returned home 2 weeks ago I called customer service and explained my situation and was told that (I REALLY DID'T WANT THIS SENT A COLLECTION BECAUSE IT WOULD MESS MY CREDIT UP )I told her that I would send a payment this week if I could back to work, suffice to say I called her back about an hour ago and told her that I could not return to work and could not make a payment and wanted to cancel the subscription where it was and she could send it to a collection agency and I would pay it when I was able.

She got an attitude then and told me that she could not cancel without a cancellation fee, I then told her that I could not even by myself a soda at the store so how could I pay the fee, I also told her that I was recording the conversation, which I in fact was not, she then said that i could not record it without her permission and that she would have me arrested an put back in jail.

Can she do that even though I did not actually record anything?