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This is a general thread about whether it is always cost effective and in the best interest to subscribe to any magazine publication.
What started me thinking was this.....
...Friday in a supermarket that has ***** letters in its name I cam across another gardening/cooking publication aimed at veg growers with just ** letters in its abbreviated title. This particular edition had 5 free packets of seeds attached (including the now traditional boltardy beetroot!!) and the cover exclaimed this was an offer exclusive to *****.
On returning home I checked that mags website to discover that if I had been a subscriber I could have had the 5 packets of seed but would have had to pay P&P to get them.
OK, subscribers may have got the year's issues cheaper but I don't buy all the issues - normally being guided by content - so my question is this - Is it better to subscribe or to pick and choose issues (and in this case where you buy them from)?
And yes I did Buy that particular issue
What started me thinking was this.....
...Friday in a supermarket that has ***** letters in its name I cam across another gardening/cooking publication aimed at veg growers with just ** letters in its abbreviated title. This particular edition had 5 free packets of seeds attached (including the now traditional boltardy beetroot!!) and the cover exclaimed this was an offer exclusive to *****.
On returning home I checked that mags website to discover that if I had been a subscriber I could have had the 5 packets of seed but would have had to pay P&P to get them.
OK, subscribers may have got the year's issues cheaper but I don't buy all the issues - normally being guided by content - so my question is this - Is it better to subscribe or to pick and choose issues (and in this case where you buy them from)?
And yes I did Buy that particular issue
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