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Printablemcmeekle said: Cinnie said: I think the point of a subscription is just to ensure you have paid for a copy every month at a discount compared to buying it at newsstand price every month.
I have never heard of anyone saying "oh I already got my copy" before they see it on the newsstand. Throughout the 90s I had a subscription to Spin, Rolling Stone, and Ebony. Price, convenience and maybe timing. 
Also being assured no-one has thumbed through it or it's picked up diseases sitting on display. On that, who won't pick up the top newspaper in a pile, always going for the second or third one down? I see loads of people doing it.  I hated the condition I received my magazines in though, once they had been curled up in my mailbox and however else to reach my hometown. | |
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Cinnie said: mcmeekle said: Price, convenience and maybe timing.
Also being assured no-one has thumbed through it or it's picked up diseases sitting on display. On that, who won't pick up the top newspaper in a pile, always going for the second or third one down? I see loads of people doing it. I hated the condition I received my magazines in though, once they had been curled up in my mailbox and however else to reach my hometown. With ends crinkled or with a rip in them | |
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Cinnie said: I think the point of a subscription is just to ensure you have paid for a copy every month at a discount compared to buying it at newsstand price every month.
I have never heard of anyone saying "oh I already got my copy" before they see it on the newsstand. Throughout the 90s I had a subscription to Spin, Rolling Stone, and Ebony.  umm i have and as a subscriber I expect to have an advantage over those who buy off the newsstands. Yeah it's a discount but I should also have it before the average customer too. It should be like VIP treatment.I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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missfee said: Cinnie said: I think the point of a subscription is just to ensure you have paid for a copy every month at a discount compared to buying it at newsstand price every month.
I have never heard of anyone saying "oh I already got my copy" before they see it on the newsstand. Throughout the 90s I had a subscription to Spin, Rolling Stone, and Ebony. umm i have and as a subscriber I expect to have an advantage over those who buy off the newsstands. Yeah it's a discount but I should also have it before the average customer too. It should be like VIP treatment.I usually see the issue on the newsstand first and then receive it in the mail a few days later. I just looked at it as a sneak preview of what's to come. I always figured that's how all publications worked. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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missfee said: Cinnie said: I think the point of a subscription is just to ensure you have paid for a copy every month at a discount compared to buying it at newsstand price every month.
I have never heard of anyone saying "oh I already got my copy" before they see it on the newsstand. Throughout the 90s I had a subscription to Spin, Rolling Stone, and Ebony. umm i have and as a subscriber I expect to have an advantage over those who buy off the newsstands. Yeah it's a discount but I should also have it before the average customer too. It should be like VIP treatment.It should be, but it's also subject to postal laws outside of the magazine's control. If it's a regular occurrence that a magazine is on newsstands before it's in subscribers' hands, it might be a sign that they don't have the numbers to qualify for the good mailing system. | |
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JackieBlue said: missfee said: umm i have and as a subscriber I expect to have an advantage over those who buy off the newsstands. Yeah it's a discount but I should also have it before the average customer too. It should be like VIP treatment.I usually see the issue on the newsstand first and then receive it in the mail a few days later. I just looked at it as a sneak preview of what's to come. I always figured that's how all publications worked. When I used to subscribe to Vibe and Travel & Leisure, my copies would always come before I saw it hit the newsstands, at least by a couple of days. I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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Efan said: missfee said: umm i have and as a subscriber I expect to have an advantage over those who buy off the newsstands. Yeah it's a discount but I should also have it before the average customer too. It should be like VIP treatment.It should be, but it's also subject to postal laws outside of the magazine's control. If it's a regular occurrence that a magazine is on newsstands before it's in subscribers' hands, it might be a sign that they don't have the numbers to qualify for the good mailing system.  that could be a possiblity.I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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missfee said: Efan said: It should be, but it's also subject to postal laws outside of the magazine's control. If it's a regular occurrence that a magazine is on newsstands before it's in subscribers' hands, it might be a sign that they don't have the numbers to qualify for the good mailing system. that could be a possiblity.Especially if their circulation has gone down which I heard it has | |
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missfee said: UPDATE: Okay I'm definitely going to cancel my Essence subscription on my lunch break. Do you know that they didn't even send me my magazine with Steve Harvey and his wife on the cover???!!!
 They have crossed the WRONG ONE!!!!! I will just buy my issues from out the store from now on. Out of all the magazine subscriptions I have subscribed to in the past, this one is the worst.I have yet to receive that one, I'm not canceling though. For me it's more about the discount & the fact that I don't have to go out & get it    I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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