Originally Posted by
angrybear
They've been doing it for ages,
It used to utterly piss me off when I was paying a subscription for both & getting nothing then walk in to a shop & see a free give away, even if one of them was usually un-sold stock from the previous month.
Great for the casual buyer and lets be honest it's a marketing ploy to draw those casual readers in to buying, once you get it on subscription they have you & your money on the hook.
New subscribers get a gift, and all subscribers get a discounted price, plus delivery to their door, usually before the mags hit the shops. So the 'getting nothing' claim is a bit unfair, surely?
Giving away a free magazine isn't a bad thing, either, is it? We get more readers and our sport gets more supporters. As the kids say - what's not to like?
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