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Post by Workshopshed on Jan 27, 2009 0:40:48 GMT
Where is the best place to get a subscription in the UK? I looked on www.myhobbystore.com/ but they were going to charge £8 for postage which means that it would be actually more expensive than buying individual magazines. |
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Post by baggo on Jan 27, 2009 10:13:42 GMT
Have a look at: www.subscription.co.uk/mde/S078If you pay by direct debit it's £13.75 every 3 months which is a considerable saving. A one off payment is £64.35. Alternatively, you can phone 08456 777 807 and quote S078 John |
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Post by davidmew on Jan 29, 2009 21:37:12 GMT
Hi There
I don't know why postage is extra.
Seems strange.
The offer code changes fortnightly so please don't post codes on here.
They will be out of date too quickly.
Check the magazine to get the best deal.
regards David
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Post by baggo on Jan 30, 2009 0:40:38 GMT
Hi David, the subscription rates are perhaps another bone of contention. I've had renewals (before I changed to DD) for my sub only to look in a later ME to see that new subscribers are offered a years subscription quite a bit less than I was expected to pay (plus freebies!) Why should I, as a regular subscriber, pay more than someone who has only just started to have the mag? You say, don't publish offers etc. because they change every few weeks, but why should they? Just have a fixed pricing depending on how you pay  A friend of mine has stopped having the mag because of this. John |
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Post by davidmew on Feb 1, 2009 16:15:24 GMT
Hi There
I have always said get the best offer you can.
I agree with you but the subscriptions dept. don't.
Don't renew, resubscribe and get the best deal available.
regards david
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Post by drumkilbo on Feb 1, 2009 18:58:37 GMT
I used to have to do that to get a better deal from the AA [cars not drink] and it was a PITA, I wanted to be a loyal subscriber/member and got penalised for it.
Ian.
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Post by engineernut on Feb 1, 2009 19:20:59 GMT
I wait for either yearly subscription to end or if a good deal advertised midway through renew early.  Would prefer d/d but want the best deal. Maybe for subscribers paying d/d a discount pa, increasing each year, could be a thought. Does not have to be a great discount, as even a 1% each year or so with a max would be a help and d/d subscribers would not feel left out?  Having said that the digital vernier gauge was a nice free gift.  |
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Post by houstonceng on Feb 1, 2009 22:19:45 GMT
Dave wrote : "Don't renew, resubscribe and get the best deal available."
Having found that the price offered on my renewal letter is - often - not the cheapest, I just use the offer codes in ME or MEW via the web-site URL and renew that way. If I see an offer I like, I renew before the subscruption ends and the Subs dept just tack the additional issues on the vack of my existing sub.
Until recently - when the Subscriptions web-site price became the same as my renewal letter - (so long as I logged on using my subscuption number) there were often 3 - sometimes 4 - prices for the magazine.
1. The Subscriptions / My hobby store / Publisher's web-site full price.
2. The Subscriptions web-site with my log-on info.
3. The renewal letter
4. The offer in ME and MEW (often even cheaper than DD if ordered on-line for two years)
1 being the most expensive to 4 often the cheapest with 2 & 3 sometimes reversed and sometimes the same somewhere in the middle.
What an odd way to keep your subscribers happy !
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Post by baggo on Feb 2, 2009 0:46:56 GMT
What an odd way to keep your subscribers happy ! I quite agree Andy. I changed over to DD a year or so ago and I'm actually now paying less than the best current offer John |
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Post by davidmew on Feb 8, 2009 11:17:51 GMT
Hi There
I say take the best offer you can get.
The best long term offer is direct debit.
If they want to increase that, they have to write and tell you and are they going to do that and risk you cancelling?
I don't think so.
regards David
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Post by Jo on Feb 17, 2009 14:23:02 GMT
The only reason for a company charging more for a one off debit card payment over direct debit is if the banks charge them more for it. I understand that banks only do this if they believe that the company is financially challenged and likely to fold  . I would not want such a company having access to take money from my bank account. Jo |
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Post by davidmew on Feb 17, 2009 22:02:43 GMT
Hi There
Direct debit is the best way to go as it is very unlikely that the subscription people would risk you canceling by writing to you and saying the direct debit had gone up.
Obviously the renewal rate with direct debit is very high.
regards David
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Post by Jo on Feb 20, 2009 9:50:35 GMT
Direct debit is not always the best way to go: The current subscriptions to ME Workshop is cheaper for a one off payment than being forced to pay every three months by direct debit.
Which is how I would expect it to be as they have our money up front.
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Post by engineer2801 on Feb 23, 2009 20:43:47 GMT
Does anyone know what has happened to subscriptions? A fellow club member phoned the number in the magazine today to renew his MEW subscription and was told "we don't handle that any more".
William
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Post by houstonceng on Feb 23, 2009 21:21:02 GMT
Engineer2801 Just tried on t'internet and they're at www.subscription.co.uk/help/Possibly a wrong number due to your fellow club member's "finger trouble" ? |
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A friend of mine has stopped having the mag because of this.
. I would not want such a company having access to take money from my bank account.