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We went with Sunday home delivery only, and of course, 24/7 eEdition access.
I got 2 months at $4.99, and then month-to-month for $9.99 for the rest of the year.
$175 for 7 day home delivery compares reasonably.
We don't renew. We let it die until they treat us as new customers.
I'd be careful about that. Last year, I let my subscription lapse and they were still charging me. I ended up renewing, but I had to pay a balance on the other time.
I'd be careful about that. Last year, I let my subscription lapse and they were still charging me. I ended up renewing, but I had to pay a balance on the other time.
Sure. Common practice.
So the N&O, NY Times, WAPO, and various other services are in my calendar about 10--11 months out.
Inman News, a real estate publication, tried to pop me for $199 auto-renew on an expired card last month. That's a fine kerfuffle that I am not sure is fully resolved. But, at least they are now spamming me as a former subscriber.
We went with Sunday home delivery only, and of course, 24/7 eEdition access.
I got 2 months at $4.99, and then month-to-month for $9.99 for the rest of the year.
$175 for 7 day home delivery compares reasonably. We don't renew. We let it die until they treat us as new customers.
That's the best strategy for just about any optional service (cable/satellite/cell phone/etc.)
That's the best strategy for just about any optional service (cable/satellite/cell phone/etc.)
I do OK when I call when I receive a next year's invoice and say:
"Hey, I just got an invoice for $24/month. I want to continue, but that is too much. What can you do for me?"
Works with nearly all of them. If not, I tell them to nuke it. Sometimes that is all they need to hear, and we get a better deal. Sometimes, just have to nuke it and wait a month or two.
It is a Gotta Do with SiriusXM, to save about 75%. ATT UVerse, too.
None of this is mission critical stuff, except for ATT Cellular and UVerse.
And, getting new service subscriptions at the end of the calendar year can provide dramatic savings. WAPO came up at $9.99 for a one year subscription. Hard to turn that down.
I had to the digital subscription at 7.44 a month to start and then went up to 20+ a month. I emailed to cancel crickets, get a rebill, email them again crickets. Wasn't until I contacted my credit card and they had a whole process to dispute this type of behavior then N&O finally returned my email and said I was canceled. I told my CC that it was a re-occuring trial and I asked to be canceled via email on X date in Jan 2022.
The shared back-office IT infrastructure of the McClatchy newspapers is a disaster. I've had some kind of subscription to the paper since 1985, but I grit my teeth during every annual renewal.
I called to cancel my subscription this week and recorded the call just in case they tried to pull this. I didn't get any email notification confirming my cancellation.
We subscribed and found it to be of little value and did not renew. We kept receiving the paper and after about 6 months heard from a collection agency.
There is no reason to support such an organization.
We subscribed and found it to be of little value and did not renew. We kept receiving the paper and after about 6 months heard from a collection agency.
There is no reason to support such an organization.
Did you call to cancel ? On page 2 of every edition, it notes "For your convenience, your subscription will automatically renew after the initial term at the current rate unless you tell us to cancel."
If you didn't cancel, they did what they said they would do and renewed your subscription.
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