Warning Against Magazine Subscriptions

[Mr. ManParticipant 2916]

I want to warn my MGTOW brothers about subscribing to magazines.

Three years ago, I stupidly started a new subscription to Outside Magazine. That magazine used to consistently win prestigious awards for journalism, and I used to read it religiously cover to cover, but now it is filled with crappy “10 Best Places to Live/Work/Jackoff” articles. So naturally, when my subscription was up two years ago, I didn’t renew.

That’s when the threats started.

They started sending me “Payment Due” notices, but I tossed them, thinking they were nothing more than an aggressive marketing ploy to get me to renew my subscription. So I’ve been tossing every one of these damned things for two years now. The last letter however, was from a collection agency.

I know that Outside Magazine is owned by some massive publishing company, I can only suspect this is a common practice in the industry. So f~~~ magazines, their clickbait articles online and in print. Don’t subscribe to them and let them take their last, crooked breath.

[clint englandParticipant 341]

Yeah, you get this with mobile phone companies among many other industries we all use.

The f~~~er’s with their automatic renew contracts and endless charges and scams!

Wankers mate! The lot of ’em!

[experiencedParticipant]

Great post.
Like K-tell records and tapes scam.
Ask them during ANY credit card or cash flow purchase,
“So you mean to tell me that I have to do something at the end of x period of time or you will keep charging me again and again?”
and if that’s the case, do not go through with the deal.

Negative cash flows kill.
Attempt to pay cash only on barrel head with one lump sum.
Often this will allow a better deal e.g. gym memberships.
The lump is painful and deters unwise spending.
Flows bleed you to death painlessly.

"It seems like there's times a body gets struck down so low, there ain't a power on earth that can ever bring him up again. Seems like something inside dies so he don't even want to get up again. But he does."

[Mr. ManParticipant 2916]

That’s good to know, Stealthy, thanks for the tip!

[RennieParticipant]

If you didn’t get the magazines, you don’t owe them jack. Don’t answer any collection agency calls either.

The magazine company wants their money, they can show proof the product was delivered.

[RhinoParticipant 3477]

This is the reason I never subscribed to any magazine as a friend went through the same thing. He eventually had to just ignore the collection agency calls for the next two years, once they don’t take you to court you can force them to stop calling you depending on where you live there is a statute of limitation. Once it passes they are out of luck they can’t sue you in court for the amount owed. But it does go on your credit history report and that takes 7 years for it to go away my advice is fight it if you can and prove that you cancelled if they see you will not pay and are serious about taking them to court they will eventually back down.

[DarkRyuParticipant 2354]

The only magazine I subscribe to is MaximumPC. I’ll never unsubscribe unless they stop doing print magazines. Who the f~~~ would pay for a “digital” magazine? If I wanted something digital, I’d get the information through a Google search for FREE. There’s something to be said about having a giant collection of old computer magazines. It’s cool to look back on them 20 years later and see how far technology has come.

[ResidentEvil7Participant 9541]

I almost considered subscribing to Men’s Health, but after looking at this month’s issue, the magazine doesn’t have a lot of workouts and diet plans. So it’s not worth it to me. I’d just go to Target, look through them and catch the little bit I needed to look at and keep them in mind. That’s how I learned about rucking.

Besides, I remember years ago, when making a purchase at Best Buy I was pressured into subscribing to some weekly magazine, which they made it sound like I had to do to make the purchase. I didn’t even want the f~~~ing thing, but I did, and after the free trial expired, they wanted me to buy the f~~~ing thing. I tried to get out of it by calling the number, but I had to fight my way around that phone answering system. I don’t remember how, but I got out of it. Whenever Best Buy or any retail business wants me to subscribe to anything I don’t want, or for me to give out my phone number, I always said NO, because I get enough unwanted calls as is.

https://themanszone.webs.com/

[experiencedParticipant]

Tom Leykis said women are like magazines.
At the “new-stand”: interesting, fresh, fascinating, great to look at.
Marry one and like a subscription …….
LOL and now they keep taking your money.
CIS cry in silence.

"It seems like there's times a body gets struck down so low, there ain't a power on earth that can ever bring him up again. Seems like something inside dies so he don't even want to get up again. But he does."

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