Magazine Subscription Cost
Posted by Cap in Stop Buying Crap! on July 13, 2005 |I received my subscription renewal notice today from Car & Driver and Motor Trend. They’re $12 per year each. It’s funny because they’re only $10 if you subscribe from their website online. I subscribed to Motor Trend for 4 years, and Car & Driver for 2 years.
So I looked at the stash of old magazine issues gathering dust in the corner of my room, and I looked at the the small renewal notice evenlopes in my hand. I thought about my blog’s tittle, and I toss the evenlopes in the trash can.
Now I can go into detail about how $20 per year, properly invested, compouned at a conservative 8%, multiply by the rest of my lifespan - will yield some incredible amount (minus tax); but cutting expense is cutting expense.
So good-bye for now Motor Trend, Car & Driver; I will no longer read you from the comforts of my bathroom, but instead on the sofa at the local library.
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July 13th, 2005 at 7:24 am
Have you looked on ebay for your magazine subscriptions? I subscribe to People (I probably shouldn’t be admitting that…) and it’s normally about $102 per year if I subscribe through the cards or their website, but I get it on ebay for $58. I also get Cottage Living (now you really think I’m a dork) for about $4/year on ebay.
July 13th, 2005 at 12:09 pm
Have you tried: http://www.magazinepricesearch.com/
and see if anything cheaper there, but don’t know. Not trying to get you to buy more.
July 13th, 2005 at 12:20 pm
oh wow. that is ridiculously cheap. now I feel stupid for wasting money when I could have gotten it cheaper. lol.
Motor Trend = $3.80 per year
Car & Driver = $6.75 per year
interesting… well, I’ll sleep on it, but if anything I’ll stick with Motor Trend.
thanks guys. lol
July 15th, 2005 at 3:49 pm
I second the eBay recommendation. In 2003 I got a five year extension to Reader’s Digest for my wife (meaning no more renewals until fall 2008) for something like twelve bucks. Pretty unbelievable. I actually get most of my magazines free by keeping an eye open on the various deal sites. There are, however, a number of magazines that I’ve gotten in the past that aren’t even worth the effort required to toss ‘em in the trash. Sometimes free isn’t cheap enough.
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July 27th, 2005 at 2:01 am
I swear I didn’t read this post before posting about me being a magazine reseller. I’ll hook you up if ya want, and get you both Motor Trend and C&D for my cost - $7/year. It’s just not the same without a stack of C&D on the can. Let me know ;)
July 27th, 2005 at 2:56 am
lol I ALMOST didnt want to get MT again.. but for $3.60 it was hard to say no.. but your $7 for BOTH is even a harder offer to refuse. I’ll email ya about it, thanks for making me spend money :P