OT: ESPN Magazine $9/2 years (plus Insider)

[EdgewoodNHV]

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/118266/topmags---2-years-of-espn-magazine-w-espn-insider

Topmags has a 2 year subscription for 9 bucks with promo code SPORTS9. You get free ESPN Insider with a subscription to ESPN Magazine. Pretty good deal.

 

[RayRay19]

Screw espn...

 

[Waquoit]

Still not worth it.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Says code invalid

Really? Just double-checked, seems to work still.

 

[BUHusky]

Still not worth it.

It's worth it for anyone who's ever asked other people to post the contents of an Insider article... Pony up the $9 and be done with it.

 

[BUHusky]

I pout the code in and it said invalid.

Code works for me. Make sure you select the 2 year deal.

 

[boba]

Thank you - What BU Husky said - Insider access isn't worth $52, but $9? That was the cost of lunch today.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I opened this up wondering if it was a report that KO was being offered or Insider thought he deserved $9 mil for the next 2 years, so it seemed like a lot.

 

[intlzncster]

Assuming the mag lasts for two years. That has to be running at a loss.

Maybe they just treat is as a marketing expense and write it off.

 

[upstater]

Has anyone received the magazine yet?

 

[Waquoit]

My brother still gets it and he stopped paying 3 years ago.

 

[sportsart]

Has anyone received the magazine yet?

I signed up on this deal 10 weeks ago. No access to Insider and no mag yet.

 

[Mike Honcho]

I signed up on this deal 10 weeks ago. No access to Insider and no mag yet.

I actually pinged them a couple of days ago. Their response...

According to our records, your first issue is estimated to deliver between 06/09/2014 and 07/07/2014. Please note that since magazine labels are printed months in advanced, the standard delivery time will be between 8-12 weeks from your order date. If you have not received your first issue yet and it has passed July 15th please feel free to contact us and we will be happy to look into your order further.

Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any other questions.

May you have a wonderful day!​

 

[upstater]

I actually pinged them a couple of days ago. Their response...

According to our records, your first issue is estimated to deliver between 06/09/2014 and 07/07/2014. Please note that since magazine labels are printed months in advanced, the standard delivery time will be between 8-12 weeks from your order date. If you have not received your first issue yet and it has passed July 15th please feel free to contact us and we will be happy to look into your order further.

Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any other questions.

May you have a wonderful day!​

There is a great deal of difficulty in printing out magazine labels for new customers. First, for every ten new customers, you have to kill at least 72 squid to extract their ink. After that, you send the ink to China so that it can be emulsified and returned to you in printing condition. When you get it back, you have to find a person to set the printing blocks up, and that takes time. Each letter requires a different block. If you're lucky, it could take half a year for them to print 12 labels for you to cover your subscription for a year. And forget about it if you decide to renew after a year. The whole process starts over again.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Yeah I was wondering what was going on with that... glad to hear they haven't totally forgotten, hah.

 

[John]

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/118266/topmags---2-years-of-espn-magazine-w-espn-insider

Topmags has a 2 year subscription for 9 bucks with promo code SPORTS9. You get free ESPN Insider with a subscription to ESPN Magazine. Pretty good deal.

when ESPN pays me $9 to take their godawful magazine, then it's a good deal.

 

[nomar]

I rarely read the Magazine, but it's worth it for the Insider access. Half of the articles on ESPN are Insider.

 

[zyron]

when ESPN pays me $9 to take their godawful magazine, then it's a good deal.

This. ESPN the magazine is the most worthless piece of I get. I am so mad that I forgot to cancel and am stuck with another year of it. The Insider isn't much better.

 

[John]

This. ESPN the magazine is the most worthless piece of I get. I am so mad that I forgot to cancel and am stuck with another year of it. The Insider isn't much better.

my son's physical therapy office has it (among other awful magazines, truly a wasteland of a waiting room) and I often read Entertainment Weekly rather than waste my time with ESPN.

 

[intlzncster]

My brother still gets it and he stopped paying 3 years ago.

This goes more to my point that the Mag is simply an expensive brand awareness / advertising tool. It can't possibly ever be in the black.

 

[intlzncster]

This. ESPN the magazine is the most worthless piece of I get. I am so mad that I forgot to cancel and am stuck with another year of it. The Insider isn't much better.

Insider is completely foolish for the average person. You are telling me, between all the networks and league sites and 50 million blogs, you can't find the same coverage/content?

 

[Palatine]

Insider is completely foolish for the average person. You are telling me, between all the networks and league sites and 50 million blogs, you can't find the same coverage/content?

The evaluations they do on the high school football recruits is pretty good stuff. I like insider overall and the content and replays on ESPN3 is a lifesaver if you want to watch UConn basketball preseason games.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

For the record, I started getting this about a week and a half ago and it did activate my Insider membership. So if you ordered it... it does eventually come. Eventually.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Screw espn...

Right, you can just ask someone who can actually pony up the $0.40/month to tell you what the article says.

 

[elduderino]

You guys know most of these "special deal" companies sell your demographic profile to make up the difference on the sales price right? My firepit is already plenty well stocked with junk mail.