Comments on: Giving Subscriptions as Gifts

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:23:03 +0000

I have found the best place to buy subs to be bestdealmagazines.com - they have a ton of magazines available for $4-6/year! Check it out if you haven't already!

By: Curls

Curls — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:33:17 +0000

It is a great idea except when the subscription runs out, the publisher sends you letter after letter to remind you to renew your subscription for your dear “insert name” and how disappointed they would be if they stopped getting the magazine. It made me feel so bad.

By: Chief Family Officer

Chief Family Officer — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:39:34 +0000

The problem I run into with giving subscriptions as gifts is that I tend to feel obligated to renew them. If it’s someone I’m close to, like my mom, I’ll just ask if she wants to continue getting the magazine, but with others, it’s a little awkward.

By: TTFK

TTFK — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:50:24 +0000

In past years, I have given Basic Emusic.com subscriptions to friends I know that have MP3 players.

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:37:10 +0000

I’m giving away my RSS feed subscription as free gifts so head on over to my website to claim it

By: sandycheeks

sandycheeks — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:47:30 +0000

I recently gave a magazine subscription as a gift and I “paid” for it using Coke reward points. I drink the soda anyway so it was essentially free. The person asked for the subscription so I knew they would like it.

By: Rick Morley

Rick Morley — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:27:12 +0000

Of course, subscription companies like you giving subscriptions as gifts too. Especially subscription services like Netflix. So you get the first 6 or 12 months free, but after that, most people are so used to having the subscription that when the bill comes to renew, they’ll just pay for the next year without even thinking all that much. You are now a recurring revenue stream for the company.

By: Argonautica

Argonautica — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:21:18 +0000

OTOH, a poor subscription choice is just more junk that has to be collected and disposed.

For example, our area receives a free newspaper: it’s pretty awful, but almost gives the local paper a run for its money in terms of content. However, I don’t like it and I don’t want to read it, and I’m tired of lugging it in every day to the recycle bin. It’s like someone is daily littering my yard.

Apparently, the delivery person feels that because it is gift, I should be grateful. When I picked it up and waved and yelled, she replied “it’s free!” as she drove away and littered the neighbor’s yard.

I guess the moral of the rant is to be careful when ordering a subscription as a gift so it doesn’t become just one more piece of junk mail to be tossed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:54:03 +0000

I so feel you on this,
I absolute dislike giving gifts that are forgotten or gone by the end of the day. Some of my friends consider me to be cheap but I love giving gifts that the person either needs or something that will keep giving. So, as of last year, I incorporated this method and it has worked thus far.
Now, I even receive gift subscriptions from my favorite magazines. This saves me money and every month, I smile when I get a new Money Magazine, Kiplinger, and Essence –because I didn’t pay for them.

By: Matthew Paulson

Matthew Paulson — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:35:23 +0000

My grandmother got my a subscription to Newsweek a while ago, and I’ve actually really enjoyed reading it…Definitely a good time-user-upper for the hour between classes that I have sometimes!