Read all about it -- for less!
By Laura
Shanahan • Bankrate.com
5. Cast a wider Net!
The company 100%
Free Magazines lists "over 3,500 magazine trials, with
hundreds more that are discounted up to 88%." That's a spicy
savings -- and a humongous selection. Further, this site boasts
a "deal search" geared to helping you find the best price
for any magazine at nine online stores.
Check out justfreestuff.com/magazines
for such diverse mags as these recent listings: Elle Girl, Video
Store, Plane & Pilot, Latina, Style Ideas and Baby Talk. Some
of the publications are free; others are trial subscriptions with
options to cancel.
6. Go straight to the source.
Check your favorite magazines' Web sites for online offers, which
may be lower than others you've received.
7. Go to the bag-a-bargain
site eBay!
We could hardly believe our own eyes, but we just saw a listing
for a two-year subscription to Glamour magazine for 99 cents (plus
$4.50 shipping and handling). Repeat: 99 cents. Two years. Yowza.
8. Fifty and fabulous?
If you join AARP,
you'll receive its well-respected monthly publication, AARP The
Magazine, a replacement-merging of the popular Modern Maturity and
My Generation. You'll also get lots of other perks for the modest
$12.50 annual membership fee.
9. Do good for yourself by doing
good for others.
Bethany Kandel, co-author of "The Expert Parent," gets
her discounted subscriptions from the magazine fundraisers at her
sons' school. "It is a very good deal," she notes, adding
the PTA uses the money raised to buy computers, books and other
necessities.
10. Be wary of strangers with
subscriptions.
Before even contemplating a transaction with a door-to-door salesperson,
get the name of the seller and the company -- including address
and phone number. Check out the company with the Better
Business Bureau, and the seller with the company itself.
11. Be equally cautious with phone
salespersons.
Such calls may be taped, and what you say may be used as "proof"
that something you said indicated an agreement, which could lead
to a contract. Again, be careful to make no commitments until you
check out the company -- and even then proceed with due caution.
12. Go for the gold.
Ask about -- and wait for -- upcoming gift promotions, provided
they're not linked to a rate increase (rarely the case). And take
advantage of subscription trial-offers, as long as you're assured
a no-hassle, right-to-cancel at any time. Trials not only allow
you to see how much you enjoy receiving a mag, you'll also get a
sneak preview of how reliably, or unreliably, your issues come through.
Read on!
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