Oy

[yendi]

I posted a couple of months back about my sadness over the loss of Premiere Magazine.

Well, I got a card in the mail from them informing me that the remaining issues of my subscription would be filled by Us Weekly.

Fucking hell.

I'm trying to think of a magazine they could have picked that's less like Premiere in every way imaginable. The National Enquirer? Playgirl? Mormonism Monthly?

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[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Pink Eye Weekly?

[lokilokust.livejournal.com]

that's... icky.
i got a much better deal when i was informed that 'dragon' and 'dungeon' won't be printed anymore.
at least i was offered my money back instead of some insipid trash like 'us weekly.'

[lokilokust.livejournal.com]

paizo is still accepting subs for their future projects, but wizards of the coast is remaining tight lipped on the subject of submissions, at the moment.

[yendi]

In fairness, I didn't actually pay for my Premiere subscription.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of when American Film folded and the replacement was- yes- Entertainment Weekly.

[yendi]

I like EW (a lot), but those aren't comparable.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

They couldn't reimburse you with free movie passes?

[yendi]

Maybe Us can send me a pass to whatever the feel-good summer romance movie will be.

[brak55.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I got that too. I actually thought they were sending Entertainment Weekly as a replacement until I found out my FIL ordered it for me because he felt bad that Premier went away (it was his yearly birthday present to me).

Perhaps they could have given us a subscription to amateur gynecology.

[laurel]

Yikes.

I've been receiving Ladies Home Journal and couldn't figure out why. I contacted them a time or two to try to get to the bottom of it.

Not long ago I realized what must've happened-- I started receiving it after Budget Living folded. Which, well, is very lame.

[yendi]

Budget Living folder? Wow.

[rowancat.livejournal.com]

I don't do magazine subscriptions despite the savings, i prefer to pick individual issues. So i don't know much about the terms.
But how can they force an unwanted magazine title on you instead of refunding
or at least letting *you* pick the substitute?

[yendi]

Well, since I got my subscription as a promo freebie, there's only so much I can complain about.

[thejunebug.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha. Send them to me!

Poor yendi!

[luis-mw.livejournal.com]

I get The Guardian as my daily paper. One day, a few years back, they didn't have any, so the paperboy substituted the The Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/dailymail/home.html?in_page_id=1766) - the Fred Phelps of daily papers.

I picked it up very gingerly by one corner and deposited it in the bin. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/)

[yendi]

*shudder* You probably should have burned it. Just to be safe.

[butterflymama3.livejournal.com]

That sucks. Premiere was a great magazine. They just shut down? Hate when that happens.