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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;charley, post: 7805027, member: 5372&quot;]In the mail yesterday, there was an offer for subscription from NN. It is 8 months, 24 issues, for $20.00. Shipping is free.</p><p><br /></p><p>The offer states the 6 month rate is $71.76, and the 6 month discount rate is $51.76, but now the 6 months is 8 months, and another $31.76 discount for this $20.00 special offer.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The offer also includes (in really tiny all caps&nbsp; peek-a-boo letters): </p><p>&quot;AN E-NEWSLETTER AND SPECIAL OFFERS FROM NUMISMATIC NEWS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WHICH MAY ALSO INCLUDE AN OCCASIONAL SPECIAL, COMBINED OR EXPANDED ISSUE THAT MAY COUNT AS 2 ISSUES (hmmmmm.....). PLEASE ALLOW 4-6 WEEKS FOR FIRST ISSUE DELIVERY.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Doing the math, and math is hard for me, this = 83.33 cents per issue. Apparently it is issued 3X/month.</p><p><br /></p><p>But wait, there&#039;s more!! It includes 2 ea. Frank Church River Of No Return Wilderness Quarters. This changes the math, and math is hard for me, as follows: $20.00 less 50 cents = $!9.50 divided by 24 = 81.125 cents per issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am informed I am receiving this offer, because I was a valued long time subscriber in the past, and they miss me (I stopped the subscription years ago).</p><p><br /></p><p>What the heck. I get very little mail, and that makes me feel lonely, and I enjoy holding a magazine/newspaper over reading on a computer screen so I figure why not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somewhere along the line....I predict at least 4X..... I will experience the&nbsp; 1 for 2 issue trap. However, considering that it includes a monthly coin values guide (and I am fully cognizant that the guide is as dependable as a Congressional budget) it will give me idea of the perceived value world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know, it is full of ads, and the special 1 for 2 issues will be&nbsp; a sales job, but if I eliminate the predicted 4 issues, that would be 20 issues for $19.50, and doing the math and math is hard for me, it = 97.5 cents an issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I can live with that, since the Guarantee is that I can cancel the NN subscription at any time, for any reason, and receive a full refund for all unmailed issues (BTW, is unmailed a word?). I guess they are depending on the guilt factor. They sure don&#039;t know me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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