We often get two or three past issue magazines bundled in with the new one. One can never see if the past issues are already in one's possession. Most of the ideas have been done to death, or are boring. The magazines are too expensive to take a punt on whether there will be something different or interesting in them. That means that I track the internet stuff and go to shows so that I can come up with my own versions from the inspiration. If I see a published quilter that I like, I will buy one of their books instead.