I think there are two ways of looking at this:
If you liked the magazine well enough to pay $6.99 for it - there must have been something in it that was of interest to you. I think most "single patterns" are more than that now - and who knows how long they might have been on display.
On the other hand, it was "older" - and maybe should have been discounted.
Bottom line: Buyer be aware.
Now if something had been torn out of it, then I would have been "upset."