BH&G Antique quilts magazine VENT
#1
Ok, so I thought I wanted this magazine until I looked at the price on the front- $16.99 CDN!! For a magazine that has patterns in it that I can find free on the net if I look hard enough, or patterns that are in about a dozen other magazines that I already own. Anyone else think it's a rip off to ask almost $17 for a magazine with patterns in it that have already been "recycled" 50 times over already?? I really liked the batik oak leaf and reel pattern, but I've also seen that pattern free on the net and have it in other magazines I already own, and to make it out of batiks, well, I can think of that myself, without a $17 magazine. Sorry, had to vent LOL...
Ev
Ev
#4
I think the price of magazines (ALL of them) has really gotten crazy. I don't buy them anymore. My library doesn't have quilting magazines, but they do have many others and I borrow from them. I get quilting patterns online. Free!
#5
I use my library a lot for books and patterns for many things I make, I have started buying books and quilting mags second hand over the net and have got some real bargins I think!Also I have started to look for fabrics this way also.
Gal
Gal
#8
I'm giving up all magazines, except This Old House, I love that one. I have lots of quilt books and make quilts from them or make up my own. I give most quilts away and keep only select ones.
What I hate about magazines now is, they want to renew automatic, I don't like automatic renewals. BH&G kept sending an invoice and I didn't pay attention and I was renewed until 2011, that was several years ago. That was a shame on me.
What I hate about magazines now is, they want to renew automatic, I don't like automatic renewals. BH&G kept sending an invoice and I didn't pay attention and I was renewed until 2011, that was several years ago. That was a shame on me.
#9
I didn't like it, and I didn't buy it. And I'm tired of these guys trying to make a big profit without actually using an original idea. It might have been okay for $8, but $17?? I had serious sticker shock!! Good thing I looked for a price before I went to the register. I put it back real quick! I'm finding plenty of free nice patterns online as well.
#10
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I enjoy the older magazines...less advertisements and more patterns. At my sewing friends group, we have a lady who buys the magazines, and brings them to us to view before passing them to Goodwill or Salvation Army. The price is too much for what you get anymore.
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