Love of Quilting Magazine forever
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Love of Quilting Magazine forever
I've been getting 'Love of Quilting' magazine by Fons and Porter for years and years. I had to call them recently about an order and said I should probably renew my subscription while I was on the phone. The gal went quiet for some time and then she spoke. She said my subscription didn't run out until 2027. I asked her if she was kidding. She said she wasn't.
She said that I kept subscribing about three times a year or more for quite a few years. I said I only subscribed when there was a bag on the magazine and a subscription card inside of it. She said that didn't mean it was time to subscribe. Well, I'll be. Ha ha. I asked her if they could NOT put a bag around mine and NEVER put a subscription card in the bag. She said okay.
Am I the only kooky one out here? At least I never have to pay for it until 2027. That's a plus!
She said that I kept subscribing about three times a year or more for quite a few years. I said I only subscribed when there was a bag on the magazine and a subscription card inside of it. She said that didn't mean it was time to subscribe. Well, I'll be. Ha ha. I asked her if they could NOT put a bag around mine and NEVER put a subscription card in the bag. She said okay.
Am I the only kooky one out here? At least I never have to pay for it until 2027. That's a plus!
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Location: Michigan
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My husband gets 20+ magazines so I've really learned to manage them. On many magazines, your subscription expiration date is printed on your mailing label. Magazines (almost all magazines) will send a card out to renew your subscription far in advance of the actual date, often years in advance. I always check the mailing label before renewing.
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Unfortunately with most printed publications that is not the case. How can they refund if the company goes belly up? Subscriptions are at the very bottom of the list when bankruptcy court allocates the payments out of the few remaining assets.
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they always send more offers and i always look at the expiration date before falling for it. I was about to do two years on another one but realized they meant one year for me and one for a friend i'd given a year sub too. she didn't need the mag so i did not send them anything. i expire in 2017 on that one. only took it for my granddtr's school thing.
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