I recently ordered The Love of Quilting magazine that had the great offers of DVD's and such. I have yet to get even one magazine yet and I already got a renewal notice. Is this normal for that magazine??

Thanks

I know when i first started subscribing to all these magazines i got frustrated because i waited to about 2 months to get the first issue and they keep sending renewals before you are even half way with your membership. It is so annoying to me

Yup. They're out for the money! I ordered my subscription through the mail but they sent me a bill via email, then a couple of weeks after I paid for the subscription they mailed me a bill. I emailed them that I had paid and received another bill and the answer I got was that "sometimes things et crossed in the mail..." I even got a reminder notice that I hadn't paid. I got no more notices after that and my subscription kept coming so I guess everything got caught up with each other...

I agree!

I agree is a big mess

It can take them up to 2 months to get you your first magazine :D:D:D

You are right seems like they send a renewal notice almost as soon as you pay for your subscription.

Sounds like the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing in that magazine office. :roll:

So agree! I hate to receive junk mail. When this happens to me I get so upset. This waste only adds to the subscription price.

Yes, but don't buy the one issue you think you missed because they will send you the 'back' issue!!! Really hate that.

I ordered the same magazine about 6 weeks ago, still have not gotten a magazine, two bills, but paid for it as soon as I ordered it.

It is not just Fons and Porter, it is all magazines. It takes up to 6-8 weeks for most subscriptions to start. Why?? Don't know the answer to that one!

Outsourcing?

They're not the only magazine that does this, unfortunately. I had the same thing with Taste of Home and with Reader's Digest, where they sent a renewal notice as soon as I subscribed. You're right, it is annoying. What you always have to do is look carefully at the renewal notice for your end date. It should be on there somewhere.

Me, too. Will definitely make me re-think which ones to continue on with....

Well, I paid when I ordered and am wanting to buy the new issue, but would be pretty upset if that ends up being my first issue. Oh well, maybe once this is over and I renew again I won't miss any issues. Grrrrrr, I guess I am overly anxious.

Thanks for letting me know it isn't lost issues in the mail just poor management.

I had a lot of problems with Quilter's Home magazine. Got several nasty letters saying I had not paid. I finally sent them a copy of the cancelled check and wrote them to request a refund. I did not get the money back, but they did send the magazine. I was not at all satisfied and was sorry I had even subscribed.

I gave up all my subscriptions. I kind of went overboard and probably hand most every one printed! It got quite costly considering there was a point when most of them were advertisements or new age information than didn't interest me. I go thru them to see if there is something I need in it and buy it at the store

I need to contact F & P- I finally got a subscription, paid for it, and didn't get my free gifts.

I don't subscribe to any magazines any more and just pick them up at the magazine stands if there is something that catches my eye. Some how last year I was looking at a website for quilting but didn't subscribe to anything. Shortly after I got this booklit of patterns and notions etc from that site in the mail and they sent me a bill for it of $10.00 just by going on there website and looking. I contacted them about it but they kept sending me a bill with interest and I wasn't buying anything from them or subscribing anything! Then they started threatening to take me to court. I finely got tired of the threats and contacted them notifying them I was going to report them to the BBB and finely ended the issue.

I keep a list of mags and when I subscribed and the check number so I can check on all the renewal notices. They do seem to ask for renewals way before they are due.
Very annoying.