Maybe we should ask the newsagent if they could leave one open so we can see what the magazines have it them. They might sell more that way.

I've read the whole thread and see that no one has asked the big question: Just HOW do you get into this plastic --especially for it to be in any shape to replace the magazine? Occasionally one of those plastic bags will have perforations for tearing, but even those are almost impossible to rip open. If I were to try to open a bag in the store, I'd probably create quite a scene and would probably be asked to leave the store.

Looks like you and I are odd men out. But, for me at least, that's okay. Won't be the first time I've been the dissenting vote!

angelanicole wrote:
Probably and may be for sure. I hate buying a quilting mag that is NOT in a plastic bag. You can tell that they have been looked through (dog ears) and indeed ripped out pages.[/quote]

I heard back from F&P.
Apparently you have to be a Facebook Fan to see what's inside.

"Deb, we are starting to preview all quilts in an issue on our Facebook page so to “like” us on Facebook and you will be notified each issue. Then you will be able to see the quilts before you pick up the issue."


I will say that I got an advertisement in the mail the other day for the McCall's quilting magazine 2 years for the price of 1 and I am tempted... very tempted but after my haul at the library last night, I don't think I'll need another pattern for quite awhile!

yeah, so annoying

I just hate the fact of even more unwanted plastic in our environment. Won't buy individually wrapped biscuits etc. either, what a waste :thumbdown:

I Agree! I do not buy something that I cannot glance through to see if I really want it. I wonder if their sales have gone down since starting this "inconvenience"??

Honestly, it isn't right to open the magazine unless you are going to buy it. If we all did this, we would be adding to the problem, not helping. If you open it, buy it. If not, leave it alone and walk away.

Very true!! But..... to the ones who open the plastic, how do you do it? That plastic is not easy to open. (For the record, I have let ALL subscriptions run out and buy only the magazines I can see before I buy.)

:wink:

First of all the price of these magazines is getting, for me anyway, a bit out of range. $7 or more for a magazine that is way thinner than in the past, and many more ads just doesn't justify the price they demand now.

Also, the last the time I took a new magazine to the quilt store to get fabric from the featured quilt the ladies all laughed and said that by the time the magazine comes out that fabric is "old" and gone.

I have had a quilt that I like and make it periodically that I got from a magazine that is several years old. Imagine my surprse when I saw the exact magazine layout in the same magazine this year. Now what's up with that??????

Karen

i will not buy a magazine that's been skimmed through by someone else. it's not new anymore. people look through the mags to see if they want it, but then they buy a fresh copy. i've been interested in buying certain mags but only found bent and torn ones. what is the store supposed to do with those? that's why they come in plastic. i won't buy one in torn plastic. i'm sorry if there's nothing there to interest you, but to tear it open and then not buy it is stealing.

I hate plastic wrapped magazine's never buy them, I also tear open the plastic, the last few I opened was just repeats of old stuff. elise

I hate plastic wrapped magazine's never buy them, I also tear open the plastic, the last few I opened was just repeats of old stuff. I think the reasion they do that is because they have nothing new to show you. elise

I won't buy a magazine wrapped in plastic. However, F & P sometimes have a template or something else that comes with the magazine that they don't want to fall out so hence the plastic. Also, patterns can be ripped out of mags. and stolen.

As far as opening the mag to look through it and see if you want to buy it? I don't call that stealing, but it is wrong.
Do you open a bag of cookies, milk, chips, take a few grapes and eat them to see if you want to buy it? Wrong.

Now, I realize my head is on the chopping block here, but since a few of you have said this I'm gonna have my say about it. That's just wrong. It's inconsiderate of others and typical of the "it's all about me and what I want" mindset. Very few quilting magazines come wrapped in plastic. Leave those few be and get on to the others you can rifle through.

Thank you.

I won't open a plastic cover magazine, again just won't buy it, because I know it won't have anything new in it.I truly belive the reasion they do it is just to sell more magazine's elise

i know a lot of you disagree with me, but if the plastic is torn and the store cant sell that magazine, that sale has been stolen from the store. they paid whatever they paid for the magazine and that money is gone. most stores run on a very small profit margin and any loss is important.

[quote=dixiechunk]Now, I realize my head is on the chopping block here, but since a few of you have said this I'm gonna have my say about it. That's just wrong. It's inconsiderate of others and typical of the "it's all about me and what I want" mindset. Very few quilting magazines come wrapped in plastic. Leave those few be and get on to the others you can rifle through.


I totally agree with you!

This is true and people wonder why prices go up?????

I didn't mean for this thread to be a slag against those who open up the packaging to see what is inside. I personally don't think it is stealing if someone looks at the contents of a magazine. I also don't believe the stores actually buy the magazines. The magazine distributors, not store employees, stock the magazines at my local grocery store. They remove shopping carts full of unsold magazines every month. I'm sure that the store is not buying the magazines and then taking the bite if those stacks of magazines are not sold by the time the new issue comes out. I could be wrong and I'd be curious to find out if a store owner has to buy the magazines to have them stocked in their stores...

Anyhooooo....

It is just the point that couldn't see what is in the magazine and they don't post the pictures online - and later found out that they do post pictures online but only if you fan them on Facebook. It is bad marketing and I just won't buy the magazine not knowing what is inside.

When I was at the store yesterday, someone had neatly opened the F&P magazine and it was neatly cut. I was thrilled that someone else had done it since I won't. The magazine was not damaged nor was it even dogeared in the least bit after I opened it and looked at it. I also put it back in there, neatly and it looked just as new as when I took it out.

There were no extra tidbits except a piece of thicker paper with some sort of an advertisement or something on it. That I didn't remove since I really didn't care what it was. There is just no reason to seal a magazine up in plastic. If you are going to do that, put a preview somewhere on the magazine - front cover, back cover, sticky note whatever so that people will actually want to buy it.

you may be right about who takes the loss, but someone is. whether it's the store or the publisher, the ultimate person taking the loss is you and me. with all the freebies on the web, i don't understand why it's necessary to tear the packaging. or frankly even skim through the pages. do you go into people's homes and taste their food without invitation? after all, it's just a taste.

If I had money, I would not buy if I could not see what was inside, just like a book. God bless.