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09-17-2010, 12:51 AM

#81

Annya

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Originally Posted by Yarn or Fabric

I was out shopping yesterday and saw a few new magazine issues - and they were sealed in plastic so you could not leaf through them. .... so I figured I could check online... but nooOOOOoooo.... Fons and Porter doesn't show preview pics

There were 2 other magazines that were wrapped up in plastic and I forgot which ones they were....

I always like to leaf through them to see if I want them - and on occasion I've bought them - although I'm still upset that I actually misplaced one I bought 2 winters ago and now I'm ready to make the project and can't find it lol. I'm determined to find that magazine!!!

Is anyone else annoyed that you can't see a preview of the quilts inside a magazine?? I can't be the only one...

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.

09-17-2010, 04:07 AM

#82

GailG

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Originally Posted by amandasgramma

Okay -- I confess, it irritates me so much, I've been known to open the plastic and look........ :oops: ;-) I don't tear it up....I do it so I can put it back. If they want to sell to me, I'm looking.... Haven't been thrown out of a store yet!

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.

09-17-2010, 05:26 AM

#83

dixiechunk

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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]

09-17-2010, 05:34 AM

#84

Yarn or Fabric

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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!

09-17-2010, 05:56 AM

#85

yellowsnow55

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Originally Posted by sewgull

I never buy a magazine in a plastic bag. I like to check the patterns. Also, another plastic bag to be deposed of along with all those inserts that fall over the place.

yeah, so annoying

09-17-2010, 06:02 AM

#86

yellowsnow55

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Originally Posted by PKITTY1

I also fret about the plastic. In this economy, you would think they would forget about the plastic. It justs makes the magazine more expensive to make.

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:

09-17-2010, 08:24 AM

#87

J J

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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"??

09-17-2010, 11:32 AM

#88

garysgal

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Originally Posted by GailG

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Originally Posted by amandasgramma

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.

09-17-2010, 11:38 AM

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GailG

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Originally Posted by garysgal

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Originally Posted by GailG

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Originally Posted by amandasgramma

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:

09-17-2010, 01:38 PM

#90

karensue

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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