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  1. SefacHotRodder

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    #1 SefacHotRodder, May 8, 2004
    no comment


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    To Whomever it concerns,

    When i went down to the store today to buy my favourite mags for the month (evo was one of them) i spent $32. $32 is about the equivalent to 18 GBP. This may not seem like a lot, but to a 16 year old who looks forward to reading them every few weeks i was shocked when i saw that the price of EVO had risen to $9.99. I bought 4 magazines today, 3 were English, one American. So overall i spent $27 on 3 mags that i love and get almost every month, and i am upset to say that EVO was not one of them.

    I can understand that it must cost a lot to ship the magazines out here but 10 bucks for a magazine is rediculous. I remembered a story that was posted on a message board a few months ago. The story goes that a person went to his local supermarket/deli and saw a pile of EVO mags, as he went over he noticed something about it. "Maxim Presents" above the bar code and the price? $3.99. This is unbelievable. The fact that EVO is or was avaliable for $3.99, yet you are now charging $9.99 is highly unprofessional. I'm sorry, but you've lost a reader here. The pictures can be found here: http://www.drstranglove.com/upload/imgs/b%20ar%20code.jpg and http://www.drstranglove.com/upload/imgs/Copy%20of%20File0001.jpg . They are not mine, i take no credit for the pictures.



    What is going on here?





    Chris Dodds
     
  2. C. Losito

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    #2 C. Losito, May 8, 2004
    I feel your pain. Can you send me the cheap copy of Classic & Sports car please? It's $8.99 here...:D
     
  3. Seth

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    #3 Seth, May 8, 2004
    im mad at the prices also, yesterday i went and got Evo, CAR, and Classic & Sports Car... just over $30... for 3 damn magazines... it aint right, and i would have bought 2 more but when the total was about $50 i said no...

    evo 9.99
    Classic 8.99
    CAR 8.25(with orginal sticker covered and Borders sticker on it...)
     
  4. DrStranglove

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    #4 DrStranglove, May 8, 2004
    $10 does sound a bit extreem.



    DrS
     
  5. Aureus

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    #5 Aureus, May 8, 2004
    errr, easy solution for you, SUBSCRIBE! One payment of payment of less than 60 bucks or so will probably get you all of those magazines for a year.
     
  6. SefacHotRodder

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    #6 SefacHotRodder, May 8, 2004
    Eos, you're kidding right?



    Thursay:


    Octane - $8
    Classic and Sports car - $9 (interesting side note - it says overseas 3.55 pounds which is equal to 6.37403 USD but it says for USA to be sold for 8.99)
    Classic cars - $8.25
    Excelence - $5 or somehting like that.


    Unbelievable. I wanted evo but i figgured that i'm getting a lot more in the other mags for less price
     
  7. SefacHotRodder

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    #7 SefacHotRodder, May 8, 2004

    i don't get car that much now. I've given up on top gear, 3/4 of the mag is data and ads. The data is in every issue. Its unbelievable
     
  8. F SPIDER

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    #8 F SPIDER, May 8, 2004
    Chris,

    Buy them in London, UK and not in Bethlehem, PA
     
  9. SefacHotRodder

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    #9 SefacHotRodder, May 8, 2004
    Whoa, you edited your post between when i clicked reply and got here. I was like NJ..?

    I do, i ask my relatives to bring them over when they come over :D
     
  10. F SPIDER

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    #10 F SPIDER, May 8, 2004
    European magazines will always be more expensive because of the smaller market. Now, with the dollar losing 25% in value, you can expect the prices to rise. $ 10 for a good magazin is still better than $ 2 for a bad one.
     
  11. Aureus

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    #11 Aureus, May 8, 2004
    No I'm not kidding, at least not for my magazines, but then I only subscribe to Car and Driver, Automobile and Road and Track, I never did bother with the car specific magazines as I get Forza, Bimmer and Excellence free.

    EVO offers a 28% discount on subscription
    Octane is $10 per year (8 issues) not certain if this is the same Octane you are refering to though.
    Classic and Sports Car has a 23% discount on subscription
    Classic Car does one year for £34.20 (12 issues, price of 9)
    Excellence is $23 a year (US) $36 a year (Rest of World except Canada)

    So yeah, for those magazines I suppose I was kidding.
     
  12. SefacHotRodder

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    #12 SefacHotRodder, May 8, 2004
    octane is about $75 for 1 year, 12 issues
     
  13. RussianM3_dude

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    #13 RussianM3_dude, May 10, 2004
    Feel my pain, I read about 30-50 magazines a month.
     
  14. SRT Mike

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    #14 SRT Mike, May 10, 2004
    Is it maybe a profit-hungry importer buying them cheap and marking them up by sticking a label over it?

    May not be (entirely) EVO's fault.
     
  15. SefacHotRodder

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    #15 SefacHotRodder, May 11, 2004

    The "Maxim Presents" Part is printed on. Besides, why buy the mags for $7.99 and then sell them on for $3.99? It doesn't make sense
     

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