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From: manis@faculty.cs.ubc.ca (Vincent Manis)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: Unix Review braindamaged subscription offer
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Date: 16 Jun 89 16:28:32 GMT
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I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit it, but I read PC Magazine. (Uh,
like, I have to...). Their one-time-only subscription offer (repeated
in each issue) is $29.97 plus $25 Canadian punishment charge. This
works out to just under C$70 per annum (depending upon the dollar), or
about $2.80 per issue. Meanwhile, I can pick it up at London Drugs or
Save-On-Foods for about $3.50 per issue, with no screwups by Canada
Post, and Ziff-Davis doesn't have my money for a year.

It's interesting to notice that the cover prices for PC Magazine are
US$2.95 and C$3.95, which is quite unlike the almost 100% disparity
between sub prices. Now, if they used Federal Express, rather than
Canada Post (`Neither snow, nor rain, nor sleet, nor dark of night
will prevent us from making a profit. Our annual report is in the
mail'), it might be worth it.

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