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Free 2-Year Magazine Subscriptions?

BunSnoop — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 00:58:05 GMT

Some posters here have stated they never pay for magazine subscriptions as they belong to "freebie websites" and constantly get 2-year subscriptions to their favorite magazines free.

What "freebie websites" are being referred to. Can you please share - I'm sure there are many of us that would like some free subscriptions too! Thank you!!!!

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ECBG — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 01:10:08 GMT

Not a clue. There are quite a few I never wanted. Hope you find them.

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fthunt — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 01:41:44 GMT

Five years ago I started getting Martha Stewart's Living mag - had never seen it before. Subscription ran for at least 2 years - I had no interest but neighbor wanted it. The Allure (sp) all that cosmetic stuff came for a year or more. Had never seen the mag before. It's comes through a promotion thing - from some website you purchased I guess.

You can read most magzines on line and never pay = I think.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 01:56:40 GMT

I think many people get free subscription when they buy something online and the merchant unknowingly and without permission enters one in their name. HSN was doing this for awhile. Usually after a free period, thete is a request to continue for payment. I haven't heard much about it lately.

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sunshine45 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 02:12:14 GMT

i get a lot of subscriptions. sometimes when i renew mine i get one or two FREE gift subscriptions to send to others.

i have not really received any FREE except for a while when HSN was doing freebies with certain purchases.

if you sign up with BRADS DEALS there are a lot of times where you can get a subscription for $5 for a full year.

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Nuttmeg — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 05:54:03 GMT

I did online surveys years ago and earned points. I could trade in my points for magazine subscriptions.

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speedy girl — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 06:14:54 GMT

I know it's obvious, but never give them your credit card number. Or else they will charge you when the free subscription ends. It happened to my elderly Mom and boy I had a heck of a time getting them to stop it.

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insomniac2 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 09:50:05 GMT

A few years ago, I started receiving Glamour. I'd been a senior citizen for quite some time--my Glamour days, if I'd ever had them, were long in the past. So I passed along the copies to a young woman across the hall. I also received Better Homes & Gardens for a while (not really applicable to my life in an apartment).

Eventually, I found out these freebies were due to purchases I had made at HSN.

Re: Free 2-Year Magazine Subscriptions?

ID2 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:58:49 GMT

@BunSnoop wrote:
Some posters here have stated they never pay for magazine subscriptions as they belong to "freebie websites" and constantly get 2-year subscriptions to their favorite magazines free.

What "freebie websites" are being referred to. Can you please share - I'm sure there are many of us that would like some free subscriptions too! Thank you!!!!

@BunSnoop Arlana's Freebies periodically have these deals, Gotta watch every day.

Re: Free 2-Year Magazine Subscriptions?

Pook — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 11:27:59 GMT

The only free ones I know of are the ones that you can get after a purchase but then after the free is done you are charged yearly on the card you made the original purchase from. I know many who get the free year subscriptions and keep a log of when they need to cancel but I don't want to be bothered. I just buy a magazine I find interesting at the grocery or drug store.

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gramgrandkids1 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 15:51:25 GMT

@Pook thanks for the heads up. Purchased 2 Martha Stewart cookie cook books (1 for me and 1 for a friend) that had a free subscription card...I filled mine out. I have not received magazine yet but be sure to cancel before they start billing me. Will have to find out when friend starts receiving her magazines as well since I don't want to have my card billed for her additional magazines. I appreciate the info you all share with others.

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Abrowneyegirl — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:40:53 GMT

I was told that some people get free magazines due to their demographics.

Mag. need to keep their numbers up to back-up the ads they $ell so it will send out free magazines to maintain the numbers.

We get several magazines a month free between my DH and me. We also get DAILY requests for donations to every charity known to mankind.

I know we are not paying for the magazines because we would spot the charges as we still get paper cc statements so we check every item.

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chrystaltree — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 17:28:07 GMT

Google "free magazine subscriptions".

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threecees — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:32:15 GMT

@BunSnoop A while back I purchased Better Homes and Gardens bed sheets,

at a clearance price too, and inside was a postcard to fill out or sign up

online and I received a year of their magazine Better Homes and Gardens.

A nice freebie. Maybe they still do it with their products, not sure.

Re: Free 2-Year Magazine Subscriptions?

morganjen — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:23:02 GMT

www.slickdeals.net has a forum for free magazines. Pickings are slim these days, though.

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ROMARY — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:56:29 GMT

Yes, they will automatically renew the magazine if you give your credit card/debit card number.

I think 'the best bet' is to order via check.

'That', or make sure you mark on a calendar when the first issue arrives, and make sure to cancel when you receive a renewal notice, about one or two months prior to the new renewal issue.

You have to call them to make sure, in addition to write 'Cancel' on the bill or 'Cancel' online.

It's called 'Automatic Renewal' online when you order by credit card, etc.

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ROMARY — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:01:48 GMT

I just received a magazine subscription offer via real mail...........Now that's not automatically renew (I believe), so I just might send a check, if and when I decide.

I'll have to read the fine print tomorrow.

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VaBelle35 — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 13:40:54 GMT

I was using discount magazines and other sellers like that to get 5 year subcriptions for like $5.

I have let all of my subscriptions expire and am down to the last one, Eating Well. They combined with Cooking Light so they added another year onto my existing subscription. It will be done in April 2021.

For a long time, as the magazines I was subscribing to were going under, they were rolling it into Martha Stewart Living and Better Homes & Gardens. At one point my BH&G subscription was 8 years.

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lovesrecess — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:07:42 GMT

You can end up on someone’s mailing list or email address and that can spawn magazines coming regularly. I bought a 6 month sub for a car magazine for SIL in 2007 and it is still coming every month! Even tried to cancel several times to no avail. As long as I am not being charged, no problem. He just takes it to the airport since he flies most days and leaves it at the gate on a chair for others to read.

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lovesrecess — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:10:43 GMT

If you ever have magazines you are no longer wanting to keep, it is great to leave them in the lobby of hospitals or at the gates in airports. People are always wanting something to read when their device is charging or they just want something else to look at. Make sure to cut off your name and address before leaving it.