I have long realized that I really enjoy reading magazines offline. The computer screen just doesn’t make the cut for me. I love laying on my bed, flipping through page after page looking for new ideas and innovations.
Early on last July, when I was at the Airport going back from California, I picked up the June of the Business 2.0 magazine and skimped through it. I eventually bought it to read on the plane. Well, it was a good $6 or $7 that I spent on the issue as I read and enjoyed every bit of it. So I went ahead and order a subscription for 2 years for a measly $10. I thought that is dirt cheap. 2 years for 24 issues which means it’s 41.7 cents an issue. I know that postage costs quite a bit these days - 39 cents already for a normal envelope! So basically they just give away the magazine because the advertisement subsidizing for the cost of printing and other expenses. Anyway, this is extremely cheap. But I found something even better.
I was just bored today so I hop on Ebay looking for magazine subscriptions. I found a 1 year PC World magazine subscription for $8.99 with no shipping. The price off the official PC World site is about $20 bucks, more or less. You can get a little cheaper than this if you have the special promotion. But for a new subscription, I remember I paid about $12 or $15 the last time I ordered it. Guess what, I bought the subscription. And there are tons of other computer-related mags subs on Ebay too. And I thought it’s cheap. I was blown away again.
I found (and bought) a 3 years subscriptions for Entreprenuer magazine for … take a guess … $6.98 ($1.99 + 4.99 for shipping). It’s 19.3 cents per issue! That is even less than the postage! How can this be possible? Well, I don’t know but one thing for sure, I’ll enjoy my subscriptions for years to come.
Ah, and I am currently bidding on a 1 year subscription of National Geographic for $1.50 but it seems that I’ve been out-bid while typing this post. No worries, I’ve just put in a snipe for it. Let’s do the Ebay’s way of magazines subscriptions!
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