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[Closed] Cancelled SINGLETRACK sub today, due to income minimalisation policy

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Junkyard, agree in part. Its easier to point at someone when the economy goes wrong. Its been going wrong for years with many warning signals however whose to say the Tories wouldn't have handled it better? No one knows really. We can only judge on what actually happened. Sadly it was on Labours watch.

Theres alot of overspending/vs GDP in many countries. What worries me (more than the US) is Germany and France. Germany backing bonds for the southern member states.

If Germany and/or France go into meltdown it'll mean massive problems for the UK 🙁


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 10:09 am
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i have one of those HTS dead easy to use


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 10:10 am
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I remember the days ... scraping the ice off the windows due to the condensation freezing on them!!

So do I. It was 8 months ago. We had about an half an inch of solid ice on the inside of our nursery window. Yay for harsh winters and 100 year old single glazing.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 10:16 am
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its odd many of us will have grown up without central heating and now when I say I dont switch mine on [much] people always ask about my kids - they seem to be oblivious to cold from what I can tell.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 10:18 am
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Mark - Resident Grumpy
I saw the thread title and thought, 'oh no!'.. then read it and thought, 'can we use that in an ad campaign?'

Every time we add another mag to the archive the cost per mag for a digital sub gets cheaper.. negative inflation!

Just doing our bit for the economy

How about an easy-clickable link for those that might consider swapping from print to digital?


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 10:37 am
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Junkyard, we used to have a burner that used coal etc and an immersion but definitely nothing else!


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 10:45 am
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Anyone else doing the same,by cancelling non essential expediture.
Did that years ago. Magazines total waste of money as are any subscriptions that may/may not be used. Grow your own, wear extra clothes if it's cold ask yourself do I really need that?

Tesco value beans and XTR you know it makes sense.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 11:01 am
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How about an easy-clickable link for those that might consider swapping from print to digital?

druidh: I just called the Subs fairy (01706 814397) and he sorted it all out over the phone.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 11:05 am
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The only subscription I've ever had was to 2000ad.

ALL bike mags ebb and flow from month to month so a quick flick through in the newsagents tells me whether its worth spending the asking price.

For quite a while now I've questioned why I should keep buying newspapers on a Sunday as the content has alot of ads, old/rehashed news etc etc.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 11:06 am
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save on the heating bills by burning your old copies of 2000AD on the fire 🙂

unfortuntely i can't do this myself as my mum binned all mine (over 500 progs) - they're worth quite quite a bit now as well... 🙁


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 11:12 am
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The only subscription I've ever had was to 2000ad

I've got hundreds of them in the loft! 1984 - 2008. Only 6 copies missing.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 11:14 am
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When my Mum moved house a couple of years ago she binned all mine (save a few* which she missed) including the monthly editions, annuals, specials etc etc.

*I want to get one cover blown up and framed to put in the hallway 8)


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 11:23 am
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For quite a while now I've questioned why I should keep buying newspapers on a Sunday as the content has alot of ads, old/rehashed news etc etc.

I haven't bought a newspaper for years. I can all the interesting stories from the web (i.e. online newspapers), mainly for free.


 
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Posted : 18/08/2011 11:32 am
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Magazines total waste of money as are any subscriptions that may/may not be used

Thanks for that. Enjoy your free website experience.

I have no problem with anyone not buying our mag. It's not for everyone and some will like it and some won't. That's life. But people like you who post inconsiderate guff like that really boil my wee.

But you won't be banned and you are welcome to continue to use our free site as you wish. You've not broken any rules.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 11:43 am
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Mark I think he was generalising rather focusing on STW mag.

I 'graze', i.e. never stay committed to one mag in any genre. For instance I went through a spell of reading Autocar then one day forgot all about it.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 11:49 am
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Well I'm not sure that's much of an excuse.. If you were in a pub and stood at the bar without a drink and in front of the landlord you stated that all pubs are rubbish and beer is crap and you are better off staying at home and brewing your own I don't think it's unreasonable to presume the landlord would not be too happy with that and most would consider it rude and ungrateful.

The opinion is fine. How and where you express it takes a little intelligence and thought.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 11:53 am
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I'd not realised I had access to the mag archive, for some reason.

That might have just made my decision on what to do with the massive pile of STW magazines a bit easier.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 11:59 am
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Hmm true.

In most pubs around my way I think the Pub landlords would probably agree 😆


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 12:18 pm
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I'd not realised I had access to the mag archive, for some reason.

That might have just made my decision on what to do with the massive pile of STW magazines a bit easier.

Mike, weren't they after an Issue #5 to be cut up and scanned recently? See if they'll swap it for some bits. 😉

My susbscription is my annual birthday present from my wife's crazy uncle BTW. It is the only reason that I tollerate him visiting the house and spilling stuff on our carpets.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 12:21 pm
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Just changed from Print to Digital (well, it will after issue 70). Less clutter....

Anyone in and around Edinburgh want a pile of STW magazines? Back to 2006 or thereabouts.


 
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Mark - Resident Grumpy
Well I'm not sure that's much of an excuse.. If you were in a pub and stood at the bar without a drink and in front of the landlord you stated that all pubs are rubbish and beer is crap and you are better off staying at home and brewing your own I don't think it's unreasonable to presume the landlord would not be too happy with that and most would consider it rude and ungrateful.

but you make money of traffic to this site via advertising revenue and the click through's, so not quite the same


 
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I've got a subscription to Which Magazine... I bloody love it, I do.

If I actually read it and wanted to buy new stuff then I'm sure the £8 a month I pay would be worth it in savings alone... never mind the smug feeling I'd get from knowing that what I'd bought was the best.


 
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i fitted a timer to the overnight E7 immersion heater, worked really well as stopping the tank heating up and down over the night.. saved quite a bit fo cash

had two though and both have blown up after about 6 months.. both were from B&Q..think it might be due to power surge issues might see if I can get a better quality one


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 12:26 pm
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I recently started buying Singletrack in Smiths, it's probably the best bike mag along with Dirt. It was this forum that got me interested in the magazine. I think ~4 quid is steep for a magazine but hey everyone needs to make a living!


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 12:54 pm
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rootes 1, the ones you buy from B&Q can be a little pants!

Get one of these, I had one in my last two houses and have just moved and economised by buying a cheapish B&Q one and am now regretting it, next months pay day is getting another one for this house.

http://www.heatingcontrolsonline.co.uk/horstmann-electronic-economy-timer-p-53.html

Oh and it is a shame that people aren't being thoughtful enough in their expressions about magazines on the website that is provided free of charge for them.
I've cut down on all my subs and this is the only one I keep going as I feel that it gives a little back to the website I spend most of my time on.

Trouble is some of my friends work for the printers of the magazine too! Can't let them down either!


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 1:11 pm
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im with grumpy on this tbh they could send me a blank sheet* fo all I care the website does not appear like magic and the minimal cost of subscriptions is enough for me to pay to keep the website going
i felt gulity sponging off society and giving nothing back - can I do a mini rant about free loaders etc

but you make money of traffic to this site via advertising revenue and the click through's, so not quite the same

makes money or makes a profit ? Would be interesting to know what % of costs are covered by the site alone

* it has grown on me and I look fwd to gettng the mag tbh always something of interest in there.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 1:22 pm
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I think ~4 quid is steep for a magazine but hey everyone needs to make a living!

It's £4.50 actually.. about the same as an innertube.... or a large McD value meal.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 1:23 pm
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can I do a mini rant about free loaders etc

Fire away, but if you start a thread about people who take the piss with sick days there is a very good chance that I'll get a ban.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 1:24 pm
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'Resident Grumpy'...how did Mark get that moniker?


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 1:28 pm
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Buy “ugly” fruit and veg. Who cares if a green pepper isn’t symmetrical about its north-south axis?

Which shops price their produce by how ugly it is?


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 1:33 pm
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mark - resident grumpy owns this place/mag


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 1:38 pm
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I dry our washing outside in the dry days mygas bill for cooking and hot water family of 5 is about 15 quid a month


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 1:51 pm
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Which shops price their produce by how ugly it is?

TESCO. An ugly pepper is half the price of a buff one. Same with caulifowers, lumpy spuds and too bendy bananas.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 1:52 pm
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I've kept my subscription up for years*, particularly when I was unemployed. Plenty of time for reading then 😀

And to anyone slagging off the mag on this site, I think you might want to take a long hard look at yourself. That's just bad manners!

*despite never receiving my free water bottle 🙁


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 1:55 pm
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Slagging off is GOOD though if its specific.

The reason being is when your sales dip - you normally never know why they have. Its always good to know feedback- negative is always good in this instance as it tends to be more detailed.


 
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This thread has actually made my mind up to buy a digital subscription. I buy every issue from a shop and end up with a big pile of paper for recycling. Seems a waste to me. I buy a lot of MBRs, too as I like the ride maps. Maybe ST should do some GPX type ones for digi subscribers?


 
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Which shops price their produce by how ugly it is?

The knocking shop.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 2:43 pm
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This thread has actually made me download issue #1 and read it.

I'd recommend it, if only for Chipps’ cornrows haircut.


 
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Mike, weren't they after an Issue #5 to be cut up and scanned recently? See if they'll swap it for some bits.

If true, I'm happy to send it in.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 4:15 pm
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So - does anybody want 40-odd back issues of Singletrack dating from 2005 onwards?


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 4:28 pm
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Maybe ST should do some GPX type ones for digi subscribers?

They've done this in the past: e.g. the [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/magarchive/issue-66/ ]Issue 66 routes are provided as TrackLog (trl) files[/url].


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 4:30 pm
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So - does anybody want 40-odd back issues of Singletrack dating from 2005 onwards?

I've got them all going back to Issue 1 - one of these days I'll get around to chucking them [s]in the recycling[/s] on classifieds.


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 4:31 pm
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I had to drive 125 miles to give away all my old issues (1-65) away!


 
Posted : 18/08/2011 4:39 pm
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Mike if you can send us issue 5 I'll compensate you with bits and bobs from our office 🙂


 
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