Well, today I had to face up to a reality I didn't want to admit to.
I rang them up and cancelled my subscription, not because I'm fuming about their attack on the left/right/centre/monarchy/vegans etc. but because i have to face facts ... I've become a "collector" ("hoarder" according to SWMBO) rather than a "reader".
I've got (somewhere, in un-ordered piles/boxes all around the house and in the loft) every copy since 1996 and almost every copy from 1983 to 1989, plus many others.
But most, probably 90%, of the ones from the last 3 years are still unopened. The problem isn't that my eyes are struggling with the famously small print, but rather that my time to sit and read it seems to have vanished, coupled with my attention span fizzling out. I can't blame all of that last bit on my meds - and the additional Covid-fog only accounts for the last 6 months - but i find i'm more and more just skimming information - on my phone, PC , TV (and only selectively listening to SWMBO ) and no longer even trying to read printed words other than essential stuff.
The young lady that took my call was very surprised that I was cancelling, given the subscription has been running for 26 years.
Anyway ... end of an era? I'll still get the next 9 copies as they are paid for, so maybe I'll have a change of heart.
25th Nov 2022 12:08 pm
JordsDisco
Member Since: 22 May 2020
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1614
I used to get a professional magazine for the career I was employed with for over 30 years. I stopped it in similar circumstances to you, a two second flick through was about it, plus we all move on, what I did then has no relevance to now. It’s simply history, time to move on, live for the now. I think my yearly subscription to the retired association will be next.
whilst I was logged on to my banking app, I went with the flow and stopped my UNITE subscription too.
certainly had no qualms about doing that !
25th Nov 2022 1:32 pm
Snoopy11
Member Since: 11 Oct 2022
Location: Bolton
Posts: 29
Every month I get some sort of subscription deducted from my salary to his majesty's tax office.
Can I cancel that one Up a creek...now where have I stashed the paddle
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) and no longer even trying to read printed words other than essential stuff.
