My IFR subscription is running out....

drizzt76

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I don't mean to start a lame thread but I to renew this magazine is expensive. 59/one year 99/two year :hairraise:

I might choke down another subscription just because it is very good. I guess if you look at the cost of having someone (CFII) remind/teach you what you may have forgotten or new ideas can justify it a little.
 
Wait awhile they'll make you a better offer. As least IFR Refresher did for me.
 
All of Belvoir's aviation books are under severe circulation pressure. They respond to falling circulation by raising prices and sending more renewal notices. Robert Englander has to pay for the G-III somehow!!

I'm actually quite shocked at how much their rates have increased in recent years, and there's no indication the increases will moderate. IMO, IFR isn't nearly the pub it was when Paul Berge was putting it out.
 
Ken Ibold said:
, IFR isn't nearly the pub it was when Paul Berge was putting it out.
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Or even Bertorelli.

Many of the Belvoir rags suffer from the "same old stuff"-syndrome. I subscribe for a few years and then let it lapse and then pick it up again. Some of the articles in IFR of late have been inane (like the one on the IPC in the taildragger) or just plain wrong (like the one on the ADIZ they ran several months ago).
 
Ken Ibold said:
All of Belvoir's aviation books are under severe circulation pressure. They respond to falling circulation by raising prices and sending more renewal notices. Robert Englander has to pay for the G-III somehow!!

I'm actually quite shocked at how much their rates have increased in recent years, and there's no indication the increases will moderate. IMO, IFR isn't nearly the pub it was when Paul Berge was putting it out.
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I dropped Aviation Safety and Aviation Consumer because they just got too expensive. That and Aviation Safety just wasn't the same after somebody we know left. :D

Just got a letter in the mail pushing Aviation Safety. Even had an endorsement from Phil Boyer. Didn't matter, it found its way to the paper recycling bin.
 
Hmmm. I kind of like aviation safety. Just renewed a couple months back. I don't have much to compare it to as I just started reading it..
 
I will be letting Aviation Safety & IFR expire this time around. I have been inundated with renewal notices 6 months or more before they expire.

I have had enough! I would have renewed on my on but with all the junk mail I get, I just get tired of being asked to renew.

Also, I renew and they send me a notice to renew again. I think I have forgotten to renew, jump on the wife, she sends another check, and I am renewed for 2 years and still being asked to renew again. Enough!!!

I'll stay current flying and use that money for airplane rental.

Terry :(

P.S.> I really liked it when some pilot named Ken Ibold was around. :yes:
 
Sending out renewals before you even get the first issue has been a Belvoir strategy since as long as I have known about them. Nothing new under the sun.
 
flyingron said:
Sending out renewals before you even get the first issue has been a Belvoir strategy since as long as I have known about them. Nothing new under the sun.
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I was really mad when "Plane and Pilot" or "Private Pilot" - can't remember which - sent a phony "NOTICE OF COLLECTION" because I dared to say "Bill Me" when I subscribed. Can't imagine why they went under.
 
mikea said:
I was really mad when "Plane and Pilot" or "Private Pilot" - can't remember which - sent a phony "NOTICE OF COLLECTION" because I dared to say "Bill Me" when I subscribed. Can't imagine why they went under.
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The magazine industry even employees a bogus company that appears to be a collection agency. I had a run in with them and Architectural Digest. They actually aren't a legal collection agency though they masquerade as one in violation of Federal law. The up side is that they are completely toothless, they don't report to credit reports (they can't really) and if you tell them to go away using their automated system they do.

The entire industry is destined for the scrap heap if they can't manage to increase their customer service and editorial content in light of internet content. I already pulled the plug on a couple of others that decided that spamming me was thier right for me paying for their blasted rag.
 
flyingron said:
I already pulled the plug on a couple of others that decided that spamming me was thier right for me paying for their blasted rag.
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That's why, when I decide to pull the plug on a mag, I will send in a change of address to some random company/office building a few months before the subscription runs out.

Presto! No spam. :)

-Skip
 
I will be letting my IFR Subscription run out as well. I like the change of address thing. That is nice. Perhaps I will change my address to IFR to thier editorial offices.
 
flyingron said:
The entire industry is destined for the scrap heap if they can't manage to increase their customer service and editorial content in light of internet content.
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The problem with going online is convincing people to pay for web content. I would launch an aviation webzine in a second if I thought enough people would pay $20 a year for an ad-free online publication. I could make a go of it with 10,000 people -- already have six months of lineups and a full biz plan in hand. But people seem unwilling to spend money on non-pornographic web content.
 
Ken Ibold said:
The problem with going online is convincing people to pay for web content. I would launch an aviation webzine in a second if I thought enough people would pay $20 a year for an ad-free online publication. I could make a go of it with 10,000 people -- already have six months of lineups and a full biz plan in hand. But people seem unwilling to spend money on non-pornographic web content.
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Maybe PoA could collect more to cover operating expenses if they had the "Daily Picture of Babes and Planes". :)
 
Ken Ibold said:
The problem with going online is convincing people to pay for web content. I would launch an aviation webzine in a second if I thought enough people would pay $20 a year for an ad-free online publication. I could make a go of it with 10,000 people -- already have six months of lineups and a full biz plan in hand. But people seem unwilling to spend money on non-pornographic web content.
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www.pilotworkshops.com charges more than $20/yr for their content. Some of it is really good stuff.
 
Ken Ibold said:
The problem with going online is convincing people to pay for web content. I would launch an aviation webzine in a second if I thought enough people would pay $20 a year for an ad-free online publication. I could make a go of it with 10,000 people -- already have six months of lineups and a full biz plan in hand. But people seem unwilling to spend money on non-pornographic web content.
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I'd respond to this, but already got into enough trouble over calendars, so I'll let you stick with that unprofitable business plan. :)
 
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