Newtype, new rip off!

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I was at megatokyo.com (discovering I am about 200 strips behind sigh), when I noticed a lil banner… 10% off newtype subscription and a free t-shirt! I thought wow that sounds really good. Clicked the link, takes me to a page with no price given. So, I do my homework and track back to the site to click subscirbe. I was think ten, MAYBE 20 dollars. Oh no my friend! GRAVELY mistaken!

That’s right, 90 dollars. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a mag with such a high sticker price for a subscription! Maybe I’m naive… but cmon! CMON! haha.
Well I guess I could buy it at work… what is that like probably 10 bucks an issue… maaaan… :stuck_out_tongue:

anyway: http://www.newtype-usa.com/home.asp
if you go there through here, get 10 percent off of an outrageous price…
http://www.newtype-usa.com/partnersub.asp?s=www.megatokyo.com
I wish I had 100 dollars for some mags…

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OK - that’s expensive. But if it’s a magazine that’s really good and really informative, then it’ll be worth it to a business. And probabaly an individual as well.

The most expensive mag I’ve seen is Banking Technology Magazine (http://www.bankingtech.com/). $595 for a 1-year subscription. And they sell subscriptions to companies that are interested in the field they cover. A bank doesn’t care about $595 if there even is a remote chance that this magazine will help them decide their technological future.

I live in Denmark and most US mags are outrageously expensive here - at least compared to their cover prices. I pay around DKK 120 for Photoshop User at my local newsstand. That’s around $20. Per issue.

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Maybe you guys should use online magazines.
It’s free…guranteed :thumb:

The best one I’ve come across is the Digital Web Magazine, try it you won’t be disappointed.

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Paper versions of magazines and newspapers are called DTEs - Dead Tree Editions :stuck_out_tongue:

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not just magazines, bloddy rip offs here in aust. My favourite cds that im meaning to purchase costs around $30 when in England i can get them for $12 and even more so, they derive from the uk. So basically uk people are more worth coming here where the price is 4 times as much.

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Are you sayign a single CD, not a double disc or soemthing along thowse lines costs $30?! ****! All the more reason to download the music, unless of course, they are RIAA, or similar association, independent.

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All the more reason to download the music
Not that you, would uh, do such a thing, right :wink:
Seriously though… I mean I guess on this subscription to a dte (haha thats great I wanna use that lots), well normal price is 10 bucks, so you save something like 40 dollars but still, I can’t afford 90 bucks for a mag that I may never read. Hmmm… maybe I can, I don’t know, I waste my money anyway.

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I have a subscription to Newtype, and by far, I don’t see a problem with paying that much money, because the magazine speaks for the price.
A thick imported magazine, which is translated from jap, to english, and plus comes with a center-fold, and a DVD!