# Newtype, new rip off! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 27, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newtype-new-rip-off/111469 "2004-05-27T06:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![radioxromance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@radioxromance](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/radioxromance)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newtype-new-rip-off/111469/1 "2004-05-27T06:05:30Z")
I was at [megatokyo.com](http://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! > [@newRipOffMagUsa](#): > > 1 year (12 Issues) $89.95 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… 😛 anyway: [http://www.newtype-usa.com/home.asp](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](http://www.newtype-usa.com/partnersub.asp?s=www.megatokyo.com) I wish I had 100 dollars for some mags… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newtype-new-rip-off/111469/2 "2004-05-27T06:18:30Z")
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/](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. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newtype-new-rip-off/111469/3 "2004-05-27T08:17:30Z")
Maybe you guys should use online magazines. It’s free…guranteed :thumb: The best one I’ve come across is the [Digital Web Magazine](http://www.digital-web.com), try it you won’t be disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newtype-new-rip-off/111469/4 "2004-05-27T08:35:37Z")
Paper versions of magazines and newspapers are called DTEs - Dead Tree Editions 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newtype-new-rip-off/111469/5 "2004-05-27T09:07:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newtype-new-rip-off/111469/6 "2004-05-28T02:59:59Z")
> [@MINIMALISTIK.](#): > > 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. 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. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newtype-new-rip-off/111469/7 "2004-05-28T05:59:37Z")
> All the more reason to download the music > Not that you, would uh, do such a thing, right 😉 > 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. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newtype-new-rip-off/111469/8 "2004-05-28T11:34:14Z")
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!