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 Posted: Fri, 7th Jan 2005 19:49 Post subject: Magazines : first issue only 99p |
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Hi..
in the UK, we have TV channels which do use advertsing, just like the USA (United states of Advertising...freedom of speech if you got the money)
One of the Adverts i hate most dearly is by a company called 'Dragon publishing' - they profer a magazine serial where by the topic of interest is split over a number of weeks...(usually including a great gift, broken down into parts spread across the weeks) - starting prices are great...then the second edition go's to extortionate levels...
"Into trians? gets this fully working model steam train when you buy all the editions of 'Trains.wow.they.go.chuff.chuff' edition one only 99p"
after you've bought all 30 editions, the complete price of the woefully underpowered and non-functional 'train' - 'remote-control-car' or whatever costs you on average of £200....farking ripp off... but someones smiling!
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People ask me where I stood politically you know. It's not that I disagree with Bush's economic policy or his foreign policy.
But that I believe he was a child of Satan here to destroy the planet Earth. - Bill Hicks
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| Posted: Fri, 7th Jan 2005 21:11 Post subject: |
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Thats why u dont buy the first magazines 
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| Posted: Sat, 8th Jan 2005 09:01 Post subject: |
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I see these adverts all the time, what a con... "Build A Fully Working Nuke In Just 30 Weeks, Starting Price Only 99p"
Then it has the tiny little disclaimer at the bottom which goes something like:
*regular price £4.99, nuke cannot reach America.
Pfft, bloody useless con.
"If Practice Makes Perfect, And No One Is Perfect... Then Why Practice?" -- Some Dude.
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| Posted: Sat, 8th Jan 2005 11:25 Post subject: |
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My favourite one at the moment is for the remote control car.
First issue, 99p. Runs for 70 issues, the rest of them being £6.99. On top of that, it says you have to pay £44.99 extra for the remote control unit.
Total price of remote control car: £528.29.
You can probably get the exact same car pre-built for less than £100, it doesn't look all that special.
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Saner
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| Posted: Sat, 8th Jan 2005 12:13 Post subject: |
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yeah the prisoner set pissed me off 
So I just rented the DVd's and copied them instead.
I would have liked to have had the originals though, so I will prolly buy it anyways.
| ragnarus wrote: |
I saw things like that in here and in other "woman problems" topics so...... Am I the only one that thinks some authorities needs to be alerted about Saner and him possibly being a rapist and/or kidnapper ? |
Saner is not being serious. Unless its the subject of Santa!
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| Posted: Tue, 11th Jan 2005 21:18 Post subject: |
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I'm sure there is aprisoner box set available for under £30 which makes that partwork thing totally laughable.
"one thing I could never stomach about Santa Carla, all the damn vampires."
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| Posted: Tue, 11th Jan 2005 21:42 Post subject: |
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Are you guys naturally idiots or do you have to work at it?
Obviously they have to have a cut price first issue to allow people to sample the magazine and decide whether they like it. No-one is going to buy a £7 magazine if they're not sure they'll like it.
This isn't even business, it's just common sense.
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Jan 2005 00:41 Post subject: |
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| AnimalMother wrote: | Are you guys naturally idiots or do you have to work at it?
Obviously they have to have a cut price first issue to allow people to sample the magazine and decide whether they like it. No-one is going to buy a £7 magazine if they're not sure they'll like it.
This isn't even business, it's just common sense. |
If you pull issue 27 from your collection of "teach yerself how2bee a pratt" page 6 should tell you that numpties like you respond in this way to such posts on such forums...
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People ask me where I stood politically you know. It's not that I disagree with Bush's economic policy or his foreign policy.
But that I believe he was a child of Satan here to destroy the planet Earth. - Bill Hicks
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Lutzifer
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Jan 2005 02:59 Post subject: |
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| AnimalMother wrote: | Oh wow! You collect it too!? Cool.
Did you read the special edition issue 100, where they tell you how to make idiotic threads in forums because of a lack of common sense? |
no, they have how to's on usenet for that, hahahaha |
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Jan 2005 07:41 Post subject: |
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hmmmm the worst advert i see at the moment is the ship one. im not sure how expensive it is but the ship is made outta small pices of cheap wood that look like lollie sticks. also if you get 5 pieces each week its hardly gonna be a week long hobby putting them together ud just have to store them all. i dont know any1 who's collected a whole magazine set like that and built the model.
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Jan 2005 11:10 Post subject: |
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| kgrandpa wrote: | My favourite one at the moment is for the remote control car.
First issue, 99p. Runs for 70 issues, the rest of them being £6.99. On top of that, it says you have to pay £44.99 extra for the remote control unit.
Total price of remote control car: £528.29.
You can probably get the exact same car pre-built for less than £100, it doesn't look all that special. |
Bloody hell ! I quite like the look of it in the advert but didnt realise they charge 6.99 for the other issues. |
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Jan 2005 20:57 Post subject: |
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With the remote control one if you look carefully it says the parts are available seperately at a cost of £45
"one thing I could never stomach about Santa Carla, all the damn vampires."
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