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Post by sidybhoy »

heard a rumour that this month is the last time sky mags are out?
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sidybhoy wrote:heard a rumour that this month is the last time sky mags are out?
Not heard that one. Have seen the Autumn/Winter editions of the home shopping caterlogues start to come through (you know the ones that are over an inch thick)
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Why would Sky do away with their magazines...........unless all the advertisers realised that nobody actually reads them anymore and decided to put their money into spam e-mails instead :nervous
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I've heard that people have been asked to subscribe to a online mag instead, maybe not finishing but hopefully dropping in volume, or not so good for RM.
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steven100 wrote:I've heard that people have been asked to subscribe to a online mag instead, maybe not finishing but hopefully dropping in volume, or not so good for RM.
Quoted on here before, Sky are planning on doing an online mag sent to you e-mails, i think there's a £1 charge on your bill for recieving it.. thou i think Sky will save money if the reduce their mags sent out via Post.
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steven100 wrote:I've heard that people have been asked to subscribe to a online mag instead, maybe not finishing but hopefully dropping in volume, or not so good for RM.
Not just sky. :Very Happy Many membership organisations are asking people to opt for online versions of magazines. :sad: That's why mail volumes are dropping so fast. :crazy:
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If a customer can afford sky, surely they can afford a sky mag.
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cow post wrote:If a customer can afford sky, surely they can afford a sky mag.
Why anyone would want Sky is what i don't unfderstand. :shock:
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Apparently the Sky mags are just a tax scam anyway... they're not free, the customer still pays for them as part of their Sky TV subscription fee, but as its classed as printed material Sky pay a reduced rate of tax on them. (Something like that anyway)
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sidybhoy wrote:heard a rumour that this month is the last time sky mags are out?
its an old rumour I have heard every month from about August last year :Very Happy - I think instead its a move from 12 issues to 10 at some point not a complete halt.
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Was it a couple of years ago they had a joint Oct/Nov issue? :hmmmm
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fishtank wrote:Was it a couple of years ago they had a joint Oct/Nov issue? :hmmmm
Yes! :wink:
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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
sidybhoy wrote:heard a rumour that this month is the last time sky mags are out?
its an old rumour I have heard every month from about August last year :Very Happy - I think instead its a move from 12 issues to 10 at some point not a complete halt.
Yes, that's likely, then so not to confuse everyone we'll probably revert to the calendar of centuries ago with ten months in the year, October being the eighth month for example. :nana :crazy: :nana
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Post by guvenor »

what we were told the other day was they are going downstream access lost contract on them
so they have to go out on one day :shock:
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Lounge Lizard wrote: Yes, that's likely, then so not to confuse everyone we'll probably revert to the calendar of centuries ago with ten months in the year, October being the eighth month for example. :nana :crazy: :nana
Which two months do we lose?
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