I subscribed to Family Circle for years...I am SO over it! When you open a magazine, it should be fun and informative....no more. I think they all have decided to panhandle. Here's what I answered when asked why was I leaving. It won't do any good though...
"Cancelling subscription...I'm 63 and have been reading FC for all my married life (42yrs)...I'm done. Nothing but ads...ads for kissing, peeing, farting, erections, dating, eyesight, paint, bones, cancer, skin care, ice cream, vodka, chewing gum, insurance, deodorant, more dry eyes, dog food, cat food, insulin, flowers, leaky bladders, leaky bladder underwear, moisturizers, clothing, plastics, pretzels, trashbags, magic erasers, lunchables, adoptions, dog snacks, flea & tick killers, creams for cracked hands, ms medication, juice, more dog food, Alzheimer med, almonds, psoriasis, maxi pads, mini pads, sleeping pills, cat litter, bladder calmer, tea , cheese, weight loss, pork ad, fruit chillers, fake sugar, sour cream, bacon, hair color, lunch meat, chips, IKEA, and last but not least, sour cream.....And that's just in this July 2015 magazine! I saw NOTHING decent to READ! You USE to be a wonderful magazine...So many interesting articles...no more. You'll probably delete this comment...go ahead...I'm SO done wasting MY money."
And yes,42 years of it, off and on again...I liked the magazine and kept hoping they'd get the hint.
Now, YOU still wasting Your money?
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I used to get it for my mom. Haven't looked at it much other than the cover.
Well, somebody had to tell them off, and I'm glad it was you. I admire you, Donna, for always standing up for yourself, and everyone else. I stopped buying magazines a long time ago. Just about anything you want to know is online anyway. It's the same with television, so many ads. I play solitaire on my phone when the commercials come on. :)
Good job, my friend.
xoxo
I subscribed to both Family Circle and Womans Day at one time. Not worth the money. I get suckered in all the time at the stores. I read the cover and one or more of the headlines grab me. I buy it and it never fails I'm totally disappointed and wished I wouldn't have wasted the money.
I love your response! Good on you! lol Great stuff!
That is quite a list. I think much of the print world doesn't quite know how to survive the internet.
I wonder if they have an online version? And does it have more content? The printed word is expensive and laden with ads--as you pointed out. I only get one magazine and it is mostly for my daughter--"W" magazine, which is all fashion. Even the ads are glorious and visually appealing, so you don't mind them.
Check out magazines online or on your Kindle. There is usually way more content.
Good for you! I think magazines will go the way of dinosaurs if they don't wake up and deliver content. I haven't bought Family Circle since college days, lol. I used to subscribe to many but they have gradually been cut out of my life, all but a few selects - Garden & Gun and 2 photography magazines. I loved your list of ad topics. Have you ever noticed that news programs have a lot of commercials for bodily functions?
Ha, ha, ha. Your comment for cancelling is fabulous! And so true! They did use to be a great reading magazine.
Everyone out for the almighty dollah. they sacrifice the firstborn for it. I hope they take what you said to heart and realize what they've done. They got greedy like all the others, and now will lose loyal readers for wrong reasons. they will go belly up soon. is it worth it?
Haaaaahahaha this is great. I have not received a magazine in my mailbox (voluntarily) for at least a decade, and probably longer. About once a year I may buy one off the rack, like if Johnny Depp is on the cover. When I was a young wife and mother, and even into later years, I thought women were "supposed" to like and read magazines. I'd buy Vogue, Redbook, Allure ... even Family Circle ... my m-i-l got us a Reader's Digest subscription every year and I'd read it faithfully ... then one day I began to wonder why leafing through a mag gave me a dull headache and left me frustrated and vaguely depressed. I realized it was because of the ADVERTISEMENTS. WHY should I pay someone for the right to pitch their stupid product to me? It's insane. And you're right: as years went on, it seemed to be turning into nothing BUT advertisements!!!! The only "holdout" in my mind was Vanity Fair, a magazine (still chock-full of ads) that always has a couple or three long, sophisticated, well-written articles. But in the last five or so years, VF -- ALREADY an extremely liberal publication -- has moved so far left, it's disgusting. I won't touch it anymore. Recently I began receiving Martha Stewart Living -- to look at the magazines when they come in the mail, anyone would think I bought a subscription. I DIDN'T. It looks like a nice enough mag but I plan to call and ask WHY are you sending me this? I did not order it, I would NEVER order it, and if someone ordered it for me, they don't know me very well and they haven't come forward so, what is the deal. SORRY to go on and on but you touched a nerve. Imagine that! Haaaahahaha love ya girl. xoxo
Bahahaha!! That was awesome, Miss Donna!!! You tell 'em. Although at this point in my life I am interested in the leaky bladder ads... LOL!!!
This would be so funny if it wasn't so sad, Donna! You are right! I just don't look at magazines anymore. I used to. But even my Birds & Blooms sits unopened a lot of the time, though I don't want to stop getting it. It's the only magazine I allow myself anymore.
I left a long answer-rant on this post the other day ... oh well ... I hate magazines! For the reason you state, and lots more. That is all.
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