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Old Jun 2, 2019 | 11:40 AM
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The only thing magazines are good for nowadays is to read something while you are taking a dump. For those that enjoy that, of course. They should kill two birds with one stone by printing the magazine on toilet paper. That way you can read it and then do with it what it's worth; wipe your *** with it.

Print media is going the way of brick and mortar stores... obsolescence. It is a digital world.
 
Old Jun 2, 2019 | 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by RIPSAW
That's because of the mindset for a lot of people that having one delivered to your front door or doing an online subscription leaves a trail that they fill uncomfortable with. Big brother is watching you......

 
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Old Jun 2, 2019 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Zerk
Post office booming. Amazon all the other internet ordering saved them.
Well until Amazon went ahead and bought 20,000 Mercedes Sprinters to sub contract/lease to delivery drivers.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2019 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 0maha
You're asking this question on the Internet.

Which is also your answer.

Print media is dead.
Yeah, I miss reading magazines. Unlike the internet they never read you back.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2019 | 01:52 PM
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MOTORCYCLIST magazine recently ceased its print publication. CYCLE WORLD is published quarterly and is more of a coffee table magazine now. I think RIDER and AMERICAN IRON are still in print but I know that some of the others I subscribed to are gone.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2019 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by RIPSAW
That's because of the mindset for a lot of people that having one delivered to your front door or doing an online subscription leaves a trail that they fill uncomfortable with. Big brother is watching you......
Not saying gun owners are not paranoid of government. Don't not sure that is why they buy magazines off the shelf.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2019 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisHo
Well until Amazon went ahead and bought 20,000 Mercedes Sprinters to sub contract/lease to delivery drivers.
True, but still lots of packages in in mailbox. Fedex mails to USPS, and has them deliver. They are going by everyday.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2019 | 02:16 PM
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I still get print mags, AOPA Pilot, Motor Trend, Trailer Life and that stupid AARP magazine.
I need a magazine to read when I retire into the porcelain throne library.
 
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Not every place has internet service, especially inside buildings.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2019 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Zerk
Not saying gun owners are not paranoid of government. Don't not sure that is why they buy magazines off the shelf.
Think it just a spur of the moment thing? RIP and I travel but most times, our frequent flier miles do not suit our plans, so we usually go free magazine subscriptions.
RIP has them coming in right and left. I get HotBike, Car and Driver, Reader's Diagest and Guns and Garden. A few others that just go straight to the recycle bin.

I know most subscriptions are a 1/3 of book store prices.
But Walmart has a lot better prices then 7-11 and WAWA and people choose the latter. Go figure? Guess it's like when you see people driving $100 K cars like idiots. Makes you wonder how they made the money to pay for them.
 
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