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[fishhack2009]

Just subscribed to SI again for the first time in years.

My first issue arrived today ... with Brett Favre on the cover.

****.

At least this means the Vikings are now doomed to lose on Sunday ...

 

[TwoGloves]

I just renewed too. I swore I wouldn't but $29 for a year and free jacket is a pretty good deal.

 

[fishhack2009]

I just renewed too. I swore I wouldn't but $29 for a year and free jacket is a pretty good deal.

It is a good deal. The mag seems much thinner than in the past though ... sign of the times I guess...

 

[Captain_Kirk]

I just renewed too. I swore I wouldn't but $29 for a year and free jacket is a pretty good deal.

You should have held out for the free football phone as well.....

 

[JackReacher]

I just renewed too. I swore I wouldn't but $29 for a year and free jacket is a pretty good deal.

I just subscribed under that offer, too. Haven't gotten SI in a couple years, but it's worth it for that price, I think.

 

[Small Town Guy]

It could be worse. At least your cover guy actually did something. My cover? Mark Sanchez. Blech. And, again, I hate regional covers, which they break out for every preview and many playoff issues. Takes away from being on the SI cover. Yes, I'm a dinosaur.

 

[The Big Ragu]

You guys will hate this. I just got a three year renewal of SI under a professional courtesy rate, for $38 (not a year, $38 for all three years). And they tossed in a trinket -- I can't remember what it was, haven't gotten anything yet, but I think it may have been a gym bag. I believe the deal was $38 for 2 years or $38 for 3 years, so I signed on for three.

Also, they must be doing regionalized covers. The issue I got the other day had the Jets, not Brett Favre, on the cover.

 

[JackReacher]

Why would we hate that?

Also, the SI gym bags suck. I still have mine from a few years ago and, while I still use it from time to time, the material is easily torn. Good for every-now-and-then use, but not for everyday use.

 

[fishhack2009]

You guys will hate this. I just got a three year renewal of SI under a professional courtesy rate, for $38 (not a year, $38 for all three years). And they tossed in a trinket -- I can't remember what it was, haven't gotten anything yet, but I think it may have been a gym bag. I believe the deal was $38 for 2 years or $38 for 3 years, so I signed on for three.

Also, they must be doing regionalized covers. The issue I got the other day had the Jets, not Brett Favre, on the cover.

Is that the Jan. 25 issue, Ragu? That's the one I got today ...

 

[The Big Ragu]

You guys will hate this. I just got a three year renewal of SI under a professional courtesy rate, for $38 (not a year, $38 for all three years). And they tossed in a trinket -- I can't remember what it was, haven't gotten anything yet, but I think it may have been a gym bag. I believe the deal was $38 for 2 years or $38 for 3 years, so I signed on for three.

Also, they must be doing regionalized covers. The issue I got the other day had the Jets, not Brett Favre, on the cover.

Is that the Jan. 25 issue, Ragu? That's the one I got today ...

Yeah. Jan. 25. Mark Sanchez on the cover. Cover line is "NFL Playoffs: Jets Souring," with Peter King's byline.

"Favre on Fire" and "Saints Muscle Up" run across the top of the cover.

 

[fishhack2009]

Regional issues then. I'm in North Carolina, so I guess we get something on the Saints-Vikings.

And in the unintentional irony department, my post brought the SI $29 offer ads to the top and right side of the thread. Glad I could help, SI!

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Few years back, I was subscribing to SI for about $38 per year. When it expired, they sent me a notice saying that my subscription was going up to $67. I refused to pay it, and figured the subscription would just run out. Instead, it continued.

The next month, I found $67 charged to my credit card. I called them and the clerk said that was going to be the charge. I told them to cancel it, as I didn't authorize the charge. They did.

Couple of months later, I resubscribed, on-line, for $39 for the year.

 

[fishhack2009]

And a Favre Wrangler ad on the inside back cover, to add insult to injury.

Anybody know where Zeke's rusty butter knife is?

 

[deskslave]

Regional issues then. I'm in North Carolina, so I guess we get something on the Saints-Vikings.

And in the unintentional irony department, my post brought the SI $29 offer ads to the top and right side of the thread. Glad I could help, SI!

It might have been unintentional, but it's not ironic at all.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

I think that it's because you finally renewed.

Don't they send an issue with Brett Farve on the cover to all of the subscribers who come out of retirement?

 

[BYUSportsGuy]

Few years back, I was subscribing to SI for about $38 per year. When it expired, they sent me a notice saying that my subscription was going up to $67. I refused to pay it, and figured the subscription would just run out. Instead, it continued.

The next month, I found $67 charged to my credit card. I called them and the clerk said that was going to be the charge. I told them to cancel it, as I didn't authorize the charge. They did.

Couple of months later, I resubscribed, on-line, for $39 for the year.

Yeah, I remember that happening to me as well. I guess they have an "Automatic renewal program" that doubles your subscription price after the one year is over.

And yes. I hate regional covers: I was excited to see John Wall on the cover a week or so ago and what do I get? Stupid Miles Austin and the loser Cowboys.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Wait, Peter King wrote the Sanchez cover story but not the Favre one??

 

[Huggy]

Those gym bags are ****, you thik they could come up with some better swag. I still wear the sweatshirt I got for renewing years ago.

 

[fishhack2009]

Those gym bags are ****, you thik they could come up with some better swag. I still wear the sweatshirt I got for renewing years ago.

I'm interested to see what the quality is on the NFL jacket.

 

[playthrough]

Another thumbs-down to the **** gym bag. Fell apart on me, plus it couldn't fit much more than a pair of shoes anyway.

I've been on SI autopilot for two decades. I'll never cancel, even as I keep wincing at the copy editing gaffes and skip over the blah player features. Golf Plus has kind of been a savior, but I'm sure even without that I'd still get SI.