Radio Times 12 issues for £1 offer returns

maiden_scotland

I phoned my bank today to check if the DD was active, they comfirmed it was already cancelled via the mag sub company, but better being safe than sorry

Wizzbang

Cashback now marked as payable at the full £5.05 even though I only spent £1! So I've been paid to take the deal! Love that lol 2nd issue arrived today, so no probs there.

Had a letter confirming the payment arrangements last week, but no payment has been taken and the DD is not showing as set up in my bank account either.

littlewren

Wizzbang wrote: »

Cashback now marked as payable at the full £5.05 even though I only spent £1! So I've been paid to take the deal! Love that lol 2nd issue arrived today, so no probs there.

Had a letter confirming the payment arrangements last week, but no payment has been taken and the DD is not showing as set up in my bank account either.

No, it takes a while for them to take payment & for it to appear in your DD list. I made a mistake the first time & cancelled the DD too soon without checking to see if they had taken payment. It turned out they hadn't (!) so I lost out. I didn't make that mistake again!

Money_maker

The letter will specify the date of the first (£1) payment and date of subsequent ones.

KxMx

No cancellation email but haven't got second issue. Will keep an eye on my DD list via Internet Banking. Got cashback anyway!

nicola00

pstuart wrote: »

Many thanks for this.

The last time I cancelled my DD as soon as the £1 was taken out - all OK.

Just cancel with bank, do I need to notify Buy Subscriptions??

Doc_N

nicola00 wrote: »

Just cancel with bank, do I need to notify Buy Subscriptions??

Not really, if you've cancelled the DD with the bank, but it's better to do it in order to be sure to comply with the T&C.

bluebridge_2

Doc_N wrote: »

nicola00 wrote: »

Just cancel with bank, do I need to notify Buy Subscriptions??

Not really, if you've cancelled the DD with the bank, but it's better to do it in order to be sure to comply with the T&C.

Hmmm....
The contract is with BuySubscriptions, and unless they are informed that you (nicola00) want to cancel, they will almost certainly attempt to take the next (£33.80) DD. This will fail, of course, because you have cancelled the authority at your end. However, depending on your particular bank and how kindly they look upon you, you could find yourself charged a 'failed transaction' fee.

pstuart

bluebridge wrote: »

Hmmm....
The contract is with BuySubscriptions, and unless they are informed that you (nicola00) want to cancel, they will almost certainly attempt to take the next (£33.80) DD. This will fail, of course, because you have cancelled the authority at your end. However, depending on your particular bank and how kindly they look upon you, you could find yourself charged a 'failed transaction' fee.

I thought that a 'failed transaction fee' was only charged when a payment bounced due to insufficient funds, not when a DD had been stopped.

bluebridge_2

Doc_N wrote: »

The Radio Times 12 issues for £1 offer is back again.

https://www.buysubscriptions.com/tv-listings-magazines/radio-times-magazine-subscription

For some reason, buysubscriptions default setting for the above link will bring up the price of a subscription to a US address - at a mouth watering £271.15 for 51 issues, and with no '12 issues for £1' offer!!
The following link will return the offer you're after - just set the top 'RT region' box to a different region if you don't want the 'London, Anglia and Midlands' version.

https://www.buysubscriptions.com/tv-listings-magazines/radio-times-magazine-subscription?offerCode=RTCOMP15&billingCountryCode=GBR

If you're quick, there's also another offer available especially for Mother's day (March 15). It's an immediate DD commitment of £29.99 for 26 issues (equivalent to £1.15 per issue, rather than the current £2.00 shop price) PLUS a bonus gift of a 'Box of White Chocolate and Raspberry Fudge' from Fudge Kitchen.

https://www.buysubscriptions.com/tv-listings-magazines/radio-times-magazine-subscription?offer=md15per&billingCountryCode=GBR&gclid=CIT-4O2tg8QCFWbHtAodvgUAkA

If like me you're interested in getting a good DD subscription price for as long a period as possible, you may be interested to note that the above two offers (ignoring the box of choclates gift) are of equal value - to within 64p - after you've received 104 issues (2 year's worth). After that, the box of chocolates offer is the cheaper, whereas before that the 12 for £1 offer is the cheaper. So, it's all a matter of guessing how long buysubscriptions will let your DD run before advising you of an increase.

(My reason for searching now is that they have just advised me that my DD is to be increased from £36.40 - which it's been for 2.5 years - to £49.92 for 26 issues. [Compare: 26 issues in the shops is currently 'only' £52.] )