The Times - subscription prices - can it be cheaper?

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MrOverheads
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What prices have people achieved with haggling/cancelling?

Only 2 price tiers on offer for digital only.
£26 full digital
£15 a month but useable on 1 smartphone device only (not tablet or pc/laptop), which is no good for family usage

Has anyone managed to negotiate cheaper?  Given subscription doesn't make it ad free and Netflix with ad's is well under £10 for example. £26 is extraordinairily expensive.

Mods: Have put this in this category because it's still a media subscription.


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  • EssexExile
    EssexExile Posts: 6,139 Forumite
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    If you believe what people write in the comments sections then just threatening to cancel gets you a 50% reduction. I haven't tried because I think a pound a day for something that takes me all morning to read is quite good value.
    Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.
  • Skibunny40
    Skibunny40 Posts: 436 Forumite
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    Any students in the family? It's about £20 for an annual student subscription (online only)
  • amanda1024
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    I got it down to £6.50/month for 6 months by threatening to leave. I still miss being able to get the paper free in Waitrose though.
  • jbrassy
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    Do you have an iPhone? If so, you could subscribe to Apple News+ for £12.99 a month. This includes access to the Times and Sunday Times as well as a load of other newspapers and magazines.

    I believe you can share this subscription through family sharing in iCloud.
  • J_B
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    We have the 'print' subscription (*) - should be £38 pcm but every 6 months, I just phone up and they give 50% discount
    * = includes web page access and phone app, but not tablet app!
  • alibali65
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    J_B said:
    We have the 'print' subscription (*) - should be £38 pcm but every 6 months, I just phone up and they give 50% discount
    * = includes web page access and phone app, but not tablet app!


    full print and full digital subscription currently £65 per month. Doesn’t seem to be an option that has no tablet access. 
  • J_B
    J_B Posts: 6,445 Forumite
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    alibali65 said:
    J_B said:
    We have the 'print' subscription (*) - should be £38 pcm but every 6 months, I just phone up and they give 50% discount
    * = includes web page access and phone app, but not tablet app!


    full print and full digital subscription currently £65 per month. Doesn’t seem to be an option that has no tablet access. 

    Hmm - maybe we're on a 'legacy' deal
    Can't see our price here ...

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