Magazine subscription - delayed two months

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I subscribed to a magazine - print and digital subscription.

One month later, with no print in sight, I contacted the company to find out when the first would arrive.

They say I'll get the first another month and a half later.

That means in a twelve month subscription I'll only get nine or ten.

Can I cancel now, and get a full refund since I haven't got anything, since that just seems bogus and wrong?

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  • PHK
    PHK Posts: 1,363 Forumite
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    You’ll should still get twelve issues just not starting with the current month. It’s been the case as long as I can remember back to the 80s that when you start a subscription it takes weeks before the 1st issue arrived. 

    Given how few people subscribe to print magazines nowadays, I wouldn’t be surprised if it takes even longer. 
  • Aylesbury_Duck
    Aylesbury_Duck Posts: 14,138 Forumite
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    I subscribed to a magazine - print and digital subscription.

    One month later, with no print in sight, I contacted the company to find out when the first would arrive.

    They say I'll get the first another month and a half later.

    That means in a twelve month subscription I'll only get nine or ten.

    Can I cancel now, and get a full refund since I haven't got anything, since that just seems bogus and wrong?
    Does it?  I doubt it.  I suspect you'll get 12 issues for your 12 month subscription (assuming it's printed monthly), it's just that there's a lag so you'll get them in months 3-14, for example, rather than in months 1-12.
  • born_again
    born_again Posts: 14,710 Forumite
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    I subscribed to a magazine - print and digital subscription.

    One month later, with no print in sight, I contacted the company to find out when the first would arrive.

    They say I'll get the first another month and a half later.

    That means in a twelve month subscription I'll only get nine or ten.

    Can I cancel now, and get a full refund since I haven't got anything, since that just seems bogus and wrong?
    Have you got the digital version?
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