The Telegraph

Sterlingtimes

I had to use my annual acting skills today.

I had to telephone to cancel The Telegraph. It cannot be done online.

The caller told me about all of the articles I had read, including those I had read today. Q. What do you like to read? A. I like business and politics, but I hate sport. Q. Do you want puzzles? A. No.

Q. So why do you want to cancel? A. I'm an old age pensioner and I cannot afford nearly £300 a year.

Then she says, "We just happen to have an offer: you can renew at £58 for the year". I agreed to this but knew it was coming.

QrizB

The hoops we jump through

I have a similar dance each year with the Washington Post. A full-price sub is £60 but it's £20 for the first year, and if you choose to cancel they'll eventually offer you another discounted 12 months.

(It's pretty cheap for a broadsheet-style newspaper, gives good US coverage and I enjoy their perspective on UK/EU/ROW news.)

Billxx

Similar experience with Telegraph two months ago.  Rang to cancel, they pitched a discount, rejected that.  Two days later they offered the subscription at £50, which I agreed.  I also played the "impoverished pensioner" card.

zagfles

I just cancel my DD and they come back online with some ridiculously low offer, so far £1 for 4 months, then 50p a month. Don't need to talk to anyone. 

Emmia

I cancelled my membership all together a month or so ago.

As a (part time) student I've found out I can get a free subscription, but The Telegraph is increasingly lurching in a direction that I don't like, and is just so negative... so I won't be doing that.

Somebody

Is the sub for a physical Torigraph delivered daily?   You can read for free by using PressReader via your library membership.

I also get periodic invites for £25 a year.

Liberal

The Telegraph is a must have. The letters page is just so beneficial to ones mental health. Makes me laugh every time.

Murphybear

Billxx said:

Similar experience with Telegraph two months ago.  Rang to cancel, they pitched a discount, rejected that.  Two days later they offered the subscription at £50, which I agreed.  I also played the "impoverished pensioner" card.

Being a pensioner has its uses 

Many years ago I used to do the Telegraph crossword every day with a work colleague.  He invited me out to dinner and a few months later he proposed in a chic restaurant.