Bob Cotsford Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 so I've just renewed my subscription - am I eligable to get the gift offered to new subscribers or not? should I have let the subscription expire and taken out a new one or am I being too materialistic? Am I overthinking the whole thing or am I just bored rigid in a hotel room too far from a model shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 The latter I suspect; commiserations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 hello bob....bad news i'm afraid...i've been an ongoing subscriber for a while now .......and yes you are right.......no freebies for us lads.... ken anderson ne..1...... profit of doom dept.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 I don't think there was a freebie available when I renewed last year so didn't miss it. Oh well, can't win 'em all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunnyFlyer Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Yup looks like it's a customer acquisition strategy rather than a retention one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 It's typical nowadays that firms treat their loyal customers worse than newcomers! Insurance companies seem the worst. Really the situation here is that you get a very worthwhile free gift but it's spread over many years of subscription I can only suggest that next time you let your subscription lapse for a while and just read it in the newsagents! Of course if there is a good free plan by Peter Miller then you have to buy a copy....... . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Saliba Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Subscription gifts are for new subscribers and uk only. Nevertheless it is worth every penny, i cannot live without my RCM&E copy. Never missed an issue since 1981. They are part of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat (rActive) Harbord Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Shh, don't tell anyone, but it's worth a call to the subsrciptions department when your renewal comes around. I've had a few free gifts over my 6-7 years unbroken subscription Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essjay Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Posted by rActive on 15/11/2012 12:49:14: Shh, don't tell anyone, but it's worth a call to the subsrciptions department when your renewal comes around. I've had a few free gifts over my 6-7 years unbroken subscription Well I would suspect after an admission of that on the forum, you probably won't be getting any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Sorry to disagree, but I've just re-newed my subscription and got the free gift. I did wait quite a while after getting a re-newal notice so perhaps my subscription did, in fact, lapse and my re-newal was treated as a new subscription. But no gap in the mag - straight from October to November. Ian (PS the fact that I got a crappy tool kit when I would really have preferred a rotary cutting tool or Prolux iron is neither here nor there) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Damms Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Forgot about renewing mine last year, a lady rang up offering me a free tranny case if I renewed. They tried twice to send it, got lost/stolen, once tranny case ordered with wrong code so no chance of getting that. They made such a hard job of it it took 3 months to finally arrive after they sent it recorded, that free case must have cost a fortune. The guy on the other end was so ashamed he added two months onto my subscription. I shall be renewing and I don't expect a free gift its still one of the best subscritions I've had. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat (rActive) Harbord Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Posted by Essjay on 15/11/2012 13:06:38: Posted by rActive on 15/11/2012 12:49:14: Shh, don't tell anyone, but it's worth a call to the subsrciptions department when your renewal comes around. I've had a few free gifts over my 6-7 years unbroken subscription Well I would suspect after an admission of that on the forum, you probably won't be getting any more Shh, I said don't tell anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prop Nut Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 If you see a free gift that grabs you, all you have to do is ring the subscriptions number and they will send you the gift as soon as it becomes available (it often takes a few weeks to arrive), in exchange for rolling-over the subscription at next renewal. I've done it five or six times, and it avoids getting a free gift that you don't want when the sub is renewed normally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I have done exactly the same thing. I was quite surprised to get the freebies, even though the last one I got (powerpanel) wasn't quite what was advertised (missing the fuel pump) I was happy with it.. In fact its a good incentive not to renew by Direct Debit. The gifts are easily worth the c. £4.00 difference in price and with a bit of tactical buying you can be selective with what you choose. Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-C Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I have to say, I have never had a free gift for re-subscription. You would have thought it would be nice to reward loyalty, but alas it counts for nothing. As stated before, insurance comapnies are bad, but the worst by far are Telephone companies (especially mobilephone companies). Commision based selling is the reason for it there, but I imagine with hobby items and disposable income, they just assume that once you subscribe you're never going to leave. (and the sad trueth of it is, that 99% of people who subscribe toe RCM&E know it is the best RC mag about, and wouldn't let the subscription lapse). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 change of plan.....Mrs A...has just renewed my subs...and the postie called with the 'free gift' from the mag for my renewal.......must have been a change in the way the subs...system works....wonder if they will do a back dated update ... ken anderson ne..1.... subs dept... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Walters Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Be happy! We over on the mainland of Europe pay a significant amount extra for postage (even tho' printed matter gets a very low special rate) and do not get any chance of a 'free gift' on renewal even if we supply a UK address for the'gift'. Does that stop me buying the mag - nope! Rather have the mag than not at all and definitely don't want digital issues! Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 I'll be waiting with bated breath for the postie to deliver my free gift (not!). IF it arrives it'll be a nice bonus, if not then I know what to do next year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingCrust Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I tried to get the free gift on renewal earlier this year when I phoned. Yes I could have the gift but the renewal cost would be higher - about the same as the value of the gift! So no gift for me. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Saliba Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Lucky you, we get NO free gifts...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 I have just phoned subscriptions to check, and no, if you use the renewal link you get nowt as it doesn't generate the gift code and is a couple of quid cheaper. If I'd gone in as a new subscription quoting the current code I'd have got a new heat sealing iron for an extra £3. Bum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Bob - yes, bum. After 2,289 forum posts no free gift. Double bum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 There is a bit of a downside to this free gift mullarkey - I subscribed a bit over a year ago and received (eventually) a nice new covering iron. Very pleased and it's in regular use. When the subscription ran out, I decided to wait until another attractive offer came along - but so far nothing has caught my eye. Great offer at the moment - but I don't need another one!!! I had thought about dropping a Christmas hint... The real downside is that I've kept putting off buying the mag. in case the right offer comes along...and have missed the last 3 issues! Edited By Martin Harris on 20/11/2012 14:27:48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 so this will be #2292 then, I wonder how many were made during overtime rate periods during call-outs and the cost per post? That's a statistic that is probably best not expolred too deeply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brohn Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Trying to renew. The link www.subscription.co.uk/rcm/ren1 from your mail reminder does not provide link to RCME, but to Rubber Mallet only! Sort it out. David Brohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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