do y'all really think the "teasing" manner in which y'all attempt to sell subscriptions to The News…read moreworks?? Each week at least, an article is put on on AL.com and quickly cut off- asking the reader- "Want to read the rest- subscribe".... You MUST know by now that this works in no way. In fact, it irritates the reader and nothing else. So- congrats to the person who came up with this brilliant idea!!

I just moved to Birmingham and got a land line. Guess who calls to wake me up on Saturday morning…read moreand then hangs up on me when I say "no thanks, you've already called?" There is conveniently no telephone number to give the nice people at subscription services a call back to let them know that I'm not interested, so I expect a call back very soon. Now I refuse to read the paper on principle of their sales techniques. That's pretty sad.

I ordered a magazine subscription in AUGUST 2007 through Amazon.com, whose distributor is Magazine…read moreExpress. So this subscription to Casabella Magazine cost $266.21, which is a pretty penny for only 11 publications that don't even have a hardbound cover. A veeeeerrrrryyyy pretty penny seeing as it is now JULY 3RD, 2008 and as of yet I have only received two (2!) issues, both of which required numerous calls to both Amazon.com and Magazine Express. So that comes out to... $133.11 per issue, plus my invaluable time. Customer service was shoddy the first time, basically reading a script into the phone. It was little better than talking to a recording. The second man I spoke with was more accommodating, however failed to explain to me what happened to my missing merchandise. I swear I heard the clicking of a typewriter in the background... Get with the times, Magazine Express. And don't piss off a Yelper, cause she'll write about you while you put her on hold.

Stay away! Doesn't even deserve one star! Ordered a National Geographic for Kids magazine…read moresubscription on Dec 10, 2025. Now April 16, 2026 and nothing received. When I called multiple times the past few months I was given different explanations but the latest was that I "should" receive the first magazine in mid May, 2026! Needless to say, I was extremely unhappy, so I asked for some sort of explanation and some compensation. Nope. Nothing. So I requested a cancellation and they said they will mail me a cheque in about 6 weeks!!! I then ordered the subscription directly through the National Geographic - which in hindsight I should have done originally! Ugh!