How to Get out of a Newspaper Subscription
Be prepared!
I regularly overestimate the amount of time I have to keep up with current news and get sucked into magazine and newspaper subscriptions.
Currently, I am a proud subscriber to The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Economist.
I also had a subscription to The New Yorker, The Guardian, Die Zeit, and Profil. All at the same time.
Note how I’m calling myself a subscriber, not a reader: “Ain’t nobody got time for this.”
I know this, but still, when current events get heated, and I spend more time keeping up to date with world news, I fall into the subscription trap again.
The problem with canceling newspaper and magazine subscriptions is that a lot of them make you talk to people first.
Having failed repeatedly to get rid of my New York Times subscription, I have a few tips and a success story to share:
Today I successfully terminated my subscription to The Economist.
The Key Elements to Getting Out of a Subscription:
- Check the cancelation policy before you subscribe. If there is no online cancelation, don’t take it. This makes all additional steps unnecessary.
