Buffalo News increasing the cost of their subscription to $28.99 per month

[Einstein]

  On 7/10/2023 at 6:03 PM, teef said:

so you posted pics of how you decorate someone else's house for christmas?

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Ohhh you're talking about my house in WNY... Yes, I posted decorations there.

 

You responded to a post talking about Florida homes and said "didnt you post your home?" Bit confusing.

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

I wonder how many people in this thread think nothing of buying $8.00 coffees from Starbucks as well as $15.00 craft beers each weekend.

[Andrew Son]

  On 7/10/2023 at 6:16 PM, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:

I wonder how many people in this thread think nothing of buying $8.00 coffees from Starbucks as well as $15.00 craft beers each weekend.

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I mean there is a major difference in that something hasn't come along to make food and drink obsolete.  

[Einstein]

  On 7/10/2023 at 6:16 PM, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:

I wonder how many people in this thread think nothing of buying $8.00 coffees from Starbucks as well as $15.00 craft beers each weekend.

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[teef]

  On 7/10/2023 at 6:14 PM, Einstein said:

 

Ohhh you're talking about my house in WNY... Yes, I posted decorations there.

 

You responded to a post talking about Florida homes and said "didnt you post your home?" Bit confusing.

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ooohhhhhh!  come on man.

[Einstein]

  On 7/10/2023 at 6:23 PM, teef said:

ooohhhhhh!  come on man.

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Sorry if you didn't realize it, but the post you quoted was talking about Florida homes. It never occurred to me that you quoted a post about Florida homes but meant a home in NY. I've posted before that my WNY home is only $250k. It's nothing special.

 

[teef]

  On 7/10/2023 at 6:27 PM, Einstein said:

 

Sorry if you didn't realize it, but the post you quoted was talking about Florida homes. It never occurred to me that you quoted a post about Florida homes but meant a home in NY. I've posted before that my WNY home is only $250k. It's nothing special.

 

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i realized it.  you don't strike me as the guy who would be ok with "nothing special."  

[Einstein]

  On 7/10/2023 at 6:30 PM, teef said:

i realized it.  you don't strike me as the guy who would be ok with "nothing special."  

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Purchased that home in a very different portion of my life and there are lots of special memories in that home that I'm not willing to let go.

[teef]

  On 7/10/2023 at 6:35 PM, Einstein said:

 

Purchased that home in a very different portion of my life and there are lots of special memories in that home that I'm not willing to let go.

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is it so you can afford a subscription to the buffalo news?

[WotAGuy]

  On 7/10/2023 at 6:16 PM, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:

I wonder how many people in this thread think…….

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Apparently not very many. 

[Einstein]

  On 7/10/2023 at 6:40 PM, teef said:

is it so you can afford a subscription to the buffalo news?

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lol, thank you for the chuckle.

[Malazan]

  On 7/10/2023 at 2:51 AM, Einstein said:

Well, duh.

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To be fair, you don't understand simple concepts like relative costs so stating the obvious like you would to an idiot toddler is understandable. 

[Einstein]

  On 7/10/2023 at 7:30 PM, Malazan said:

 

To be fair, you don't understand simple concepts like relative costs so stating the obvious like you would to an idiot toddler is understandable. 

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here you go.

 

or just go back to pretending that you're a jets fan on jetnation.

[Warriorspikes51]

Jerry Sullivan

Tim Graham
Bucky Gleason

John Wawrow
 

Didn't they all used to work for the Buffalo News?

This $ price is beyond insane.   You could subscribe to many other publications AND Netflix, Prime, Hulu for that 

[Malazan]

  On 7/10/2023 at 8:00 PM, Einstein said:

 

here you go.

 

or just go back to pretending that you're a jets fan on jetnation.

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So unhinged. 

[Since1981]

  On 7/10/2023 at 3:05 AM, Since1981 said:

it. Streaming sets the market and it isn’t $28/mo !!
 

they’ll lay off buff news staff when they can’t get the revenue this year. 

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NYT dropping 35 sports reporters

today    Technology marches on…

 

 https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/the-new-york-times-disbands-its-sports-department

[HalftimeAdjustment]

Earlier in the thread I claimed I cancelled when they raised the rate. Turns out, I cancelled in December 2022, received a confirmation, and they kept billing my credit card monthly anyhow! So beware if you cancel your digital subscription. 

[Augie]

  On 7/10/2023 at 11:30 PM, HalftimeAdjustment said:

Earlier in the thread I claimed I cancelled when they raised the rate. Turns out, I cancelled in December 2022, received a confirmation, and they kept billing my credit card monthly anyhow! So beware if you cancel your digital subscription. 

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They might offer to send you all the months old news you missed, if you ask nicely. 😋

 

I’m sure I’m getting soaked for some subscriptions that are virtually useless to me. I don’t have $5.3 Million in Disney stock alone, so I need to watch my nickels and dimes!  

[Royale with Cheese]

  On 7/10/2023 at 3:13 PM, teef said:

eh.  he needs if for some reason.  i think if he let the schtick go, he'd be a decent guy/poster.  he has decided not to take that route, so here we are.  

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Ive had 6 McDonald’s Double Cheeseburgers since Friday.

[PonyBoy]

  On 7/7/2023 at 3:56 PM, Einstein said:

 

Pontificating on "basic economics" while not understanding inflation is a bit ironic.

 

The Buffalo News cost $12 per month ($3.05 per week) in 1990.

The OP said they are increasing to $28 per month in 2023. 

 

If you plug $12 into an inflation calculator and compute the increase from 1990 to 2023...

 

 

 

It is $28. 

 

They are essential charging the exact same as they did in 1990. Price has only followed inflation.

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 The inflation calculator you're using in your post doesn't factor in that in 1990 papers were made physically to all of their customers, delivered by numerous paper folks, maintenance personnel who fixed the machines, sales people who made dial up calls, managers who oversaw these employees, parking lot plowing in winter for them, janitors to perform their tasks to clean up after people etc...  

 

Your calculator is accurate, but doesn't calculate how few people it takes to charge the same inflated $ for an inferior paper that was once great or the # of people that don't have jobs due to technology.

 

A companies fee is only what people are willing to pay for it's service. That's the moral of all these posts complaining about the rate hike. Sneaky billing, AD Choking, $1 for new subscribers, screwing the long timers...