It is nice, and I overlooked it earlier, that CI doesn't have advertisements a la the Conde Nast publications. I don't mind advertisements in a magazine unless they become difficult to quickly distinguish from the actual content, vis a vis "special advertising sections" which do, indeed, annoy me.

If it's a choice between getting spammed and called at home and paying a premium versus having to leaf through a bunch of ads while reading, I'd rather leaf through a bunch of ads. I understand it's unrealistic to want the best of both worlds; they have to make money somehow.

I'm tempted to subscribe to the website instead, but fear that will bring the phone calls down on my head once again.

Anyhow - thanks for listening and the good comments on this. To each their own.

gtgirl:

I put in my order on May 2, but have not yet received any issues. It was for a new subscription, not a renewal. Has anyone who used this deal received their first issue yet?

me, neither.

When I received my subscription via the e-Bay, the auction had comments similar to this one I just pulled off e-Bay:

Subscriptions may take 90 days or more for the first issue to arrive.
*** Please Remember: The industry standard lead time on magazines is usually about 4-8 weeks for weekly and bi-weekly magazines, 6-10 weeks on monthly, and 8-12 weeks on bi-monthly. Often times your first issue will arrive sooner, it depends on the publisher. Please allow at least 90 days for your first issue to arrive.

It took roughly that much time to get the first issue several years ago.

Regards,

To follow up on my earlier post, after some comparison shopping, I decided to go with Living Cookbook. I am still in the trial (25 uses) period though; haven't yet paid for a license and am a long way from getting all my clipped/saved/torn out recipes stored in it. But I think it'll work well for my needs.

As for subscriptions, the only two things I've been saving have been Cook's Illustrated and Fine Cooking. I get Bon Appetit and Gourmet (haven't yet tried Saveur), but I just pull out the recipes I like. I say that, but in reality I just finished plowing through a four-year backlog of Bon Appetits and Gourmets that hadn't yet been recipe-harvested and recycled yet.

update on my Saveur subscription - just got my first issue yesterday.

Thank you for the information, Cathy! I just looked it up on ebay and found a 3 yr subscription for $7.95. Will be subscribing!

sarcon wrote:update on my Saveur subscription - just got my first issue yesterday.

I just got mine as well!

Mine finally came as well--good thing since I'm the one who got us all into this! Good issue--makes me want to go to Rhode Island and eat clams.

Just an update - I tried the link to publicationstation.net and was told the "food" coupon code had expired or been used too many times.

Rather than email the site and beg, I just checked ebay and paid $12.48 for a 4 year subscription. That's a price I can happily accept, even if it could have been less.

Thanks everyone!

Got mine too finally -- anybody ever seen any of those spiffy-looking avocado's in the Chicago area?

Got mine as well - thanks for the updates - it was good to know that my subscription hadn't somehow fallen through the cracks!

-gtgirl

JoelF wrote:Got mine too finally -- anybody ever seen any of those spiffy-looking avocado's in the Chicago area?

there have been times where we've split open an avocado to realize that it's not your regular hass. off the top of my head i don't remember the types that i've guessed they were after seeing the saveur article. the problem is, aside from florida avocados, i've never seen avocados labeled by type in the store (although i sometimes see them labeled as hass).

http://www.tanga.com/products/saveur-ma ... bscription

Add coupon code 381f and then update your cart. You can order up to 3 years.

Thanks, now that there is no more Gourmet maybe I'll add this back in the rotation.

Thanks for sharing . . . I just dove in for 3 years.

BR wrote:Thanks for sharing . . . I just dove in for 3 years.

Make that two of us. Thanks!

pigOut wrote:

BR wrote:Thanks for sharing . . . I just dove in for 3 years.

Make that two of us. Thanks!

Hat trick. Thanks for the deal. I've wanted to subscribe since the demise of Gourmet too.

Mary

Hi,

One small caveat on these inexpensive subscriptions: you may not get a renewal teaser in the mail. My subscription to Saveur quietly stopped without my noticing for a while. You may have to pay attention to when it winds down yourself to re-subscribe.

Regards,

Sign up here for a complimentary 12-issue subscription to Saveur.

Artie wrote:Sign up here for a complimentary 12-issue subscription to Saveur.

No longer available as of 2/23/10, 8:42 AM CST.

Artie wrote:Sign up here for a complimentary 12-issue subscription to Saveur.

I did and I got the April issue today.

Thanks!

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:

Artie wrote:Sign up here for a complimentary 12-issue subscription to Saveur.

I did and I got the April issue today.

Thanks!

Regards,

Got mine several days ago. Made the pork chops on the cover as I had everything on hand. Excellent!

Rick T. wrote:

Cathy2 wrote:

Artie wrote:Sign up here for a complimentary 12-issue subscription to Saveur.

I did and I got the April issue today.

Thanks!

Regards,

Got mine several days ago. Made the pork chops on the cover as I had everything on hand. Excellent!

Received March and April on Saturday!!! Promotion must have worked to b/c Saveur was just recognized by Adweek s one of the hottest magazines...

I'm glad to hear people were able to take advantage of the Saveur deal.

boudreaulicious wrote:Received March and April on Saturday!!!.

I did too. Thanks Artie.

Bon Appetit 3.99 Year
http://www.tanga.com/products/bon-appet ... ription--3

i just bought a 3 year renewal to my subscription to SAVEUR for $12.75 (total price). just a reminder that ebay is a great place to get this terrific magazine at a really low price. there are still some available. i always pay for saveur through ebay. just FYI…...

Thanks, Joan. Good to know.

=R=

Thanks, Joan.

Thank you Joan, never would have thought of this. Set for 3 years!