OP or a mod marked this as the best answer , given by u/caspararemi . I subscribe to loads (literally about 20 or 25 at this point) of magazines. Magazines Direct is fine for setting up and managing subscriptions, the problems are when you order anything eles like magazine files or folders. Three times I've ordered items, and three times I've had problems. First time I didn't bother chasing as it was a cheap magazine folder. Both the following times I did chase up and they'd keep telling me they'd been dispatched, but they'd replace them, and I'd end up getting random back issues instead. Honestly a nightmare and now I just buy generic magazine files or folders from other sites instead of their branded ones. What is this? More on reddit.com

The New Yorker. I only do it so I can leave a couple on the coffee table when we have company. They’ll say “oh, you subscribe to the New Yorker?”, a little flustered, as they realize they’re in the presence of a true patrician, and I’ll say “yes, of course.” While presenting my complimentary subscriber’s only tote bag. At this point they usually offer either themselves or their most attractive female relatives to me sexually. More on reddit.com

Does your local library have eBooks? It would eliminate the ownership and the subscription More on reddit.com

Somehow I got a lifetime subscription to Rolling Stone. Keep getting it, don’t pay a dime. No idea why. Also don’t know any of the artists highlighted in it. More on reddit.com