Star Wars Insider

I would like to first say that I really do enjoy this magazine, my current subscription through Amazon has been problem free and even saved me $ when I originally purchased it for 38.99.

Here is where my current problem lies...

A few days ago i checked to see how much it was going to be to renew my sub and I was stoked to see it was for the same price. Amazon will send you a reminder to renew when it gets down to last issue so I figured I would wait to renew to avoid being charged so early in advance. Two days later I was sent a renewal notice in the mail from SWI directly asking for 43.99. Knowing i saw it for a better price the day before I decided to just renew through Amazon and get it over with. Only to find that the price SHOT UP $25 TO 63.92!

I emailed my complaint about the RIDICULOUS price increase only to be given a BS response. That sealed it, I will not be renewing through Amazon.

Awesome magazine, but currently a RIP OFF to sub through Amazon. Very disappointed.

The good is this is all about Star Wars, and my son loves Star Wars, the movies, the action figures, the Lego toys, the books. The bad is this is not cheap as a subscription and the subsription does not come with many issues per year. We just got our first issue and it came through the USPS of course and in a bag. As with USPS, there is frequently damage (as my friendly mailman once said, "that's free with your mail, you don't get charged extra for that"), the bag had a little tear in the side and the magazine had slight tear in the side. With this price, I wish the publisher placed the magazines in some sort of plastic that cannot tear AND actually give us a full 12 issues for a year subscription instead of the Jan/Feb type deal.

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OK, Could give this one star for one reason and four/five stars for another...so it averages to...three?

I really enjoy the magazine -exclusive interviews, stories and general information I do not find via the various internet news sites. My only complaint about the magazine itself is the spoilers that I read pertaining to the Expanded Universe (comics, novels) -with no given warning within the text of the article of such. I have only recently started to get into the EU and there are often many articles (in one issue!) that I cannot read. I want the story to unfold. . .

Now -my real issue is with Amazon. My magazines always (always!) arrive damaged. It is not my mail carrier -I have other subscriptions, and the magazines arrive in shockingly good condition. I am not sure why this is and am not even sure if the fulfillment is carried out by Amazon. I received one issue that utterly destroyed (to the point where it was hard to keep open to read). I have reported this to Amazon and they always tell me the issue is . . . "sold out?" They did extend my subscription one issue to make up for this.

I was going to re-new through Amazon, despite the damage, just for the savings over Titan Magazines price. Now that amazon is charging cover price with no savings what-so-ever --I see absolutely NO reason to use their service!

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This is a great magazine, one that I would definitely subscribe to, but it is too overpriced and not available as a e-book on the kindle store. The only place you can get it electronically is through the newsstand on the iphone and ipad. It's a shame really, it costs 158 rmb (25 usd) on the newsstand for a year of subscription and much more over here. Hopefully when they transition this magazine to a e-book version they will lower the subscription prices.

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I have been a subscriber for some time. At renewal time, picked Amazon to handle my publication choices. Insider was first up. Amazon is my preferred way. High level of confidence in the organization.