The Athletic - $24 for 1 year - today only

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

Damm could have saved $10.  

 

I ordered it for the $25 price couple weeks back.  My take on it is, has many well written articles, if you're looking for an overall good sports "magazine" it's well worth it.  But as far as much localized Bills coverage, sorry for the haters, but the BN far exceeds at least in quantity.  For the price I paid a good deal, thought I saw the full price is over $100 a year which is what I'd assume I'd pay next year to renew.  Well that ain't happening at that price.  If they offered me $50 for the year, likely would do it, but not higher unless things change. 

 

The Blitz at $36 a year is still a good deal for quite a bit of Bills coverage IMO.

 

And to the people who state "I refuse to pay for online content"  so did you steal newspapers all your life?

 

On 6/20/2019 at 1:00 PM, RobbRiddick said:

I miss the days of real newspapers. It was a lot more fun reading a paper while taking a dump than a small phone screen. And you didn't get distracted by porn either! 

 

My wife thinks its disgusting that I take the phone in the can with me

 

 

On 6/19/2019 at 4:04 PM, Teddy KGB said:

 

Yep.     Get paid through ads like everyone else          

 

News papers have ads but you still pay for it too.

Edited July 4, 2019 by Ed_Formerly_of_Roch

[Chill]

Not a huge fan of nickel and dime websites.  Pass. 

[StHustle]

54 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

Damm could have saved $10.  

 

Yeah me too...oh well

55 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

The Blitz at $36 a year is still a good deal for quite a bit of Bills coverage IMO.

 

That is very true and TBD shows me that pretty often as so many articles in the News section are from The Blitz and Im forced to change IP Addresses to read the ones I want. I'll likely stop being cheap and just pay for it soon. The Athletic has been worth it so far and I'm sure I'll more than get my money's worth during the season. 

[Just Joshin']

5 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

 

Check your email for a 76% off offer.  $14.28/year

Link  <<< may or may not work (I make no promises)

 

The link worked for me, will give it a trial.  Thanks for the tip.

Edited July 4, 2019 by Just Joshin'

[Logic]

2 hours ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

Damm could have saved $10.  

 

I ordered it for the $25 price couple weeks back.  My take on it is, has many well written articles, if you're looking for an overall good sports "magazine" it's well worth it.  But as far as much localized Bills coverage, sorry for the haters, but the BN far exceeds at least in quantity.  For the price I paid a good deal, thought I saw the full price is over $100 a year which is what I'd assume I'd pay next year to renew.  Well that ain't happening at that price.  If they offered me $50 for the year, likely would do it, but not higher unless things change. 

 

 

The slow trickle of articles in the "down time" between the draft and training camps is a real thing at The Athletic. 

Once training camp starts, there are daily articles. Once the season starts, then it's REALLY worth the price.

Admittedly, though, there's not much new content on there between May 1st and July 27th.

Edited July 4, 2019 by Logic

[NoSaint]

On 6/18/2019 at 3:28 PM, BUFFALOKIE said:

Signed up and read three articles: Josh Allen, The Athletics 1 yrs anniversary, and Frank Reich's journey.

 

All excellently written, and if I don't read another piece, I will still not be unsatisfied. 

 

Glad this opportunity came. Worth the price of admission, to me. WTF else am I gonna read? Mike F'n Florio?

 

 

I have a sneaking suspicion those weren’t $8 articles 

[bbb]

1 hour ago, Logic said:

The slow trickle of articles in the "down time" between the draft and training camps is a real thing at The Athletic. 

Once training camp starts, there are daily articles. Once the season starts, then it's REALLY worth the price.

Admittedly, though, there's not much new content on there between May 1st and July 27th.

 

I signed up when this thread started............I thought it would be like a smaller version of the News' sports section.  It's not even close to that.  

[HOUSE]

$2.99 per month for Jerry Sullivan?

 

 

Edited July 6, 2019 by HOUSE

[Punching Bag]

1 hour ago, HOUSE said:

$2.99 per month for Jerry Sullivan?

 

You are paying $2.99 per month to have Jerry Sullivan NOT have articles in it (sounds like blackmail) if he has not found way to write for them either with his own name or using an alias.

 

Now regarding Atlantic are there historical articles as well?

[Mike in Horseheads]

1 hour ago, HOUSE said:

$2.99 per month for Jerry Sullivan?

 

 

Last I knew they didn't want him either. Your safe

[sullim4]

40 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Last I knew they didn't want him either. Your safe

 

They do have Timmah though.  I gave it a try... while there do seem to be a few good articles, I haven't been particularly impressed with the quantity.  I'll be curious to see what comes out during the season.

[Mike in Horseheads]

Just now, sullim4 said:

 

They do have Timmah though.  I gave it a try... while there do seem to be a few good articles, I haven't been particularly impressed with the quantity.  I'll be curious to see what comes out during the season.

I did see on Twitter that Timmah is there can't win them all

[wppete]

On 6/18/2019 at 3:31 PM, Foxx said:

that's probably $23 dollars too much.

 

This^^^^^^

 

i don’t get people paying for content these days. Silly people do. 

[Foxx]

On 7/4/2019 at 3:56 PM, bbb said:

 

I signed up when this thread started............I thought it would be like a smaller version of the News' sports section.  It's not even close to that.  

a smaller version of....the travel section?

[bbb]

On 7/5/2019 at 11:56 PM, Mike in Horseheads said:

I did see on Twitter that Timmah is there can't win them all

 

If it wasn't for his twitter behavior, I think I'd like him.  He's not the asshat in print that Sully & Bucky were. 

[Mike in Horseheads]

6 hours ago, bbb said:

 

If it wasn't for his twitter behavior, I think I'd like him.  He's not the asshat in print that Sully & Bucky were. 

Agree because he actually could be a good writer, something especially Sully couldn't and still can't do.

[PromoTheRobot]

Not a good idea to keep cutting the price when I already renewed at a higher rate. 

On 7/6/2019 at 4:12 PM, wppete said:

 

This^^^^^^

 

i don’t get people paying for content these days. Silly people do. 

 

You get what you pay for.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

On 7/4/2019 at 12:40 PM, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

My wife thinks its disgusting that I take the phone in the can with me

Really go for the pièce de résistance.  Next time you’re in there for your ‘morning constitutional’, yell out “Hey, phone call for you!”

[TheBeane]

On 7/4/2019 at 11:32 AM, Buffalo_Gal said:

 

Check your email for a 76% off offer.  $14.28/year

Link  <<< may or may not work (I make no promises)

 

 

Got the email for this the other day and wanted to share it on this thread, but couldn't find it.  Was finally at a price point where I thought I would give it a try.  So far so good!

[Dopey]

On 6/20/2019 at 1:00 PM, RobbRiddick said:

I miss the days of real newspapers. It was a lot more fun reading a paper while taking a dump than a small phone screen. And you didn't get distracted by porn either! 

Plus it's a lot harder to accidentally drop the newspaper in the toilet. For me at least.