Slippery Rubber Mats Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Quote Greetings *Former Buffalo Bills GM Tom Donahoe*, The Buffalo News is where your story lives. Thank you for being a valued subscriber. We’re updating our prices to help bring you more coverage of the region, with the best user experience on our website and newly designed mobile app. To continue to bring the best in local, regional and national news, effective 2023-07-25 00:00, your rate will change to $28.99 a month. Your next charge will reflect this new rate. Our newsroom's unmatched depth and experience makes it uniquely able to cover these historic times – and we've only just begun. We're hiring more journalists to track and explain the region's changing economy; our Bills coverage has added fresh voices and new videos; and our watchdog team, already the best around, has grown. Your subscription includes personalized content. Sign up for breaking news alerts and get the latest updates on your phone. Lose yourself in thousands of videos and photo galleries you can’t find anywhere else. Our E-edition gives you access to dive into a full year of past editions. No further action is required on your behalf. You may manage your subscription anytime by visiting BuffaloNews.com/myaccount or calling 716-842-1111. We’re honored to tell the stories of Western New York. Thank you for your continued support. Tom Wiley President and Publisher I really do enjoy reading their sports coverage, but $28.99 per month? That's just nuts IMO. I was paying $13 per month and was debating it at that price. Does that seem outrageous to anyone else? I don't have a lot to compare it to. Meanwhile, new customers get $1 for 26 weeks then renews at $10.99 per month? WTH 4 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFlutie Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Yes. That's outrageous. You could get all the news channels + HBO for that price. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I had to drop them. I can only afford so many subscriptions. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippery Rubber Mats Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: I had to drop them. I can only afford so many subscriptions. I kept hanging on through several price increases, but they've done lost their minds with this one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 On the flip side, the cost to advertise in the paper has probably never been lower. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFlutie Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said: On the flip side, the cost to advertise in the paper has probably never been lower. If you pay to run an ad in the paper do you also get reader access? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I was billed without any notification of the charge and called them to cancel. Price dropped to $7/month. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Tom Donahoe, GM said: I kept hanging on through several price increases, but they've done lost their minds with this one All while slashing the quality of the paper. The Buffalo News was one of the last decent local papers. But Lee Enterprises is a newspaper killer. 2 minutes ago, BringBackFlutie said: If you pay to run an ad in the paper do you also get reader access? No idea Edited July 6, 2023 by PromoTheRobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Who still gets the newspaper? Dropped the daily when my mom's dementia got bad enough she couldn't read the paper. Kept Sundays but stoped delivery when it went up to $3.00. Brother and I would split it but then stoped buying it when the Sunday went up to $4.00 and then $5.00 within months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 No Sully, no sale. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 That's more than a lot of the steaming services, with far less value. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Yeah, me too! This is unbelievable! Quote Greetings, Gullible Doofus, The Buffalo News is where your story lives. Thank you for being a valued subscriber. We’re updating our prices to help bring you more coverage of the region, with the best user experience on our website and newly designed mobile app. To continue to bring the best in local, regional and national news, effective 1899-07-25, your rate will change to $1,000,000 a month. Your next charge will reflect this new rate. Our newsroom's unmatched depth and experience makes it uniquely able to cover these historic times – and we've only just begun. We're hiring more journalists to track and explain the region's changing economy; our Bills coverage has added fresh voices and new videos; and our watchdog team, already the best around, has grown. Your subscription includes personalized content. Sign up for breaking news alerts and get the latest updates on your phone. Lose yourself in thousands of videos and photo galleries you can’t find anywhere else. Our E-edition gives you access to dive into a full year of past editions. No further action is required on your behalf. You may manage your subscription anytime by visiting BuffaloNews.com/myaccount or calling 716-842-1111. We’re honored to tell the stories of Western New York. Thank you for your continued support. Tom Wiley President and Publisher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDays Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 That's the last cry of a dying business. Just trying to cash out as much as possible from their active subscribers who either don't pay enough attention or are too senile to realize that their price suddenly skyrocketed. 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 54 minutes ago, BringBackFlutie said: Yes. That's outrageous. You could get all the news channels + HBO for that price. AND you could afford a book of crossword puzzles as well! I used to enjoy the newspaper years ago when we lived in smaller towns. The Atlanta paper is like a phone book full of stuff I don’t care about, and about to follow the phone book out of existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeerie Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I switched to digital over a year ago. However, if that is going to be the new rate for digital, I'll just drop them. Likely they will reach out and offer me a deal, which I may or may not consider. I hate to see local press die out, but their rate increases have just been ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Just now, jkeerie said: I switched to digital over a year ago. However, if that is going to be the new rate for digital, I'll just drop them. Likely they will reach out and offer me a deal, which I may or may not consider. I hate to see local press die out, but their rate increases have just been ridiculous. Does this feel the the Sunday Ticket all over again? That was a joke! A bad joke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Tom Donahoe, GM said: I really do enjoy reading their sports coverage, but $28.99 per month? That's just nuts IMO. I was paying $13 per month and was debating it at that price. Does that seem outrageous to anyone else? I don't have a lot to compare it to. Meanwhile, new customers get $1 for 26 weeks then renews at $10.99 per month? WTH New customers are always devalued by salesmen who get bonuses based on new customers. My wife stopped BJs membership for a month and changed email address so she could get offer to new customers only. It requires auto renew so we will just cancel credit card before end of period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PonyBoy Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Did the $1 for 6 months hoping Bills would win the SB and I could read local coverage. Pfffttt...wasn't worth the dollar with all the ads popping up alone. Very frustrating to try to read digitally. Cancelled, they low balled like $10 for 6 months or something to continue. The ad BS just wasn't worth it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 If people aren’t going to pay for local press, don’t complain when all you have left is Skip Bayless types. They aren’t raising the price because they want a new sports car. They’re doing it because they are barely staying afloat. 2 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddenboy Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 24 minutes ago, HappyDays said: That's the last cry of a dying business. Just trying to cash out as much as possible from their active subscribers who either don't pay enough attention or are too senile to realize that their price suddenly skyrocketed. failing restaurants do this. They cut quantity. Then cut quality. Because that's how you INCREASE business? it is exactly 180 degress the Wrong thing to do. If you plan to stay in business, that is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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