Just wanted to have a bit of a moan about subscription rates for W&H - I have just received a renewal letter offering me another year's subscription 'at a preferential rate' if I renew by direct debit - a year for £26.52, which is 35% off the cover price. However, if I take out a subscription online as a new subscriber, it's only £20.56. Or, if I take up the new subscriber offer in this month's magazine, for £29.99 I get 12 months AND an Elemis gift (apparently)worth £48. I have emailed IPC subscriptions to say how unfair I think it is that the rates for loyal subscribers are higher, but I got only a fairly standard reply back saying that the lower price is to 'encourage new subscribers' and is not available for renewals, and it assures me that it's a very good price - which is hardly the point! I have just renewed a subscription to another mag at the same rate as last year, and I get a massive 66% off the cover price, fixed for 2 years - why can't W&H do this? It hardly encourages loyalty. Is there anything to stop me just taking out a new subscription when my current one ends? Does anyone else feel strongly about this or I am being unreasonable?
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Just wanted to have a bit of a moan about subscription rates for W&H - I have just received a renewal letter offering me another year's subscription 'at a preferential rate' if I renew by direct debit - a year for £26.52, which is 35% off the cover price. However, if I take out a subscription online as a new subscriber, it's only £20.56. Or, if I take up the new subscriber offer in this month's magazine, for £29.99 I get 12 months AND an Elemis gift (apparently)worth £48. I have emailed IPC subscriptions to say how unfair I think it is that the rates for loyal subscribers are higher, but I got only a fairly standard reply back saying that the lower price is to 'encourage new subscribers' and is not available for renewals, and it assures me that it's a very good price - which is hardly the point! I have just renewed a subscription to another mag at the same rate as last year, and I get a massive 66% off the cover price, fixed for 2 years - why can't W&H do this? It hardly encourages loyalty. Is there anything to stop me just taking out a new subscription when my current one ends? Does anyone else feel strongly about this or I am being unreasonable? 
