Stereophile Scamming Subscribers?

I only subscribe for the digital version and $10.00 

@oddiofyl you are 100% correct and it is so funny.

😃 

Interesting, audiophiles spend thousands of dollars on a continuing quest for the best sound, while also complaining about $2.75 a month for a related magazine."

That's funny, but true

I think it's $12 a year on Amazon, for that I just renewed...really just to keep up on new gear and recordings, though some of the reviews are good...definitely worth $12 a year for me

This is not an unusual practice in magazine subscriptions, and it also occurs with things like credit cards. A company will send out different offers ($X for Y years for a subscription, or $W annual fee with Z% interest rate for a credit card) -- with different values for W, X, Y, Z to different potential new or renewing customers. They are trying to figure out an offer that maximizes their revenue, even taking into account the few subscribers that will leave. Different demographic groups can even get different offers.  Welcome to the statistics of marketing. If you are an outlier, your can passively quit (and thus contribute to their experiment), find a different channel to purchase, or call them up and negotiate.

I just got a renewal notice that is attached to the current issue.  The offer is 12 issues for $18 or 24 issues for $30.  

I guess I am a bit too honest. If I ran this magazine, it would be one price. I might consider a discount for longer term subscriptions. Personally, I would subscribe for 10 years and pay upfront if I was incentivized.