Got A PC Gamer In the Mail Today...Don't Know Why
I was wondering if this happened to anyone else. I went to check the mail today and lo and behold, the latest issue of PC Gamer was there. I don't subscribe to PC Gamer and haven't in many years. I checked my credit cards and I wasn't charged for this either. I went to their customer service web site and sure enough, I have an account there with a fully paid up year's subscription. I tried e-mailing them but their form is broken and won't send. After GFW closed down, Ziff-Davis said that everyone would be converted over to EGM subscriptions to which I promptly wrote back and told them wasn't acceptable cause I can't stand EGM. They said I could cancel but that I wouldn't get credited back the difference which I also said was acceptable. I was told they'd "look into it" and haven't heard anything since. Are there any former GFW readers on here who had this happen to them? I can't imagine another reason why I'd get a free year of a competing magazine. Thanks!
"We're taught from a young age how to dodge rock hard objects moving at incredible rates of speed while simultaneously beating folks half to death with sticks. We do this for fun." -kung fu grip
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Read the letter insert in the back, Kristin Salvatore explains it all.
I'm like a flashing lightning and a rolling thunder, I'm like a stepping razor
Explains it all, and makes me sad all over again.
Yes, that smiley was redundant, but I needed to put it there. Bite me.
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I see no such letter. I've skimmed the whole thing and I don't see anything except her front page editorial which doesn't talk about this. I seem to be missing this. What happened then?
"We're taught from a young age how to dodge rock hard objects moving at incredible rates of speed while simultaneously beating folks half to death with sticks. We do this for fun." -kung fu grip
http://blog.digital-lifeline.ca
Basically, if you were subscribed to GFW, you will get PC Gamer now unless you want a refund, which they'll send you if you ask.
It's pretty cool. I don't like PCG's reviewing style much, but I like their features in the back.
I'm like a flashing lightning and a rolling thunder, I'm like a stepping razor
Yeah, I've been looking through this and I really like it. I stopped subscribing years ago because I couldn't stand how "The Vede" ran the mag. He ran it in much the same way that EGM is run which is why I can't stand it either. I definitely think I'll hang onto this subscription.
"We're taught from a young age how to dodge rock hard objects moving at incredible rates of speed while simultaneously beating folks half to death with sticks. We do this for fun." -kung fu grip
http://blog.digital-lifeline.ca
My copy arrived today too & I was wondering if I'd subscribed without knowing it. I'd just given up on getting anything out of the remaining months of my GFW sub, so this is a nice surprise. No idea if it was a PCG or GFW idea, but it's a nice move for everyone. Now if PCG doesn't pick up a whole bunch of subscribers, they've only got themselves to blame...
*Legion* wrote:
I don't think I'll renew the subscription when it runs out, though. GFW was really the only gaming magazine I ever enjoyed reading. I might have to check out Edge or something...
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I got a PC Gamer in the mail, as well. Not the magazine...
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A few years back I mysteriously got a bill for PC Gamer, despite the fact I never subscribed nor had received any issues. When I refused to pay, after several frustrating and pointless calls, they hired a debt collection agency to send me threatening letters.
Same for me. I really see very little in PC Gamer that makes me want to read it over the many options similar to be found on the internet.