Build your own scam - first issue only 99p

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Wine Legs Jan 2016 5:52pm, 1 Jan 2016 4,034 posts	0 Wine Legs It's the time of year for "those" magazines... Post the details of those that you see here. Art of Quilting Make a quilt...first issue 99p Wadding and backing sold separately. £3.99 for subsequent issues. Only 90 issues required to complete the quilt. So, that's just £356.10 for a quilt that will take nearly two years to complete...without backing and wadding. Bargain!
Helegant Jan 2016 5:58pm, 1 Jan 2016 2,954 posts	0 Helegant We've also been laughing at that one.
Raptors Claws are coming to town Jan 2016 5:58pm, 1 Jan 2016 33,226 posts	0 Raptors Claws are coming to town I saw that yesterday and commented that it would be the most expensive quilt that anyone has ever made using their own time and someone else's choice of materials. Then there's the one where, if you buy 25,000 issues of a publication, you will eventually be the owner of bits of plastic that can be assembled into the shape of a small human skeleton.
Binks book, an excellent Xmas gift Jan 2016 5:59pm, 1 Jan 2016 6,900 posts	0 Binks book, an excellent Xmas gift Building the Star Wars Enterprise will cost £900 in total. 100x£9. buildmillenniumfalcon.com
Raptors Claws are coming to town Jan 2016 6:00pm, 1 Jan 2016 33,227 posts	0 Raptors Claws are coming to town This one. howyourbodyworks.co.uk
Old Croc Jan 2016 6:01pm, 1 Jan 2016 26,886 posts	0 Old Croc Nelsons flagship Victory actually cost less to build than the model in one of the magazine series thingies (made up statistic there)
oi you Jan 2016 7:40pm, 1 Jan 2016 311 posts	0 oi you Whereas... I know someone who's been a subscriber to RW for, let's say, 15 years - 750 quid for a guess. I've run, sorry they've run, 14000 miles in that time, bought all their own kit, paid extra for race entries etc etc. - lets' say 2 grand At the pace I'll be running soon a nice quilt might be quite handy.
Wine Legs Jan 2016 9:54pm, 1 Jan 2016 4,035 posts	0 Wine Legs Oh wow. Another gem: simplestylishknitting.com £3.99 per mag 99p for the first one...of course. You can make a throw, but they fail to mention how many magazines you need for that...