# Magazine subscription brokers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazine-subscription-brokers/473316>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 18, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazine-subscription-brokers/473316 "2008-11-18T18:02:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazine-subscription-brokers/473316/1 "2008-11-18T18:02:38Z")

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I used to subscribe to Games a bunch of years ago, and have seen it mentioned here on the Dope, so it got me to thinking about subscribing again. I did a Google search to see if I could find it for less than the publisher’s price, and came across [this site](http://www.magazinepricesearch.com/detail/games.html?gclid=CMbD4pOh_5YCFQJHxwodKib-_w)–notice that all of the sites give a price of around $30 except for two, which makes me wonder what’s up with those sites. How are they offering it for that much less? Scam, or just some special mojo? Anybody know?