# NYtimes online, $1 for 8 weeks -- are you doing it **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-online-1-for-8-weeks-are-you-doing-it/606877 "2011-12-20T19:03:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-online-1-for-8-weeks-are-you-doing-it/606877/1 "2011-12-20T19:03:48Z")
I think this offer may only be for the lucky 250k online members who were offered a temporary free subscription paid for by Lincoln. Are you going for the $1 offer for 8 weeks? I was just walking through it myself, electing to use Paypal instead of the website and the “subscription” claimed it was from now till today’s date in 2013. I sure don’t want that; also it’s unclear exactly when I’d have to cancel after 8 weeks so that I’m not billed again. The terms said by 30 days for a year’s subscription. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-online-1-for-8-weeks-are-you-doing-it/606877/2 "2011-12-20T19:25:58Z")
Not a chance in hell. If they print something really interesting Yahoo or Google will paraphrase it and we’ll most likely be talking about it here. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-online-1-for-8-weeks-are-you-doing-it/606877/3 "2011-12-20T19:41:53Z")
Just delete the query string. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-online-1-for-8-weeks-are-you-doing-it/606877/4 "2011-12-20T20:24:09Z")
The $1 offer is screwed up. I signed up on December 6th and they immediately canceled my complimentary subscription from Lincoln that was supposed to be good for the rest of the year instead of adding it to the end of my existing subscription. I wrote them an e-mail in complaint, and they said they would fix it, but the information in my account hasn’t been changed. Also the account should cover the NYT tablet app also, but the NYT Android app won’t show me any premium content, even though I’m logged in. I’m regretting giving them my credit card number. I’m to have to monitor my credit card to make sure they don’t keep charging me after I cancel. I like the NYT content, but their business side is not customer service oriented. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-online-1-for-8-weeks-are-you-doing-it/606877/5 "2011-12-21T16:13:37Z")
What **JoelUpchurch** said makes me worried. Also, what do you mean by “delete the query string” **friedo** ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-online-1-for-8-weeks-are-you-doing-it/606877/6 "2011-12-22T00:01:02Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Not a chance in hell. > If they print something really interesting Yahoo or Google will paraphrase it and we’ll most likely be talking about it here. I’ve always been curious what people claim this newspaper provides them that cannot be gathered at other sources without a paywall. Is it really worth it to read a news story by better writers? Or is there content that other papers just don’t have? ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-online-1-for-8-weeks-are-you-doing-it/606877/7 "2011-12-22T00:55:37Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’ve always been curious what people claim this newspaper provides them that cannot be gathered at other sources without a paywall. Is it really worth it to read a news story by better writers? Or is there content that other papers just don’t have? Actually it is, but not enough to pay for it weekly. I don’t even pay for cable TV and they have SyFy. At least the Washington Post is still free, but I’ll have to get used to a completely different set of op-ed writer to piss me off. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-online-1-for-8-weeks-are-you-doing-it/606877/8 "2011-12-22T01:18:47Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > What **JoelUpchurch** said makes me worried. Specifically: > [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > I like the NYT content, but their business side is not customer service oriented. Content? There’s that buzzword I keep hearing and reading. [Google News](http://news.google.com/) is what I think of as content; not the NYT or CNN. Spending an hour reading the NYT or watching CNN is not the same as spending an hour on Google News. For one thing, I’d end up spending three hours on Google News knowing less and less about more and more instead of more and more about less and less. In sum, you need content and sources. Is Google customer service oriented? Is that in fact a good thing? > [@zoid](#): > > If they print something really interesting Yahoo or Google will paraphrase it and we’ll most likely be talking about it here. What if they print something really interesting that’s critical of Google? Do you thing Google won’t find a way to bury it? > [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > Actually it is, but not enough to pay for it weekly. I don’t even pay for cable TV and they have SyFy. At least the Washington Post is still free, but I’ll have to get used to a completely different set of op-ed writer to piss me off. I read in \*The New York Times \* that BBC World News will be available in the US through Comcast. At least you read _The Washington Post_. What you said about _The Washington Post_ being free makes me worried. You mean you won’t read _The Washington Post_ if it’s not free? Which brings me to my point: I’m glad that someone on the SDMB reads _The Washington Post_. I’m glad that someone on the SDMB watches BBC World News. I’m glad that someone on the SDMB reads _The New York Times_. I’m glad that someone on the SDMB follows Rueters. I’m glad that someone on the SDMB watches CNN. I’m glad that someone on the SDMB follows the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-online-1-for-8-weeks-are-you-doing-it/606877/9 "2011-12-22T01:24:54Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > I think this offer may only be for the lucky 250k online members who were offered a temporary free subscription paid for by Lincoln. > > Are you going for the $1 offer for 8 weeks? > > I was just walking through it myself, electing to use Paypal instead of the website and the “subscription” claimed it was from now till today’s date in 2013. I sure don’t want that; also it’s unclear exactly when I’d have to cancel after 8 weeks so that I’m not billed again. The terms said by 30 days for a year’s subscription. > > Thoughts? I am re-upping. Also if I was in that income bracket I’d be buying a 2012 Lincoln as a thank you. NYT has a lot of unique content. I prefer to pay a couple of bucks a year to avoid idiot ads and dumbed-down content. I fucking loathe advertising and will pay a few dollars a year to avoid it anywhere I can - if you’re OK with ads and reworded content, you’ll find most of the NYT content on yahoo or wherever within days of original publication. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-online-1-for-8-weeks-are-you-doing-it/606877/10 "2011-12-22T01:29:21Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > NYT has a lot of unique content. There’s that word again. > [@chiroptera](#): > > I fucking loathe advertising and will pay a few dollars a year to avoid it anywhere I can - if you’re OK with ads and reworded content, you’ll find most of the NYT content on yahoo or wherever within days of original publication. Reworded. :dubious: You mean like _1984_. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nytimes-online-1-for-8-weeks-are-you-doing-it/606877/11 "2011-12-22T03:20:16Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’ve always been curious what people claim this newspaper provides them that cannot be gathered at other sources without a paywall. Is it really worth it to read a news story by better writers? Or is there content that other papers just don’t have? I like the Food and Wine section quite a lot. It’s not just news.