# What have you gone to cancel lately, but gotten a deal out of it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-gone-to-cancel-lately-but-gotten-a-deal-out-of-it/1029652 "2026-04-29T19:48:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-gone-to-cancel-lately-but-gotten-a-deal-out-of-it/1029652/21 "2026-06-27T21:54:41Z")
I subscribed to the New York Review of Books a few years ago, and this time at renewal they started sending me renewal notices at $129 for I think 23 issues, and I ignored them. Eventually, they sent me a renewal request that included the text “write a reason on back and return it to us!”, so I did, telling them I’m retired and don’t want to pay that. A couple of weeks later I got an option from them to pay $10 for 10 issues, and that works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-gone-to-cancel-lately-but-gotten-a-deal-out-of-it/1029652/22 "2026-06-27T22:11:36Z")
It doesn’t always end well for the customer: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jPSnr2WMa_o/hqdefault.jpg "Muppet Show: Beautiful Day Monster Goes to Pittsburgh") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPSnr2WMa_o) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-gone-to-cancel-lately-but-gotten-a-deal-out-of-it/1029652.md?page=1)