# Where can I buy a single issue of PC Gamer magazine?

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**Created:** [December 6, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-single-issue-of-pc-gamer-magazine/605200 "2011-12-06T00:05:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-single-issue-of-pc-gamer-magazine/605200/1 "2011-12-06T00:05:51Z")

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I want to get a nice condition copy of PC Gamer magazine, specifically the August 2000 issue so that I can get it signed by someone who wrote an article in it for a friend.

I’ve googled around and right now it seems my best chance is to keep checking ebay, but I’d really like to get one right now. Anybody know a place online I could do this?

(And I mean SPECIFICALLY a place that has the August, 2000 issue in stock. I’ve seen some online stores with other back issues, but I don’t care about that if they don’t have August, 2000! 🙂 )

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-single-issue-of-pc-gamer-magazine/605200/2 "2011-12-07T09:27:33Z")

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Our local library subscribes to various magazines, and then sells off the old copies when they are about 1-2 years old. You might try checking with your nearby libraries. (But 10 years old magazines are probably long gone.)

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-single-issue-of-pc-gamer-magazine/605200/3 "2011-12-07T09:32:59Z")

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Have you asked PC Gamer? They sell some back issues (back to 2010) online, and they probably have other issues in their office.