YOU HAVE YOUR SAY
EVERY week Money Mail receives hundreds of your letters and emails about our stories. Here are some of the best from our article about how we’ve become hooked on subscription services.
WE HAD a bad financial crisis in our family a few years ago. We got out the bank statements and cancelled all our subscriptions for magazines and everything else. Situations like that make you reappraise your priorities.
E. H., Nottingham. SUBSCRIPTION companies can run their businesses from a kitchen counter and save enormously on overheads. The death knells for the High Street shops are ringing loud and clear.
O. T., Oldham. I LOVE subscription boxes, they are a treat to look forward to once a month. Bake-off boxes and gin subscriptions are the best. However, some companies will only send you tiny samples and are not so good.
R. B., Midlands. NOTHING seems to come at a fixed price any more. It’s all ‘only £ xx a month’, from cards to delivery services. But I’m sure many of these direct payments will increase significantly once the first one has gone through
S. D., Bradford. IT BAFFLES me how lazy people are. Who in their right mind would pay for a food or alcohol subscription box? Just head to your local supermarket and buy some beer and vegetables.
W. B., London. I SIGNED up for a weekly food parcel, as I thought it was worth a try. The first few weeks were great and the service saved me from going out during lockdown. However, it wasn’t long before items started being substituted and I cancelled soon after that.
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