After subscribing to the Tribune and its Valley and national competitors for many years, I can honestly say the Tribune, for its size, is proportionately superior in content and the technical online services. The competitor’s $28.50 + tip/month for printed and online service; the Tribune, gratis.
Barry Jones
Queen Creek
Bingo6 posted at 9:54 am on Fri, Nov 16, 2012.
Really 7 days now.
Bingo6 posted at 5:04 am on Thu, Nov 15, 2012.
Hmmmmmmmmm..........day 6
Bingo6 posted at 5:59 pm on Wed, Nov 14, 2012.
Zzzzzzzzzz. .............day five of this article
bubba posted at 3:10 pm on Sun, Nov 11, 2012.
Obituaries: Arizona Republic 1890-2012 R.I.P.
Arizona Willie posted at 8:20 am on Sat, Nov 10, 2012.
Bingo6, the < price > isn't the problem.
The problem is that they are forcing people to buy a product they don't want or even use in many cases.
My mother-in-law is 92 and takes the paper mostly because she enjoys the crossword puzzles.
She doesn't even HAVE a computer -- but she will be forced to pay for online access anyway if she wants to continue getting the paper newspaper.
EVERYONE should call and cancel just on principle. You can always call and sign up again in a couple of weeks.
If a LOT of people cancelled, I suspect the brain trust running the AZ REPUBLICAN would soon see the error of their ways.
I was surprised to learn the NY TIMES has home delivery here.
So I signed up for the weekender deal with delivery Fri - Sun and online access ( and you can use a second computer at no extra charge so both of us could be online reading the paper at the same time ). I doubt it will be morning delivery, but if the paper is oriented for evening delivery ( as many used to be in the days of 2 papers a day ) that will be fine. It will give us enough paper newspapers for cleaning her cat's boxes and we will have online access too
The difference is -- I didn't HAVE to take both. I could sign up for paper delivery alone if I chose to < ---- critical difference --- my CHOICE.<br>
The Arizona Republican is making a HUGE error in management and customer relations.
Publishing a paper newspaper is very expensive. Publishing online -- not so much.
For every paper subscription there is additional expense, but for an additional online subscriber there is virtually NO additional expense.There is no way they can justify forcing customers to pay for online access who don't USE online access.
There are a < lot > of seniors who don't even HAVE a computer, like my MIL.
Why should they pay for something they can't use at all?
Bingo6 posted at 7:26 am on Sat, Nov 10, 2012.
....Oh and by the way his is day 2 of this same article.
Bingo6 posted at 7:25 am on Sat, Nov 10, 2012.
Az I pay $12./ per month that gets me online access plus a Wed and Sunday paper, which my wife likes so she can clip coupons and check the Sunday ads, the coupons alone pay forth subscription.
Arizona Willie posted at 12:42 pm on Fri, Nov 9, 2012.
Ain't that a heck of a way to do business?
Arizona Willie posted at 12:39 pm on Fri, Nov 9, 2012.
I just called the Arizona Republic about the bill for online and was told that it is a package deal.
I cannot subscribe to ONLY the paper newspaper -- I have to pay for both.
So I cancelled the entire thing.
The bill they sent me was to make up the difference between what I had paid the last time until the next billing cycle.
The offered me a cheaper rate on the paper for 6 months but I told them that the price wasn't the problem and that wouldn't help because I was still going to be paying for something that I didn't want -- the online service.
So for you folks who take the regular paper subscription to the Arizona Republican == stand by you are going to pay for online access or ELSE.
Your only choice is to cancel your subscription ENTIRELY.:(
Arizona Willie posted at 12:26 pm on Fri, Nov 9, 2012.
I got a bill from the AZ Republican the other day for the online site and I didn't even sign up for it.
I do still get the paper paper every morning but have refused to pay for their online site.
So far anyway.
Yes this site has it's aggravations --- but it does have the right price.:)
Leon Ceniceros posted at 8:36 am on Fri, Nov 9, 2012.
and where's Howie.....how's come we haven't seen any of the old Fischer's subtly and not-so-subtly biased articles lately. Now we get the flat-out 100% biased "anonymous Associated Press reporter" ....I just wonder, could he be that squirrely guy on Channel 3.....sure sounds like him.......[wink]
Bluepoet posted at 7:27 am on Fri, Nov 9, 2012.
Yes, I have to agree with Bingo6 here...the Trib has always been just one cut above the "Nickel Shopper" free ad type papers. This site is not updated very well, when it comes to content. For example, the "Our View" section went from May to the end of October, without a "View"! Why have an editorial section, if there's no editorials?
Does anyone at the Trib even draw a paycheck, anymore? It seems to consist of journalism students and retired volunteers, for the most part.
I will not pay for the Republic, on principle (advertising pays for their content, and it's just greed that they want to charge people online). However, they are still professionals at getting all the headlines fit to print out, every day. I should think the Trib would understand the concept of this?
Bingo6 posted at 3:46 am on Fri, Nov 9, 2012.
I'm sorry even though I hate the idea of having g to pay for Azcentral I am reluctantly. doing so.
The reason is simple the tribune site does not or will not change its content on a daily basis.
It is so frustrating to see the same old articles and opinion pieces for days on end. I'm sorry when you are begin to report.the daily news cycle every day then I would cancel my subscription to Azcentral immediately.
Even my little home twin newspaper.back in Ohio, a town of less than 10000 people manages to put a new online newspaper out every day.Then
Sorry the Tribune has a long way to go.