I have been looking at all the subscriptions I have to various clubs/magazines etc. I need to trim them down somewhat as to my surprise they actually work out to well over £1k per year. What with National trust, English heritage, RSPB, Caravan club, Car clubs + several others + magazines etc.

They all go up by quite a bit each year. Take MEW for example. Last year my DD was £8.75 per 1/4 year. This year the DD will be in the region of £11.25 that is a big jump. If I want to pay by debit card instead of DD it will cost me an extra £2.99 fee which is way above the recommended 2% fee level. I will phone Mytime media after the new year and see if they have any deals on as they did last year. Take the xmas special 6 mag offer of £19.99 for example. If you work the cost of the mag' over 13 issues it comes out to less than if I renewed my sub' via this site. So how can a 6 monthly sub' work out less per issue than a yearly sub' ?. Or are my maths off ?. My pension is pretty good but these items all take a big chunk of change. Glad I don't smoke or drink or I would be in the poor house. Oh decisions decisions.

regards