Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices

Dec 24, 18 6:52

Post #1 of 22 (5348 views)

Just got an email from Triathlete magazine offering a BOGO promo for a subscription. I figured, let's go check it out, and see what it costs. Might be cheap enough.
Rather than start filling up the form I start scrolling ... Promo code ... Your Address ... Recipient Address ... Add Another recipient ... Newsletter Checkboxes ... Payment Options ... Place Order button.

No price whatsoever and the button clearly says Place Order. Not verify order, or something similar. Am I the only one irked by this bs? I was feeling cheery and wanted to check price and potentially buy, but this kind of practice is a dealbreaker for me. Hard pass.

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Chan] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 7:12

Post #2 of 22 (5293 views)

Chan wrote:

Just got an email from Triathlete magazine offering a BOGO promo for a subscription. I figured, let's go check it out, and see what it costs. Might be cheap enough.
Rather than start filling up the form I start scrolling ... Promo code ... Your Address ... Recipient Address ... Add Another recipient ... Newsletter Checkboxes ... Payment Options ... Place Order button.

No price whatsoever and the button clearly says Place Order. Not verify order, or something similar. Am I the only one irked by this bs? I was feeling cheery and wanted to check price and potentially buy, but this kind of practice is a dealbreaker for me. Hard pass.

Not sure what you’re talking about? When I go to the subscription page the price is listed under step 3.

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Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 7:17

Post #3 of 22 (5276 views)

For clarification, i clicked on an email link from them for the promo.

Here's my step 3:

TriathleteMaghttps://imgur.com/gallery/9hcSTUj
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Apologies it's not an embed

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Chan] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 7:21

Post #4 of 22 (5265 views)

Chan wrote:

For clarification, i clicked on an email link from them for the promo.

Here's my step 3:

TriathleteMaghttps://imgur.com/gallery/9hcSTUj
[/url]
Apologies it's not an embed

Can you just input the promo code into the normal subscription page? I’m inclined to think it’s a glitch rather than being intentionally deceptive.

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Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Chan] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 7:22

Post #5 of 22 (5255 views)

Chan wrote:

Just got an email from Triathlete magazine offering a BOGO promo for a subscription. I figured, let's go check it out, and see what it costs. Might be cheap enough.
Rather than start filling up the form I start scrolling ... Promo code ... Your Address ... Recipient Address ... Add Another recipient ... Newsletter Checkboxes ... Payment Options ... Place Order button.

No price whatsoever and the button clearly says Place Order. Not verify order, or something similar. Am I the only one irked by this bs? I was feeling cheery and wanted to check price and potentially buy, but this kind of practice is a dealbreaker for me. Hard pass.

Got the same email. Equally irked. I did find pricing on the subscription page. But I agree, if you're going to put a "place order" button on a page you have to show the price somewhere.

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [wcb] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 7:26

Post #6 of 22 (5244 views)

wcb wrote:

Chan wrote:

Just got an email from Triathlete magazine offering a BOGO promo for a subscription. I figured, let's go check it out, and see what it costs. Might be cheap enough.
Rather than start filling up the form I start scrolling ... Promo code ... Your Address ... Recipient Address ... Add Another recipient ... Newsletter Checkboxes ... Payment Options ... Place Order button.

No price whatsoever and the button clearly says Place Order. Not verify order, or something similar. Am I the only one irked by this bs? I was feeling cheery and wanted to check price and potentially buy, but this kind of practice is a dealbreaker for me. Hard pass.

Got the same email. Equally irked. I did find pricing on the subscription page. But I agree, if you're going to put a "place order" button on a page you have to show the price somewhere.

Just did JasonHalifax' suggestion and added the promo code there and guess what ...

"The Promo Code You Entered Does Not Exist"

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Chan] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 7:28

Post #7 of 22 (5236 views)

By the way not bashing JH. His explanation makes sense that it could be a glitch rather than purposeful deception.

Just seems they don't really want to sell BOGO subscriptions.

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Chan] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 8:43

Post #8 of 22 (5108 views)

Chan wrote:

By the way not bashing JH. His explanation makes sense that it could be a glitch rather than purposeful deception.

Just seems they don't really want to sell BOGO subscriptions.

Are you positive that the email is actually from triathlete magazine??

Not saying that it isn’t from them, but working through possible explanations.

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Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Chan] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 8:52

Post #9 of 22 (5075 views)

Triathlete magazine is hollow shell of what it used to be. It has turned into a completely useless rag. Lots of stupid lists and articles and very little decent race reporting or photography. I gave up on it a couple years ago and haven’t missed it one iota.

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Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 8:58

Post #10 of 22 (5057 views)

Yeah like a partner or airline miles magazines from United ... I still get magazines from them even though I haven't renewed or use miles to purchase/redeem them.

Anyways email is from newsletter@triathelete.com

I suppose it could be spoofed but doesn't look suspicious at first glance.

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Chan] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 9:13

Post #11 of 22 (5027 views)

Chan wrote:

Yeah like a partner or airline miles magazines from United ... I still get magazines from them even though I haven't renewed or use miles to purchase/redeem them.

Anyways email is from newsletter@triathelete.com

I suppose it could be spoofed but doesn't look suspicious at first glance.

Check the spelling of triathelete.com.

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Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Chan] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 9:13

Post #12 of 22 (5026 views)

I got it too. Reminded me that I am constantly getting emails from them.

“Unsubscribe”

Done

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [SBRinSD] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 9:25

Post #13 of 22 (4997 views)

SBRinSD wrote:

I got it too. Reminded me that I am constantly getting emails from them.

“Unsubscribe”

Done

Is the email from triathlete.com or triathelete.com??

I’m smelling a possible scam.

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Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 9:34

Post #14 of 22 (4973 views)

That's my misspelling. Apologies. I wanted to copy and paste from my phone but wasn't working so I had type.

Typo on my end. Email does have right spelling.

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Chan] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 11:05

Post #15 of 22 (4848 views)

Sounds like they are catering to current triathlon crowd? By the race no thinking, no care for tacked on fees (usat, active, etc)

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Chan] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 11:44

Post #16 of 22 (4792 views)

I haven't seen this offer. My subscription expired and I've yet to renew. I do miss Lava. I tried their online version, but it didn't work very well for me; I found it difficult to consume in electronic form. It just seems like Triathlete is the same generic stuff every month. I get much better content right here at slowtwitch!

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Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Chan] [ In reply to ]

Dec 24, 18 12:35

Post #17 of 22 (4727 views)

what's a magazine?

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [casper3043] [ In reply to ]

Dec 25, 18 20:07

Post #18 of 22 (4198 views)

casper3043 wrote:

what's a magazine?

Agreed. & why would you buy their magazine when they post most of their articles on Twitter for free.

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [casper3043] [ In reply to ]

Dec 25, 18 22:37

Post #19 of 22 (4111 views)

casper3043 wrote:

what's a magazine?

The thing people used to get their hobby /interests news from before the internet. I'll pick up some of these magazines I just need to get more plutonium for the DeLorean first.

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Dilbert] [ In reply to ]

Dec 26, 18 3:36

Post #20 of 22 (4000 views)

Dilbert wrote:

casper3043 wrote:

what's a magazine?

The thing people used to get their hobby /interests news from before the internet. I'll pick up some of these magazines I just need to get more plutonium for the DeLorean first.

I thought is was the thing you use to level a treadmill.

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [Dilbert] [ In reply to ]

Dec 26, 18 11:39

Post #21 of 22 (3733 views)

The DeLorean only needs old banana peels, or rotten oranges. Nothing radioactive.

I'm closer to the feathered end of the spear than the point.

Re: Triathlete Magazine Deceptive Pricing Practices [jaretj] [ In reply to ]

Dec 26, 18 12:01

Post #22 of 22 (3707 views)

Magazines have become too expensive to level a treadmill.

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