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No more news (paper)
Jun. 26th, 2013 04:23 pmLast Sunday, I got the last paper copy of the Boston Sunday Globe I will ever have delivered. It makes sense but seems... sad. Definitely a sign of the changing times. I was just about the last person getting the daily Globe when I switched from daily to "Sunday only" in December 2009, and now leave my next door neighbor as the only person on the hall in my condo building to get the paper delivered.
After poking around the Boston Globe web site for more than 15 minutes, I finally determined that it is not possible to unsubscribe online by myself. I had the choice of opening a chat or calling. So I chatted with Adam and asked him to help me stop getting the paper. He tried to entice me to stay with a 25% off special but I had made up my mind. He asked why and I told him I get my news from other sources. He told me I would get a credit for the 3 weeks I had pre-paid. He asked if he could help me with anything else. I said no and thanked him. He logged out. I was surprised he didn't remind me I'd also lose my online access. So ends my decades of connection with the local newspapers.
So I will be about $15 richer per month and not have to tote piles of paper to recycling that I never read. I feel bad that I don't clip the coupons but they had less and less bearing on groceries I am buying.
If I need online access, I have my mom's account info. She still gets the daily paper and reads it! I'll probably use it for obits. Or on the rare occasion they post something about our community theater. But otherwise, it is rare that I even look at the Globe online, and then it's through a Facebook link that allows access. There are so many other places to get the news.
Farewell, Boston Globe. You served me well but now it's over. *sigh
After poking around the Boston Globe web site for more than 15 minutes, I finally determined that it is not possible to unsubscribe online by myself. I had the choice of opening a chat or calling. So I chatted with Adam and asked him to help me stop getting the paper. He tried to entice me to stay with a 25% off special but I had made up my mind. He asked why and I told him I get my news from other sources. He told me I would get a credit for the 3 weeks I had pre-paid. He asked if he could help me with anything else. I said no and thanked him. He logged out. I was surprised he didn't remind me I'd also lose my online access. So ends my decades of connection with the local newspapers.
So I will be about $15 richer per month and not have to tote piles of paper to recycling that I never read. I feel bad that I don't clip the coupons but they had less and less bearing on groceries I am buying.
If I need online access, I have my mom's account info. She still gets the daily paper and reads it! I'll probably use it for obits. Or on the rare occasion they post something about our community theater. But otherwise, it is rare that I even look at the Globe online, and then it's through a Facebook link that allows access. There are so many other places to get the news.
Farewell, Boston Globe. You served me well but now it's over. *sigh
