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Getting the Sunday Inserts: How to buy in bulk?
October 16, 2009 at
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Well, I've just been on the phone with the local paper's circulation department, letting them know that this weekend I'm looking at purchasing 2 dozen papers and want to know if I can get an ongoing subscription discount if I have something like a dozen or so papers delivered every Sunday. After putting me on hold and talking with his manager, I was completely stonewalled - there are no discounts available, I'm SOL, and no they won't put me in touch with my local carrier to discuss one on one.
Annoying.
It seems to me that paying $1.50 per paper (PLUS TAX!!) is just silly when all I want is the inserts. It seems to me that the newspaper business is hurting enough that I should be able to get bulk discounts, but I've been smacked down.
For those of you who are buying 20, 30, 40 papers at a time, you're not really paying full price for these things, are you? I do realize that $1.50 is a small price to pay when you're using Qs worth hundreds, but still - paying full price for an in bulk item just seems silly.
Any tips for the newbs here on how to get a good price on these things? Where can I look for a source of either just the inserts (on Sunday - no mailing off for them), or for cheaper papers in bulk?
Annoying.
It seems to me that paying $1.50 per paper (PLUS TAX!!) is just silly when all I want is the inserts. It seems to me that the newspaper business is hurting enough that I should be able to get bulk discounts, but I've been smacked down.
For those of you who are buying 20, 30, 40 papers at a time, you're not really paying full price for these things, are you? I do realize that $1.50 is a small price to pay when you're using Qs worth hundreds, but still - paying full price for an in bulk item just seems silly.
Any tips for the newbs here on how to get a good price on these things? Where can I look for a source of either just the inserts (on Sunday - no mailing off for them), or for cheaper papers in bulk?
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Last Edited by AlanChiras
October 17, 2009
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The Miami Hearld has what is called the Early Sunday edition on Saturday for 50 cents with ALL the Sunday inserts!! It's great. Check to see if your paper does the same.
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I also have everyone save me their coupons - and my sister has everyone she knows saving them too for me. Granted most of them have some coupons clipped, or since they are from at least 3 different papers, they have different values/coupon...but it's better than nothing!
Glad to see you found them for a buck, OP!
Glad to see you found them for a buck, OP!
What I normally get from him is just the inserts (still bound), as he has to return the front part of the first page of the paper. I always have more inserts than I need, but I try to RAOK (when I have time) or trade them for Qs the SIL needs. Especially for rainy sundays, it is not uncommon for me to have 40 of the same inserts.
So what u might wanna do is go to a local convenience store n c if u can work something out with them. Not a bad idea. They might give u their left over coupons from newspapers for a small fee ofcourse.
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Our local paper sells for .50 and contains SS coupons every Friday. SS only weeks save me a TON of money, obviously. When we have SS/PG only weeks, I can drive about :20 min down the road and get another local .50 paper on Tuesday. Recently I have found a great RP source, but have to wait until the following Friday to get it...and then drive a little over an hour to see my mama and daddy.
But, when push comes to shove, yes, I will fork out TWO BUCKS for the Sunday paper when it contains 2 or 3 (or more) inserts...without batting an eye.
Great topic..I'm curious what others do also and I almost asked on here also but just "stumbled" upon asking and getting these.
I couldn't begin to list the names of all the different free papers that carry the inserts, as they vary by region. For example, friends in Fairfax City get different free papers than I do here in Alexandria, even though we're in the same county.
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