Just a 'Head's Up'. For those on the fence or thinking about subscribing to the Washington Post..

[PearliePoo2]

Now (today) might be a good time to take the leap.

I just received an e-mail that today only, there's an offer of a one year digital subscription for $80.

That's $50 off the regular price of $130.00. Offer ends tonight.

I'm thinking about doing it. They're doing some great investigative work and reporting and I'd like to support them.
Presently, you're only allowed to view a certain number of articles a month for free (I think it's 5), after that you're locked out.

[MyOwnPeace]

1. Yeah, it figures!

Just signed up with them last week - regular price (of course!).

[PearliePoo2]

7. You might try what I did with The New York Times.

I had a digital subscription with them at full price. It was too expensive for me so I called them up to cancel.
I spoke with a woman and I told her I can't afford it right now. She made me an offer right then at half price!
$7 a month. SOLD!

[George II]

23. That works in lots of cases. We did that with delivery of the Hartford Courant.

[Hortensis]

41. We have the WaPo, but my husband is especially attached to the LA Times

and got a nice deal from them to continue when our subscription ran. Which we greatly appreciate.

[tazkcmo]

52. That's a great deal!

Good on you!

[FakeNoose]

54. They'd much rather sell us the digital version anyway

There's no delivery cost, no printing cost (obviously), and they've already paid the salaries of the writing staff to write the articles. Whether we read the ads or not, is of no consequence to them. If we buy a digital subscription it's just more free money for them.

[CentralMass]

2. Thank you for the heads up.

[hlthe2b]

3. I've enjoyed my subscription the past 8 months... If you are an Amazon Prime member,

double check that this is the best rate for you... It may well be, but sometimes they have additional discounts.

[PearliePoo2]

6. Oh thanks for that. Yes, I just signed up for PRIME!

Can you tell me where to look on Amazon for deals like this please? Thanks!

[Raine1967]

8. here you go:

https://www.amazon.com/The-Washington-Post-Digital-Access/dp/B072MHQFJ1

[PearliePoo2]

10. Whoa...that's a GREAT deal! 6 months FREE then renews at $3.99 a month!

Wowzer...thank you! That's what I'm doing!

[Kittycow]

12. That's what I did although tbh, I don't read it a lot.

But I never cancelled my subscription because I want them to have my few little pennies per month to throw in the pot for support.


ETA: I also like signing in to WP with my Amazon credentials so I don't have to remember more stuff. Although somebody's probably tracking me that way

[hlthe2b]

19. I can't even access my local paper digitally that cheap ($3.99/mo) so worth it

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[Raine1967]

21. You're welcome, Pearlie!

Glad to help.

Where ever I live, I always subscribe to my local paper, and so we also get WaPo delivered at home. I feel like we are helping people in the print and design department and delivery people, etc.
That said I totally understand if it's not your hometown paper getting a digital subscription.

[blaze]

11. Thanks for that link! nt

[Raine1967]

20. You are more than welcome!

[thbobby]

16. Thank you!

Just subscribed!

[Raine1967]

44. you're welcome.

[HAB911]

26. +++++++++++

[CatWoman]

36. you guys are just wonderful

thanks!!!!

[Raine1967]

42. Just providing information, CatWoman.

[hlthe2b]

17. I think Ijust googled Washington Post on the Amazon website, logged in

[erronis]

24. Of course Bezos is the owner of the WaPo. And the current WH occupant HATES the WaPo and Amazon

All the more reason to subscribe!

Still, I wonder as always about media/commercial consolidation.

Did you read that RT (https://rt.com) was owned by Putin? (Kidding, NOT.)

[Raine1967]

45. Bezos has been very much hands off wrt to his ownership.

he has nothing to do with the editorial content as well.

I don't look at this as consolidation, it's more a perk for Prime members of Amazon.

[Squinch]

4. I switched from the NYT to the WP when the NYT put a climate denier on the OP ED page.

Haven't regretted it at all.

[Achilleaze]

5. Yes, that was shameful by the NYT - actively promoting dangerous republican bullshit

republican lies to Americans about climate change are dangerous.

[Maven]

13. For me it was their puff piece on the Midwestern Nazi.

Not to mention all the Trump-apologist/Hillary-hating access "journalists" they employ like Haberman and Thrush.

The NY Times under Dean Baquet stinks. They are now the Paper of Access, no longer of Record, and it pains me to say that as a New Yorker.

[zipplewrath]

9. I'm lucky

My local is/was owned by a company affiliated with the WP. As such, with my subscription, I also get electronic access to the WP.

[hauckeye]

14. Same here!

I subscribe to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sunday only and get WaPo access for free

[brooklynite]

15. They also offer a $60 subscription for anyone with a .edu address

[pamdb]

18. WaPo

I had a subscription for, I think 6 months on a special senior citizen thing and it runs out I think next month. I called to see if they had some other special going and when they said, I thought, $179 but maybe it was less for the super digital subscription where other people in the household can go on and you can download any of the ebooks they have, I said that's too much and then I got the "valued subscriber thing" and it was $79 for a year. I actually can't remember what the original price was, it could well have been $130, probably was. I get the NYT because my husband gets it s a teacher but I actually prefer the Washington Post, especially the opinion writers.
We have such a crappy local paper that I needed something better.

[Le Gaucher]

22. I pay 3.99 a month .. but I have Amazon Prime

[Chalco]

25. Yes, everyone with Amazon Prime can get it for $3.99/month

That's what I do. I love the post. I just moved out of the DC area and
needed to keep it, so I read it everyday on my IPAD.

[Atman]

32. WAIT, WHAT?

I have Amazon Prime! I never saw that offer, and bought a regular subscription. I've only paid for one month so far (first month was free) so I'll see if I can cancel it and buy it through Amazon Prime. Thanks for the heads-up!

[Raine1967]

46. I provided a link above in this thread.

It's a pretty nice deal!

[underthematrix]

27. I renewed my subscription

[avebury]

28. Where is it $80/year? I am seeing $100/year on their website. nt

[PearliePoo2]

33. The e-mail I got said that I was being offered this deal because ...

I had registered and logged in to The Washington Post in the past. This is true but they still shut me out if I view more than 5 articles a month.
I LOVE the fact that most of their articles allow comments. I like to read the comments starting with "Most Liked" first. It gives me hope. lol
I post a comment myself once in a while too. Makes me feel good if I even get one "Like".

[BumRushDaShow]

29. The breaking news alert banners have been a godsend

because I can at least keep aware of what craziness is going on when away from the computer or radio or TV.

[Scoopster]

30. No way in hell. Amazon is way too toxic.

They continue to bend the knee to the NRA & allow the sale of assault weapons, parts & accessories on their platform. And they continue to fund hate speech by giving money to Breitbart with their advertising. Both have continued despite mass boycotts.

When they decide to stop funding hate & selling murder, I'll reconsider.

[Atman]

31. Yeah, figures. I just subscribed last month.

Got the first month free, $10 a month after that. $30 difference, so it won't exactly take food off my table.

[IronLionZion]

34. And DC area DUers can always get it for $49 a year

for premium digital plus Sunday paper delivery

Anyone doing hard hitting investigative journalism on Trump should get some support. Freedom isn't free. Democracy dies in darkness

[zaj]

35. The secret to free WaPo... If you can't afford to pay...

I just subscribed myself based on this thread, but I read all the WaPo I want. So here's the secret.

Open every WaPo link in "incognito" or "private" mode. You will always be able to read any WaPo or NYT or any article behind a Pay Wall but free for the first few articles.

Every new incognito session resets the counter.

Cheating but fyi for those who can't afford it. We need an informed population.

[smirkymonkey]

48. I've tried that w/ the Boston Globe and they still busted me.

It's only a matter of time before the NY Times and WaPo catch on, unfortunately.

[zaj]

50. Wow, I haven't encountered that before.

I'm surprised others aren't doing the same.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

37. i signed up after 2016 election at great rate of $50 for year.

Yesterday I had to re-subscribe, but offers pushed it out of reach for me. I "chatted" on help page asking if that offer would ever return as I couldn't afford the new rate ($9.99 per month). He checked my account and said they would offer me the original $50 per year. I paid immediately and thanked them profusely.

[ginnyinWI]

38. If you already get a local paper, try this:

Go to their website and see if they have a partnership with WaPo. If they do, call them. We subscribe to the digital Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and are getting the Washington Post digital thrown in for free!

[DesertRat]

39. That's a great price!

I subscribed in Dec. It's well worth it!

[Duppers]

40. Got my subscription last time they had a deal

Don't know if it's a mistake but I'm still getting "the deal" pricing.

[MyOwnPeace]

43. Some smart thinking going on here.............

We MUST support a free press - and that means we need to dig into the wallet.

That being said, does not hurt to keep the "digging" at a minimum - hey, we're not the 1%!

My own story:
My "local" paper is one that was owned by the crazy Mellon/Scaife clan that ran/funded a serious right-wing program.
I also had the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that was more "central/whatever" - which looked "left-radical" compared to the Trib!
However, the P-G has been tacking right and the Trib is tacking "center" - but I won't sign up for either. The P-G lost me when they canceled my subscription after 33 years because they claimed there were not enough subscribers in my neighborhood (yeah, lots of "Pugs" around here!).

As stated elsewhere, the NYT has been all over the board lately and because of their recent history I'm not going to sign up with them for a long-term thing and believing that we must support a free press, I did sign up for a WaPo offer. Might not be as good as a Prime offer (and, yeah, I'm a Prime member) so I'll check out if I can switch over to their offer.

Bottom line: We MUST support the FOURTH ESTATE. This administration is trying to control it - shut it up - shut it down - turn the masses against it (FAKE NEWS!). We CANNOT let that happen!

[lindysalsagal]

47. I'm loving my wapo.

[smirkymonkey]

49. One other bonus of riding Amtrak...

They have free WiFi and you can read the Washington Post for free while you are logged into the Amtrak site.

[elfin]

51. Did it along with NYT early on

In appreciation for good work.

I know I could keep erasing my history to get back to square one after the paywall hits, but for them, I think of it as an investment.

[beveeheart]

53. Years ago I lived in Charlottesville and Bethesda and read the Post

regularly. Thanks for sharing this info. Just signed up for the great deal through Prime that another poster suggested.

[mahina]

55. Thanks, just did so because of your post.

Mahalo.