Come the new year, I'm raising my rates:
- $20 per month (from $10)
- $200 per year (from $100 -- $40 savings)
- $500 for 3 years ($220 off the monthly rate)
Current subscribers have been alerted by email (and will have a chance to opt out when their sub expires). From that email:
Many of you have told me that you find value in my access to Apple analysts notes, in my quarterly earnings coverage and in the clean, troll-free space I’ve created to talk about Apple. If I’m over-estimating that value, I expect you will let me know.
Meanwhile, I’m going to try to earn the rate increase with new subscriber benefits — meet-and-greets, ask-me-anythings, quarterly earning Zooms — anything you want, within reason.
For lurkers sitting on the fence, 'nuff said.
I have a yearly subscription which expires in March.
Am I permitted to ‘subscribe [renew in my case] at the current rate’?
My guess is you’d renew at the new rate at the end of your subscription.
Hmm. I’ve been subscribed for a number of years now. I can’t remember being asked to resubscribe – which in my case doesn’t mean I wasn’t! But I’m assuming that those of us that are subscribed for a year will be sent a reminder to resubscribe at the new rate when our year ends.
I suspect you may experience moments of doubt, but you made the right call.
Many of us encouraged you to make this call. Thanks for the heads up.
I’m ready to sign up now for three years!
Merry Christmas!
Cheers,
Adam
Sent from my iPhone ;-}
BTW—AirPods Max delivered today. These things are great! They aren’t over the ear. They’re AROUND the ear. What a huge difference. 9.5/10. My lone wish is that the max volume could be louder, but my hundreds of concerts have probably given me some small degree of hearing damage.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/9to5mac.com/2020/12/25/waterfield-designs-launches-the-airpods-max-case-that-apple-should-have-shipped/amp/
For comparison, I subscribe to Bob Brinker’s Marketimer $185 monthly newsletter for general market and economic analysis. He helped me get to “Critical Mass” over 20 years of listening to his radio show and taking control of my investments. I did violate his 4% rule for any one stock though with AAPL.
I took out a digital subscription to WSJ years ago supposedly to help me understand investment sectors and economic trends but honestly over the past 2 years that has been much less than helpful. I consider that $487/yr sub now to return much less value than my PED 3.0 sub. The WSJ sub will be cancelled.
Given that I’ve also been using the Apple iCloud 2 TB for another $9.95, and am still on my free Apple TV+ through February, I’ll be upgrading to the new Apple subscription program for the $29.95 a month as it will also include the Newsstand, Arcade, Apple Music, and the workout subscription all for a discounted price.
I thought it should have been $25/month.
One good trade per year, as a result of discussions here, more than pays for an annual subscription.
Count me in.
(As an old mag man like you, it was common practice for circulation departments to send out early renewal efforts on the theory that cash on hand now was always preferable to hoping to get it later.)
Win/win
Whatever , i will renew at 200.00 per year, and more likely at the 5 year level, he just adds to much value, as does the community as a whole…
Thank you Phillip!
After quietly reading on the sidelines, ya got me!
Should have done it a long time ago.
Cheers!
I’m in. -RJ