Procedure for skipping an item in a subscription

Am I correct in believing that I cancel the subscription when the item is up, and then start it up afterwards?

The item in question is the Inner Sea Gods hardcover in the campaign setting. It's not that I don't want that. However, I've found that with hardcovers, the shipping cost is enough that I'd probably rather buy them at my FLGS. (This is why I don't subscribe to the RPG line.) (Truthfully, what with the Advantage discount and the fact I'll probably end up buying the PDF anyway, the shipping cost comes out very close to a wash on hardcovers for those items. I suppose I should really do the math sometime.)

I know that last year there was an option to pick up subscriptions at PaizoCon. Does anybody remember, which batches of subscriptions were included in that? Was it just the ones that would have shipped in July, or was it also possible to hold ones ship earlier.

The pickup option is for those items released around the time of the two conventions. You can't put earlier subscription items aside for that (or haven't previously been able to, anyhow).

In terms of skipping an item in a sub, you just wait until its the next item to ship and then cancel your subscription (which CS need to do for you). Once it's shipped to everyone else, you go back and add the subscription (starting with the subsequent item, obviously).

The only time it's tricky is when there's two items releasing in the month you want to skip. Then you still cancel when what you don't want is looming, but CS sometimes need to restart your sub to ensure you don't skip the desired half of the product line. Looks like this might be the case for you if Inner Sea Combat ships in the same month.

Fwiw, I'd definitely do the sums closer to the time (when the PDF price is revealed, for one). Even if its ten bucks, it's probably going to be close with your AP discount. There's always the possibility it will be higher though - the product thread has some pricing queries but no answers as yet.

I live in Canada, so the shipping is higher for me than it would be in the states. Definitely worth it for the smaller products, but I've balked at the hardcover and Bestiary Box shipping in the past. (Plus, to be honest, I like to have an excuse to go to my FLGS every 2-3 months, which isn't so local at >=1 hour's drive away....)

Also the hardcover book is not going out as part of subs automatically. You can decide you want it and get the subscriber perks, but if you don't want it it's not gonna put itself on that month.

Are you sure about that? TheInner Sea Gods product page says that it is part of the Campaign Setting subscription.

I live in Canada, so the shipping is higher for me than it would be in the states. Definitely worth it for the smaller products, but I've balked at the hardcover and Bestiary Box shipping in the past.

I can appreciate that - I'm in Australia and face the same issue from time to time.

My main point was to ensure you ascertain he price of the PDF, if you're planning on getting that anyway. Paizo haven't yet announced that, I believe. Whereas the rule books are all ten dollars, it's possible this book's PDF might be priced higher than that.

I could have sworn that somewhere I saw both it and the Strategy Guide were electable products.

I live in Canada, so the shipping is higher for me than it would be in the states. Definitely worth it for the smaller products, but I've balked at the hardcover and Bestiary Box shipping in the past. (Plus, to be honest, I like to have an excuse to go to my FLGS every 2-3 months, which isn't so local at >=1 hour's drive away....)

As a fellow Canuck, I feel your pain. I'm waiting to see the price on the PDF - the ISWG is currently priced at $10, but I'm certain that when it first game out it was closer to $30.

When ISWG came out, Paizo purposefully priced it at $10 to keep the barrier of entry into the setting low. I haven't heard any mention of this one being a $10 PDF. I doubt it will be that low because it isn't a book that's "required" for introduction to the game or the setting. They usually price PDFs at ~70% of the cover price.

-Skeld

the ISWG is currently priced at $10, but I'm certain that when it first game out it was closer to $30.

You may be thinking of the old Campaign Setting PDF, which is and always has been more expensive.

The only way to "skip" an item in a subscription line is to cancel that subscription before that item is released and then to resubscribe after that item has been released.

In the case of double-release months where you want to cancel one of the 2 items, CS can alter your order after it has been submitted but before it has been processed for shipping while canceling your subscription.

~Justin Riddler
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