Hi,
I'm a loyal subscriber to Dragon (issue 57-today) & a regular purchaser of Dungeon - given that I've bought every issue of Dungeon this year it seems that getting a subscription to Dungeon is on the menu for next year.
When I saw a link to the online suppliments on your website I thought - "nice, Piazo's making life easier for their customers, I really should get that subscription."
I was confused when I got to the download suppliments page though - it appears as though you're charging $7.00 for a hand-out suppliment containing reprinted material from that month's issue.
$7.00.
For a suppliment.
A PDF suppliment.
A suppliment for a magazine that costs you $3.25 when you have a subscription.
I pay canadian dollars for my Dungeon & costs me about $10.00.
So for those who are interested in the suppliment they either play a little more than double the price of the issue (if they are subscribers) OR they pay roughly the same amounnt for the suppliment if they are an off the rack purchaser?
For a PDF suppliment that costs you the time to create it, and hosting space & bandwidth - no printing or shipping costs, and it's only of use to the people who have already purchased your magazine & HAVE all of the information that's within it?
I somehow expected to see a free suppliment, a "thank you for buying Dungeon" sort of download. I was a little off-put by the idea that you wanted to charge for it - but I could get past that - but the idea that you're charging as much or MORE than the magazine costs...
I'm in my late 30's, and I've got the disposable income to spend on this hobby, but that doesn't make me stupid - this sort of pricing is insulting.
Now maybe there is a free download for subscribers, that would be good. As an off-the rack purchaser you're not doing a very good job of endearing me to your company.
I get that this hobby is a niche market & that running a magazine is an expensive proposition, so I can accept charging something for the suppliments - but at the very leats it should be LESS than the cost of a monthly issue to a subscriber.
Sincerly,
Rory Weston
rweston at uniserve 0 com
Hellow rweston,
I would like to point out that the price you see is for the back issue. If you look in the description of each issue, you will find the links for the supplements. The supplements ARE a free download. For example, here is the link for issue #116 (low-resolution file) : http://www.paizo.com/dungeonissues/116/DA116_OnlineSupplement.pdf
I was also confused when I first saw the price. I was more than happy when I understood that I was mistaken.
Happy viewing from a fellow Canadian subscriber,
Guillaume
Hey Guillaume,
That will teach me to state that I'm "not stupid".
I have noticed today that the suppliments no longer link to the back issues nor is there any price listed.
I followed this link:
http://www.paizo.com/dungeon/resources/downloads#v5748eaic9jup
from Enworld & yesterday there were prices listed - today there are not!
I have to say that I am very pleased that I was wrong about this issue - and I would like to apologize to the good folks at Piazo.
It looks like I'll be subscribing to both Dragon & Dungeon now.
Thanks to whoever cleaned up the suppliments webpage!
:)
Rory Weston
Hey Guillaume,
That will teach me to state that I'm "not stupid".
I have noticed today that the suppliments no longer link to the back issues nor is there any price listed.
...
Rory Weston
Hey Rory, not stupid... Confused but not stupid :)
Have a good read,
Guillaume