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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2020 10:09:37 GMT -5
They changed the format to the better. Give her a look and remember if you receive the OD at home you get the online digital free as well as the online webpage of the OD to use as many times as you wish. So great of them I think especially in this day and age. www.uticaod.com/ |
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Post by BHU on Sept 30, 2020 15:35:51 GMT -5
I saw that & I like the new format although I rarely go to their website. How is their digital format? Is it worth subscribing to?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2020 15:57:06 GMT -5
I saw that & I like the new format although I rarely go to their website. How is their digital format? Is it worth subscribing to? Yes I like the digital much better. Very easy to download and use and you can also go back to past issues if you wish to every check on something. |
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Post by Clipper on Sept 30, 2020 16:55:32 GMT -5
I subscribed to the OD online when we first moved here in 2002. It eventually priced itself out of my budget for what I was reading. Most of it was stale news that I could get for free on WKTV, WIBX, and WLZW 98.7 FM. There is a lot of media coverage from CNY without paying for a subscription to anything. The only thing I depend on the OD for is the obituaries.
The same thing happened with our local paper here in Bristol. There was seldom anything in the paper that I had not already seen on the news the night before or the morning news. the paper got much thinner and the price got much higher. Kathy liked the ads and flyers. We also had delivery problems and quite often didn't get our paper until the next day after a call to their circulation department. When it got to where I was paying $25 a month for news that I could get for free I told Kathy that we didn't need to get the paper. I download many of the local ads on the computer or load the coupons to my phone, and when I go to the supermarket I always grab a flyer on my way in. I read OUR local obits online also as well as those published in the Rome Sentinel.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2020 20:19:44 GMT -5
I just like the comics and I pay a reduced senior price. You are correct in that most news is old news. I'll have to check with WIBX, and WLZW 98.7 FM I already get the subscription newsletter for free with WKTV. I am not a coupon person so those do not interest me and beside for what I buy I don't really need coupons. My Mom was a huge couponner and when I took her to the grocery store it was a nightmare running up this aisle and that to save a few pennies and buying stuff that isn't really needed. I stick to the same brands and at Wally's world they are the cheapest. Unless of course I walk into the Dollar store but noticed the they are a rip off .Why pay $1.00 for a roll of aluminum foil that doesn't have the same length of foil in that I pay a little more for. It would be more expensive to buy the Dollar store option that just pick up what I need at Walmart. Same is true with a roll of paper towels. Not the same length of product. LOL.
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Post by Clipper on Sept 30, 2020 21:08:21 GMT -5
We shop both Kroger and Food City enough to be on a mailing list for coupons once a month. Some are a major savings and some are provide a product absolutely free. We use bottle drinking water and every couple of months we get a 32 bottle case for free. Sometimes it is a pound of butter or a loaf of my wide pan rye bread. Quite often we get a coupon for an 18 count box of large eggs.
I guess it is definitely easier for me to shop having my own transportation and plenty of time than to have to take a bus and carry everything home from a bus stop. I actually enjoy grocery shopping and I don't mind chasing bargains. Aldi's is a once a month excursion for canned goods, frozen seafood ( sea scallops and jumbo shrimp) marinated pork tenderloins, paper plates and paper towels. Food City or Sam's Club for meats and milk. Kroger's for other quick trips and for their private label breads. The produce market for most of our fresh produce.
Since Kathy's health has failed a bit and she loses her balance occasionally I don't like leaving her alone for long periods so I have given up volunteering at the food pantry and such.
I hope you will be happy in your new place and will continue to enjoy your daily excursions that get you out in the fresh air and gives you some exercise. Keep us posted on the move and new digs.
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Post by BHU on Oct 1, 2020 13:56:02 GMT -5
I subscribed to the OD online when we first moved here in 2002. It eventually priced itself out of my budget for what I was reading. Most of it was stale news that I could get for free on WKTV, WIBX, and WLZW 98.7 FM. There is a lot of media coverage from CNY without paying for a subscription to anything. The only thing I depend on the OD for is the obituaries. The same thing happened with our local paper here in Bristol. There was seldom anything in the paper that I had not already seen on the news the night before or the morning news. the paper got much thinner and the price got much higher. Kathy liked the ads and flyers. We also had delivery problems and quite often didn't get our paper until the next day after a call to their circulation department. When it got to where I was paying $25 a month for news that I could get for free I told Kathy that we didn't need to get the paper. I download many of the local ads on the computer or load the coupons to my phone, and when I go to the supermarket I always grab a flyer on my way in. I read OUR local obits online also as well as those published in the Rome Sentinel. I was paying $32.00/month for the OD & I had enough when they announced a hike in subscription rates & cancelled. I was actually going to subscribe again until I was informed that I had to pay a fee to sign up for direct pay from our checking account. The last time I bought the Sunday edition it was $5 & that was the last time. |
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