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Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:59 pm
by grant j
The Advertiser has started charging people to access their Adelaide Now web site regardless whether you already pay for home delivery. While I don't disagree with them withholding information from the general person browsing and making them pay for it. I disagree that when I pay for 7 day home delivery that then should allow me to have complete access to the info they put up on their web site.
Obvious not I was told during my phone call to the Advertiser
A while ago they wanted me to make direct debit to pay for delivery in return I was told the cost would NEVER rise. Now to get 7 day delivery and total web site access I need to go on another plan which negates the previous agreement of no price rise EVER. Saving 90 cents now will definately cost me more in the future when prices rise.
I have cancelled my subscription because of this and will not bother buying the Advertiser in the future.

Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Tue Jun 25, 2013 2:05 pm
by Mr Beefy
Why would anyone pay for either of those is beyond me.
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:22 pm
by Banker
Mr Beefy wrote:Why would anyone pay for either of those is beyond me.
Yeah I don't mind sifting through the infotainment of adelaidenow for actual news.
But **** paying for it.
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

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Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:25 pm
by Lightning McQueen
Banker wrote:Mr Beefy wrote:Why would anyone pay for either of those is beyond me.
Yeah I don't mind sifting through the infotainment of adelaidenow for actual news.
But **** paying for it.
Apparently if you register with your local library you can access them all for free.
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

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Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:21 pm
by Bully
its the same across all newspaper sites in Australia. now have to pay
Adelaide now
hearldsun
couriermail.com
Australian.com
all require payment now
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:55 pm
by Magpiespower
The insights & analyses from critical thinkers such as Ali Carle, Graham Cornes, Rex Jory, Susie O'Neill, Amber Petty and Lainie Anderson, not to mention Adelaide Confidential, are worth every cent you tight-arse, dim-witted clods!!!
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:09 pm
by dedja
It's an opt-in subscription at the moment ... if you're on a subsidised home delivery subscription you don't have to take up the online subscription.
In fact, you can have a separate online subscription ultimately for $4 per week, after paying $1 for the first month, in addition to your current subsidised home delivery subscription if you wish.
There's no doubt that they will phase out the current home delivery subsidised subscription for the new standardised price but I'd imagine that will be down he track sometime.
Not much to worry about at the moment I would have thought ...
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

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Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:39 pm
by Spargo
Magpiespower wrote:The insights & analyses from critical thinkers such as Ali Carle, Graham Cornes, Rex Jory, Susie O'Neill, Amber Petty and Lainie Anderson, not to mention Adelaide Confidential, are worth every cent you tight-arse, dim-witted clods!!!
critical thinkers

Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Tue Jun 25, 2013 8:26 pm
by gadj1976
can you still do the workaround by using google to open up the page?
The old Herald sun one could be worked around by searching for the article title. It'd appear in full on the right of your browser window and open up just like you'd paid for it.
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

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Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:20 pm
by Dogwatcher
Magpiespower wrote:The insights & analyses from critical thinkers such as Ali Carle, Graham Cornes, Rex Jory, Susie O'Neill, Amber Petty and Lainie Anderson, not to mention Adelaide Confidential, are worth every cent you tight-arse, dim-witted clods!!!
Can't blame the newspapers for giving people what they seem to want - bread and circuses.
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

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Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:23 pm
by southee
Magpiespower wrote:The insights & analyses from critical thinkers such as Ali Carle, Graham Cornes, Rex Jory, Susie O'Neill, Amber Petty and Lainie Anderson, not to mention Adelaide Confidential, are worth every cent you tight-arse, dim-witted clods!!!
With Leftie Peter Goers & brilliant non bias articles from McDerrmont and Rucci

Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Tue Jun 25, 2013 11:22 pm
by MW
its quite easy to get around it. simply copy the url and paste it into a google search. Then click on that link and it works...in saying that it doesnt work for heraldsun anymore.

Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

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Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:08 am
by Gozu
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:10 am
by tipper
MW wrote:its quite easy to get around it. simply copy the url and paste it into a google search. Then click on that link and it works...in saying that it doesnt work for heraldsun anymore.

i tried that yesterday after someone here at work complained. it seems that they have figured out a way to stop that as it seems not to work any more for adelaide now either.
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:18 am
by Jimmy_041
What do you think of their new format Gozu?
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:31 am
by HH3
I just put the whole headline into google, not the URL, and it worked for AdelaideNow yesterday.
Worked for the Herald Sun this morning too.
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

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Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:22 pm
by Gozu
Jimmy_041 wrote:What do you think of their new format Gozu?
Not much to be honest. Much preferred the old basic blog they used to paste their articles onto.
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:25 pm
by Gozu
Mr Kate Ellis tells us all to suck it up, keep paying their inflated salaries, the ABC is satan etc:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opin ... 6669735718Adios, Penbo.
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:34 pm
by Q.
Re: Being charged to access Adelaide Now web site

Posted:
Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:38 pm
by southee
Q. wrote:Ugh, Penbo is a turd.
Agreed!