It's gone up AGAIN!, Price hike for NWN Options

[Biker1]

Price of NWN has gone up again by another 5p.
Went up by this amount just over a year ago.
This is well above the rate of inflation.
Are we getting a better quality paper for the extra money?
My free copy from the railway station says no but others may beg to differ.
Seems like not so long ago it was 50p although I can't remember exactly when.
That's a 40% increase in what seems quite a short space of time.
Maybe if it didn't have the monopoly of news in this area it may not be quite so quick to bump up the price!!

[Andy Capp]

Maybe people don't buy it in any great volume and maybe advertising space is not as lucrative either. There's a war on you know.

[Richard Garvie]

Most weekly papers range from 80p to £1.25p. I don't think it's too bad, considering the product is better than other local papers (Gazette, Post etc.)

[Guest_xjay1337_*]

Oh no, 5p extra. The poverty you must be enduring is heartbreaking..

[JeffG]

Oh no, 5p extra. The poverty you must be enduring is heartbreaking..

Do you buy it, then?

[Berkshirelad]

Oh no, 5p extra. The poverty you must be enduring is heartbreaking..

I really don't see the need for this post at all.

Biker1's point that this was the second rise way above inflation, not that he/she could no longer afford it.

[Guest_xjay1337_*]

Do you buy it, then?

No.

I used to get it delivered free. Not sure how that worked but I never complained. While I say I don't read tabloid press (which is true) I do read the odd local rag when there's nothing else to do; and always enjoy having a flick through the NWN.

Most magazines go up quite a lot. I used to buy Autocar magazine each week (or have a subscription) and it went from £2.20 to £2.75 in the course of a year. Evo Magazine again went up about 50p over a year. It happens. If you enjoy reading it, it doesn't matter really.

[Biker1]

I really don't see the need for this post at all.

Biker1's point that this was the second rise way above inflation, not that he/she could no longer afford it.

Thank-you!

[Andy Capp]

Price of NWN has gone up again by another 5p.
Went up by this amount just over a year ago.
This is well above the rate of inflation.
Are we getting a better quality paper for the extra money?
My free copy from the railway station says no but others may beg to differ.
Seems like not so long ago it was 50p although I can't remember exactly when.
That's a 40% increase in what seems quite a short space of time.
Maybe if it didn't have the monopoly of news in this area it may not be quite so quick to bump up the price!!

Oh No! Here we go again!!
Please don't make these comments unless you fully understand how a railway the publishing industry works.

[Guest_xjay1337_*]

Aren't railways and publishing industries quite similar?

As in they are rarely on time and when they are, not actually very good anyway.

I'll get my coat.

[Blake]

In 2008, the NWN was still 40p and still had the TV guide.

Now we get no TV guide and a much higher price. The paper has many obvious shortcomings. Basic words, phrases, even local place names are spelled erroneously. I also find now, at times, the paper is very photograph heavy but light on text! Facts are also sometimes wrong or not quite right.

It is a real pity as this was a good newspaper when it was a broadsheet but quality is really falling.

I won't be buying it nearly so often now.

[Biker1]

Oh No! Here we go again!!
Please don't make these comments unless you fully understand how a railway the publishing industry works.

Very good!
So the costs of the publishing industry are rising faster than anyone else's?
I.E. faster than the rate of inflation?
Or do they get away with it by hoping that everyone thinks like xjay?
"Oh well it's only 5p"

[misc]

Who on earth is still buying newspapers?

[Guest_xjay1337_*]

Very good!
So the costs of the publishing industry are rising faster than anyone else's?
I.E. faster than the rate of inflation?
Or do they get away with it by hoping that everyone thinks like xjay?
"Oh well it's only 5p"

It is only 5p. If I dropped 5p on the floor and there were people around I wouldn't even bother to pick it up.

[Bofem]

I think we need a bit of perspective.

A 5p price rise raises £50k a year for the NWN, out of a £7m turnover.

NWN directors were paid £160k in dividends (after managing to cut overheads and increase margins), and the year end is coming up in December so it all helps.

Newspaper publishers often get shafted by rising paper costs due to cartel behaviour

But in 1995, European newsprint was $600 a tonne, in 2011 it's $500. So I don't entirely believe the rationale.

[Biker1]

It is only 5p. If I dropped 5p on the floor and there were people around I wouldn't even bother to pick it up.

Please don't keep missing the point xjay.
If you have excess money to spare then put it in a charity box!.

[Guest_xjay1337_*]

I donate to NSPCC, does that mean I'm still allowed to drop money?

[Biker1]

I donate to NSPCC, does that mean I'm still allowed to drop money?

Yes, drop it, then embarrass yourself in front of others by picking it up, and putting THAT in the box as well.

[Cognosco]

I donate to NSPCC, does that mean I'm still allowed to drop money?

yes quite acceptable I think you may find that WBC have given the rights to SLI to claim any money found in Newbury for the next 100 years of so?

[GMR]

I don't think people would mind the price going up if it served all the people of Newbury, instead of just the few and the privileged.