Magazine subscriptions and free gifts

[wassy]

Back in May I took out a subscription to Classic Bike. The thing that tempted me was a free Teng socket set.
After several phone calls i still have not recieved the socket set the explanation given was that they were waiting for new stock.
Yesterday I bought Performance Bikes ( same publisher Bauer ) and guess what, free Teng socket set when you subscribe.
If anyone is thinking of taking up the PB offer I would ring first to check they actually have the free gift

Anyone else had a similar problem.

[Craphouserat]

Subscribed to bike mag, at the time it was a free fleece when you subscribed, never got one. I presumed it was maybe the first few 100 or so that got one. Liked the mag though and still subscribe. Think the same people make your mag.

[EvoBarry]

I subscribed to BIKE recently and the free chain/lock arrived a few weeks later...

[gsfrontera]

i subscribed to ride and got my free gift before i got my first issue!

[scoobster999]

project snowboard and What Hifi had to chase both to get the freebies - What Hifi about 4 months, project snowboard a couple of months.

[Sossige]

I had the same problem with Ride after taking out a subscription - wasn't impressed and made sure they were well aware of it In the end I got a Bike fleece, which wasn't what I wanted in the first place but I was going to get something from the buggers

By contrast, Superbike (IPC media) were brilliant and had my free gift (EDZ Innershell) to me really quickly.

S

[Glade]

when I subscribed to bike I got my free gift before the first issue. Cleaning kit with loads of wurth products... Cost a fortune usually