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look what they charge the bookies £5.25 per copy betting shop edition, the company have lost touch and will lose a lost of customers in my opinion.
Absolutely shocking,bring it back to a pound again and i will buy it everyday.
jmdc https://nfrnonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-UK-RETAIL-LETTER.pdf
if the 23% rise is true then its steep but...
working within printing industry i know that - paper costs are increasing rapidly, also readership of all papers are in decline.
Ask people under say 30 last time they bought a paper... digital is killing the industry, numerous printers are going to the wall because people no longer need hard copies of things or they can download and print at home, online printers are squeezing margins even tigher best get used to increases or the racing post will exist only online.
working within printing industry i know that - paper costs are increasing rapidly, also readership of all papers are in decline.
Ask people under say 30 last time they bought a paper... digital is killing the industry, numerous printers are going to the wall because people no longer need hard copies of things or they can download and print at home, online printers are squeezing margins even tigher best get used to increases or the racing post will exist only online.
Far far to many tipsters on the paper......Most of them are p1ss poor.
Thanks for that sparrow. I still cannot see how the retail margins are the same when the original Saturday & Sunday retail prices were 30p more?
Me neither jmdc. I can only assume that they are winding down the newspaper in the vain hope that we will all subscribe to the website.
This increasing price to make up for falling readership can only go one way. I remember the boss of Royal Mail using this excuse when putting stamp prices up nearly 50%. Take this to it's conclusion and they will sell none once a tipping point is reached.
Don't buy it. And don't upgrade your website subscription imo. Good luck Bruce, Alan & co
I can visualise racegoers all walking around with laptops and the Security asking people to turn them off because the course "bookmakers" are complaining!
They will have to invest in ipads or something of a similar size. I like reading form from the paper and just use the website for the back form but this increase makes you think twice.
I am the same as you sparrow, but will NOT be walking around the ring with my mobile waiting for my next price boost, or Ray fcking Winstone telling me what to do, or some fcking cnt in space telling me that I'm no gonna die!
I only go to a course about 3 times a year these days and don't really treat it as a serious punting day.
Yes sparrow same here, and rail, admission prices have restricted me severely, without thinking of getting a bet on. Add to that my arthritis, then I will really miss my Racing Post!
The problem is a total lack of competition which enables them to charge what they like. And that isn't going to change in the technological age we now live in. I will still buy it about 3 times a week though.
Just one big urine take, handy for having the form in one place, that is all, the rest is toilet paper, run by a prize clown
104 pages today, all i need are pages 36-66, its all the hangers on that are killing the price for me
It is annoying as I never read any of these tipsters and how much of this £2.90 is that costing us?
Having bought every day for decades, the RP became so woefully out of touch with the reality of being a punter in this country that I made the decision not to buy it any more about four years ago.
Genuinely, life is so much better not having to read protectionist industry propaganda, self serving puff pieces and blatant bookmaker lies every day...
Genuinely, life is so much better not having to read protectionist industry propaganda, self serving puff pieces and blatant bookmaker lies every day...
It's worth reading it just to see how low Millington can sink. Never fails to disappoint. I will never pay for it again
Just read it in the bookies(assuming you're near one) and use the money on an extra bet.
Only will have Racing Post now for Cheltenham Aintree Royal Ascot
and Saturdays
Had it every day from day one
Even had it with the Sporting Life
and Saturdays
Had it every day from day one
Even had it with the Sporting Life
Long term you can't survive when you're this out of touch with your readership. Same as Betfair really.
off topic fear, hughes doesn't have much this year 
No surprise mate is it really. Reveley never used to get any either.
last few years he's had double figure number of rides
I know jefferson team is smaller this year but even so
I know jefferson team is smaller this year but even so
Mar 12, 2018 -- 1:21PM, jmdc wrote:
Still saying Hughes won't be riding at Hexham wonder?
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You said categorically no, when I questioned you on here a month ago!
Trouble is that the RP hard copy shows a lot more info than anything they do on line, so we are left to either pay up or get out. When you consider the % price increase IT IS SCANDALOUS...How many of us have had almost 100% salary increases in last 10 years ( or 23% salary increase in last year),which is what they are now charging us. As previous posting said, the trouble is there is NO COMPETITION and as always that is proving unhealthy
I have cancelled the RP from next Saturday,the newsagent asked if I stil wanted it on Saturdays only I said not to bother.
^ Your first sentence is correct, something that few accept on here!
You can download the newspaper version with the online subscription now.
I have a spy camera specifically for capturing it's contents in the supermarket.
piston 12 Mar 18 13:53
Trouble is that the RP hard copy shows a lot more info than anything they do on line, so we are left to either pay up or get out. When you consider the % price increase IT IS SCANDALOUS...How many of us have had almost 100% salary increases in last 10 years ( or 23% salary increase in last year),which is what they are now charging us. As previous posting said, the trouble is there is NO COMPETITION and as always that is proving unhealthy
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Can you kindly inform, what ..."the RP hard copy shows a lot more info than anything they do on line," - precisely is/does?
Just being curious - that's all, and not contradictory ... as I am not aware of anything CRUCIAL that I am missing ...
- and I have had decades of practice - with both versions.
Trouble is that the RP hard copy shows a lot more info than anything they do on line, so we are left to either pay up or get out. When you consider the % price increase IT IS SCANDALOUS...How many of us have had almost 100% salary increases in last 10 years ( or 23% salary increase in last year),which is what they are now charging us. As previous posting said, the trouble is there is NO COMPETITION and as always that is proving unhealthy
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Can you kindly inform, what ..."the RP hard copy shows a lot more info than anything they do on line," - precisely is/does?
Just being curious - that's all, and not contradictory ... as I am not aware of anything CRUCIAL that I am missing ...
- and I have had decades of practice - with both versions.
"the RP hard copy shows a lot more info than anything they do on line," - precisely is/does?
Obviously that can't be true now, I refer you to One Nation's post 14:32
Obviously that can't be true now, I refer you to One Nation's post 14:32
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