Racing Post essential subscription 25% increase

My ultimate subscription expires in December they have no chance of me paying an extra 25%,are you going to pay?

My subscription expires in May 2023.I am not happy at all.They are,essentially,a digital business,do they have overheads as big as other businesses...hmmmm?

Horrible paper imv…sporting life was the one and only…chronicle was ok but couldn’t cope with the life as competition

I gave up with it when it went to £199. Totally fed up with half the news items being behind the Ultimate subscription, even news items I could find on free sites. They should just consolidate to onw subscription and be done with it. Incidently I have hardly missed it at all.

I do miss the broadsheet Sporting Life from my commute in the 90s.

1998…jumped into bed with the post….large broadsheet gone for good….dreadful stuff….never touched the post for years..probably never will again…

Ultimate increase is £5 pcm. Chicken feed.

chicken feed is not cheap. price increased by 50% in 2 years.

why subscribe to the rp? what can be gained from it?

Most bookie adverts per page, bar none.

How are the young Royals settling in Lara. ??

I will be cancelling at end of the 3 month offer in early december. How long before raceform interactive is the next service to be increased i wonder. Alot of russian gas is used in its production!

I think the only inflationary item for an online product is labour. I bet keely and co dont get a 25% payrise out of this.

Just cancelled my monthly out of principle, 40 quid a month haway.

How is the AC issue going swad - thought you had problems with it, not surprised you would cancel the RP in that case?

The most annoying thing is the wording in the email.

I shall ask for similar small rise! 25% is a ridiculous rise and I shall be cancelling.

I do wonder about the RP. Their only answer to anything is putting prices up whether it being print or online. They must have a healthy database. Gawd knows for how long.

Mines gone from 34.95 to 39.95 a month …about 14% rise,,,not happy but earns its money and how much is the broadsheet in the shop about 3-4 quid so will stick with it

Annual ultimate up 14%



I'm writing to let you know that we are making a small adjustment to the price of a subscription.



The price of an Ultimate subscription has not changed in three years, but like most businesses we have in recent months seen unprecedented increases in our costs. While we have endeavoured to avoid passing these on to our customers, a small increase in the price of our digital subscription packages has unfortunately become necessary.

As such, all annual payments due on or after 17 October 2022 will be processed at the new price of £399.



If you are due to renew before this date you will be charged the current price of £349 and subsequent renewals will be charged at the new price of £399.

Your next payment is due on -Feb-23.

This was a difficult decision to make, as we know there is never a good time to increase prices. However, we believe Members' Club Ultimate continues to represent excellent value and are working hard to further enhance the package offered to our subscribers.



I'd like to thank you again for your support, and as always we’d love to hear your feedback on Members’ Club or anything else to do with the Racing Post.



Kind regards,
Tom Kerr
Editor

the rp must be the worst value offering in any arena. as a newspaper its absolute garbage. ive noticed fewer and fewer newsagents stock it, unsurprisingly.

gruss sick squid a month and the rp 130. crackers.

Anyone paying for Ultimate on a monthly basis should upgrade to the annual rate for £349 before October 17th.

Sorry but you would have to be simple to subscribe….

Bit harsh Ace ,,,what’s the alternative ?

how many subscriptions do you have?

What info is in it that isn't anywhere for free?

Alternative is free do your own thing…you can Google anything you want to know regarding….

1,,,the racing post ,,,pay monthly

I would rather have the paper than googling…it’s a trade paper ,much more convenient

What do you get for the subscription ? Form…results….information…latest news…tips…entry….you get that free..

The same could be said for any paper…agreed Fleet st is a bygone era..but there would be no newspapers if u googled everything….maybe it’s an age thing

All newspapers would be out of business if u use that argument….Fleet St from a bygone era agreed but I like my paper,,,maybe it’s an age thing

Soz,,,didn’t think the first one went thru

Fair comment…

Racing Post, Lambourn +22.48

well done Lambourn.

the rest -

Racing Post, Newmarket -19.24
Racing Post, The Punt -21.24
Racing Post, Postdata -33.42
Racing Post, RP Ratings -36.02
Racing Post, Spotlight -39.74
Racing Post, The North -40.57

must try harder ...

I’ll withdraw the simple statement…

Accepted,…

Stop buying the paper two years ago when the price became ridiculous.

One would think that by charging such ludicrous fee..they could at least hire 1 tipstar that showed +profit..

+profit handy indeed unlike -profit

Attheraces website offers tons of great form, and all for free. I stopped using the Racing Post a couple of years back. Their printed product is also extortionately overpriced and as a product, it has hardly improved at all in the past few years.
Come back The Sporting Life, please.
Retail the printed product for £2 midweek and £3 weekends. I am convinced readers would flock to them.
The RP is a prime example of a product without meaningful competition.

What if us forumites formed our own as competition for the useless, greedy bastards? We could call it either RACING TOAST. Or RACING BOAST.

Just to add my "two-penworth" for perhaps a bit of balance.

I renewed my Ultimate Subscription in September at £349 (I pay annually). The new rate will be £399 which is an increase of 14.3%. This will be the first rise for me for four years. At the current price, the cost to me is £0.95 per day, I no longer buy the paper version for some of the reasons on here, but mainly because I can simply print a hard copy of the paper here at home.  I am aware that much of the form information is available elsewhere but the key differentiating factor (USP) is the ease with which I can look at pedigree, breeding information and other stats. I am disappointed with the increase but will it change my expensive habit. No!

I've a better idea, snipey.  If it involves forumites a better title for the paper would surely be....

I'm cancelling, but the most annoying thing is having to phone to do so. So I'll now have to suffer the hard sell and the patronising script before they take no for an answer. Thats if i can get through in the first place. How I hate modern life.

steerforth Joined: 29 Apr 06
Replies: 106205 Oct 22 16:35 
I'm cancelling, but the most annoying thing is having to phone to do so. So I'll now have to suffer the hard sell and the patronising script before they take no for an answer. Thats if i can get through in the first place. How I hate modern life





No phones now in modern life, just a chatline or 658 possible answers to your query!

Just done the ultimate for £17.50 for 3 months half price

golightly - it's £17.48 PER MONTH!!

Fine, toppy. We'd surely be top of the heap..

To be seen with a copy of the Racing Post is akin to having a girlie mag under one's arm. The Racing Post is a bookies' mouthpiece infested with lazy journalism and gravy trainers.

Oct 4, 2022 -- 10:59AM, stu wrote:

How is the AC issue going swad - thought you had problems with it, not surprised you would cancel the RP in that case?

Used my imagination but for obvs reasons cant say much more.