The Times Ireland/Sunday Times Ireland

I dont like the new iPad app, I much preferred the pervious version because it was more like reading the actual Irish edition of the newspaper. Now the Irish paper is a separate tab and I thought the previous sideways scrolling between pages was much better.

I got the email a few weeks ago about the price increase so I cancelled my paypal payments to them and then re-subbed via the app store on iOS as the price has not been increased there yet. I will be cancelling that as soon as it does rise. While I appreciate it and the Irish news parts of the paper, those parts seem tacked on and much less integral than before. And they cut a lot of Irish journos and writers recently so it is hard to justify a price increase as well.

Zimmerframe wrote: »

I never really used it, but in my own twisted logic, I was happy to pay a fiver not to read it, but not a tenner, so cancelled today.

I was on the same boat

AngryLips wrote: »

I'm the same, still no price increase. I'm paying by carrier billing - I wonder if that's the reason why...

I subscribe through the Apple App Store and I presume that's why the price hasn't increased for me. It's the only way I'd subscribe to a newspaper service. No way am I subscribing to a service where I have to call somebody to cancel.

ablelocks wrote: »

i don't mind having to call to cancel, anytime i've had to it has resulted in an extended or new offer (vodafone, irishtimes, bord gais, sky are ones that come to mind)

And usually, you end up talking to someone nice - i had a lovely chat with a times customer service lady yesterday - she hadn't been aware that the irish news had been pulled from the epaper and thought it was a stupid thing to do.

I got 6 months more service for €5 and a credit for the extra €4.99 that i paid in april bill.

That’s fair enough I suppose. It is bizarre that the increase comes when they pulled the Irish content. I’m happy enough to continue for the fiver. The international content and magazines are worth it

Daily Irish content (apart from sunday)has been worse than normal recently. Hope they up tgere game. Also the new android app is not a patch on the old one.

Is the free movie with Rakuten gone?

Glebee wrote: »

All thats available to irish users of Times+ is a free ebook every now and again it seems

That's not great now is it. I know its a pretty but almost all subscriptions / Patreons etc now come with some benefits.

I've had no end of trouble with them - they said my €5 deal was up, so I said I'd leave. They relented and gave me another 12 months at €5.
Proceeded to charge me €10 for 2 months until I copped. Argued with them, got refund. Had to set up new payment. Took out correct €5 for 2 months. Doesn't seem to have come out last month.

Get this today - seriously WTF - see the line I've bolded. It's a friggin €5 newspaper subscription, payment system gone wrong, and they are threatening me with language that suggests more than just stopping access!!

I'm cancelling for good now, not taking shít like that from a paper I was "supporting". Yes, I ignored their last 1 email (not several) as I was sick of the last ordeal where I had to ring them a few times to clear things up.


EMAIL:

We have attempted to contact you several times regarding the missing payment for your account.

We understand there may be mitigating circumstances; therefore as a gesture of goodwill, we have credited your account for payments in arrears.

Please contact us on (UK) 0207 022 6622, (Ireland) 1800 949 689 or International +44 20 7711 1527 (see howtocallabroad.com/uk for International dialling details) between 8am and 6pm Monday To Friday to ensure that your account is up to date before the next payment is taken.

Please note that further actions may, unfortunately, be brought against you if you do not take action.

upandcumming wrote: »

I signed up to the €5 deal and cancelled when the priced was up to €10 with no extra value. Having to go through the ordeal of cancelling by phone ensured that the last experience I've had with them was woeful enough that I will never subscribe again, no matter the price.

That happened me before a few years back and I said never again but I saw last year I could subscribe through the Apple Store and cancel there too without having to call. As a bonus, it's still €4.99 in the Apple Store, although it could be different for new subscribers. I wouldn't pay €10.

So my half price (€2.50 pm) was expiring. Phoned the UK number (as Irish numbers didn't work) and he's extending the half price for another 6 months. Happy days.

Producing rubish articles like this https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40373789.html they would have to pay me a tenner a month to read. No one should be encouraging them by paying for that crap.

I had the opposite experience today with their live chat. Neither phone number worked but I went onto chat, explained the situation, declined a 50% discount for 3 months and was cancelled within 5 minutes.

Just jumping on to say that my 5 euro a month offer was about to expire. They gave me it for 6 months when I rang to cancel the last time. This morning I explained again that I would be cancelling as 10 euro a month was too much for what was being offered. Immediately offered 5er a month again, and this time no expiry put on offer. A great deal at a 5er .

The Irish numbers are 015360818 and 1800949687.