SpeedyMagsReviews 116

I subscribed to a magazine through speedymags.com and became worried when, after 4 weeks, I had received nothing. No confirmation from publisher, no issues - nothing. I contacted speedymags by email and received a reply later that day saying "Subscriptions generally take anywhere from 6-8 weeks to begin arriving". Today, just short of 8 weeks from the day I ordered, I received my first issue; the label shows it is the first of my 1 year subscription. I was worried based upon the bad reviews others have left; but, in my case, I received a great price and the subscription started about when Speedymags customer service said it would. It would have been nice to receive something reassuring about the status during those 8 weeks.

I ordered a $35.00 Stamp magazine last year for my 85 year old father that lives out of state. I just received a renewal from Speedy Mags, but when I talked to my father he said he never received the magazine.
He also said he no longer wanted that magazine because he has access to it and would rather have a different one.
I contacted customer support and asked for either a refund or credit to another magazine and they said it went to him in digital form and "no refunds, we will just restart the stamp magazine subscription."
I told them that is not what I want but my emails are ignored.

BUYERS BEWARE! What it appears to me is all SpeedyMag does is take your money, go to the website of the magazine (which is what you should do for the best deal!), then either charge you more OR, base on these other reviews, give you less magazines than what you paid for. CHECK YOUR PRICES. A lot of there magazines are much more than what you pay on the magazine's website or even Amazon. I was looking up Fine Woodworking on Speedy Mag... they wanted nearly $50 a year! Fine Woodworking Website AND Amazon both have it for $35/yr so thats, a 50% price gouge! And what exactly is 'speedy' about there service? They don't send them out and they have no way to control it. I emailed them before posting this and they were too SLOW to respond.

Note: For fun, I checked a ton of other magazines on the site, and none of them were at a discounted rate. Most were the same price, but several where much more. AVOID!

Service is a joke speedy may $#*! ordered a magazine in june this year three emails later and two more weeks no magazine. Don't order from speedymags. Service is a big f__cking joke. The BBB should close them down..

Awful, awful company. I ordered a one year subscription to msdn magazine 4 months ago and up to now haven't been sent even a single magazine. I tried contacting the company via phone and got voicemail. I left a message over the phone as well ad through their online form and have gotten no reply. I swear I've had better luck with scam artists, at least they keep in contact in order to keep the scam going. You might have guessed by now that I haven't gotten my money back since i can't even reach the company. Take your money elsewhere. Don't let the same happen to you.

LYING, & REFUSAL TO CREDIT MY ACCT. - BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN ORDERING MAGAZINES ONLINE. THEY MISLEAD JUST TO GET YOUR MONEY. I ordered a magazine from this website 9 weeks ago (12/24/09). They said I should receive my magazines in 6-10 weeks. I finally called the magazine company and they said I wouldn't receive the first issue until 3/23/09, which brings it to a full 13 weeks. I tried to cancel the order but they gave me the run around. I'm going to dispute it with my credit card company to see if they can help. THIS IS A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF TIME TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR A MAGAZINE! -- 3 MONTHS -- I'M SO TIRED OF COMPANIES MAKING ALL THE RULES AND TAKING MY MONEY AND IT'S A HASSLE TO GET ANYTHING RESOLVED. MAY AS WELL GO TO THE MALL WHERE YOU CAN STILL RETURN SOMETHING WHEN NECESSARY.