Nowhere near good enough

I always say, if there’s a need to backpedal, then do it all the way. No point trying to save face, or ngeh ngeh try to convince yourself that your decision was somewhat right:

Dear Reader

We have received emails and phone calls from many of you on our subscription plan for The Straits Times Interactive (STI). We thank you all for giving us your feedback, which is important to us.

An offer for print edition subscribers
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One common complaint was that many of you are already subscribers to the print edition of The Straits Times and you feel we should not make you “pay twice” for two similar products. We have therefore decided to offer existing print subscribers a 50% discount off the STI subscription rates.

With this change, print subscribers who want access to STI will need to pay S$36 for a six-month subscription (or S$6 a month) instead of S$72; the 12-month subscription rate will cost S$60 (at S$5 a month) instead of S$120.

We hope that with these new rates, print subscribers will continue enjoying the paper in the mornings as well as our paid-access online offering….

…Extended period to browse ST Interactive
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All registered readers will have from now till March 19 to browse the new, beefed-up version of STI before it is closed off to non-subscribers on March 20, instead of March 15 as originally planned.

If you decide to take up a subscription, you may sign up for it online from March 11. If you do so between March 11 and 19, you will be given free access till the end of March. Your subscription kicks in on April 1.

Like, yay, right? It was free, then you charged money, then you charged slightly less money, and gave us freeloaders five more days to download all the news from your three-day news archive. So generous.

Joke’s on you on April 1, ST Interactive. Not good enough!

Flea market
Sungei Road Flea Market. You can get back issues of Straits Times here. They use it to wrap merchandise.

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25 responses to “Nowhere near good enough”

  1. My RSSs Mr Brown Rockson Roy Ng Stylemywords Scott Adams RSSMiyagi

  2. Ruok Avatar

    Well said Migs! I like the Sungei Road picture best, its like a proverbial up yours!

  3. Ruok Avatar

    Well said Migs! I like the Sungei Road picture best, its like a proverbial up yours!

  4. calm one Avatar

    i’m soooo touched by STi’s generosity….

  5. calm one Avatar

    i’m soooo touched by STi’s generosity….

  6. JellyGirl Avatar

    My sentiments exactly when I got their backpedalling email. 🙂

  7. JellyGirl Avatar

    My sentiments exactly when I got their backpedalling email. 🙂

  8. aGent X Avatar

    some kind of damage-control ST Interactive…NOT!

    boo…

  9. aGent X Avatar

    some kind of damage-control ST Interactive…NOT!

    boo…

  10. Merenwen Avatar

    ST Interactive belongs to SPH, which is a government organisation. Frankly, I’m surprised they held off charging online subscribers for so long, because in all my 22 years of living here I’ve never heard of our government passing up a chance to make more money off its citizens.

  11. Merenwen Avatar

    ST Interactive belongs to SPH, which is a government organisation. Frankly, I’m surprised they held off charging online subscribers for so long, because in all my 22 years of living here I’ve never heard of our government passing up a chance to make more money off its citizens.

  12. TriplePeriod Avatar

    Blardy Shaat! Take us for idiots. If we do not want to pay 72 bucks for repetition of news, what makes them think that we will be willing to pay 36. ST managements seem like the real Arse-nal fans here.

  13. TriplePeriod Avatar

    Blardy Shaat! Take us for idiots. If we do not want to pay 72 bucks for repetition of news, what makes them think that we will be willing to pay 36. ST managements seem like the real Arse-nal fans here.

  14. cour marly Avatar

    Like, totally, man.

  15. cour marly Avatar

    Like, totally, man.

  16. caleb Avatar
    caleb

    we need a free contributor-run webnews site for singapore.

    I’m not about to pay good money for yesterday’s news.

  17. caleb Avatar
    caleb

    we need a free contributor-run webnews site for singapore.

    I’m not about to pay good money for yesterday’s news.

  18. IZ Reloaded Avatar

    Thanks Mr Miyagi for the Sungei Road Flea Market tip.

    The Straits Times people were discussing about my Straits Times Listen Up posting at a house warming party. I was being told of the reason why they are charging. I’m trying to get to the source to check if I’m allowed to reveal this.

  19. IZ Reloaded Avatar

    Thanks Mr Miyagi for the Sungei Road Flea Market tip.

    The Straits Times people were discussing about my Straits Times Listen Up posting at a house warming party. I was being told of the reason why they are charging. I’m trying to get to the source to check if I’m allowed to reveal this.

  20. Zen|th Avatar

    That’s true. Don’t subscribe to their service is what I say. 🙂

  21. Zen|th Avatar

    That’s true. Don’t subscribe to their service is what I say. 🙂

  22. Bubblemunche Avatar

    They are definitely not getting my money 😉

  23. Bubblemunche Avatar

    They are definitely not getting my money 😉

  24. Gman Avatar
    Gman

    See the mercedes emblem aligns with the broken white lines on the road…a sight I haven’t seen in months…cos mine’s been stolen and adorned on some punk’s 501s!

  25. Gman Avatar
    Gman

    See the mercedes emblem aligns with the broken white lines on the road…a sight I haven’t seen in months…cos mine’s been stolen and adorned on some punk’s 501s!

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