Man, if any of my friends actually *read* magazines, I'd totally go for this.

I spend like $20-30 almost every two months buying magazines from the bookstore [I haven't been at one address for more than a year in a really long time, so getting a subscription doesn't make sense - I'd forget to get the address changed and probably miss an issue]. Now I have - get this! - A 50 GALLON PLASTIC STORAGE TUB full of magazines - most in PRISTINE condition.

I have absolutely NO idea what exactly to do with them now...I thought about donating them to a library or the hosptial or something [who doesn't want something to read there?], but I just have no idea...soo much paper.

If anyone reads Psychology Today, SciAm Mind, or Real Simple and you're missing an issue from the last 3-4 years, I've probably got it!

I save Coke Rewards points and I use them to subscribe to all the magazines I want for free. When I'm done with them, I donate them to the library and they sell them at the Used Book sale. I do keep all my Fitness, Self, and Bon Appetit back issues because I like the workouts and the recipes in them.

I did this with a friend for a while. But I like to read magazines two or three times (to make sure I’ve gotten everything out of it) so it wasn’t a great fit.

I take my old magazines to doctor’s offices; some doctors have horrible taste in magazines and I figure I’m not the only patient who thinks so. Or I leave them in the break room at work and they always get snapped up.

Kind of a cool idea. I think I'll try to do this with my sister when I move up there.

Great idea!

I actually do this with my bff. She always buy the gossip mags and I always buy the style mags and after we've browsed our own, we switch them out

This would sure save me $$ - I am a magazine freak!! I subscribe to about 25-30!

I've done this for a couple of years. My friends and I trade off fashion magazines, Vanity Fair, and Real Simple. I'm also lucky because there is a beautiful library close to home, and I will sometimes sneak in my cup of coffee and spend a nice relaxing afternoon curled up in a chair and reading magazines there. I don't subscribe to weekly mags like the Economist even though I love to read it because I can never keep up with all the reading, so the library is also a nice option for me.

I have to add, since I process magazines for my local library, that going to the library to read magazines is always a great option - it's TOTALLY free!

But otherwise, I'd say this article is a good suggestion, too. Some of the more scholarly, library-oriented magazines the library gets are routed through a list of staff members to read. When I enter it into our system, it automatically prints a list of names that gets stapled to the cover. It gets sent to the first person on the list, who reads it, crosses off their name, and passes it on to the next person, and so on and so forth, with a note at the bottom on who to return it to when everyone has seen it. That would be a good idea to do if you are passing it through a list of friends, because then each person would get their own subscription back at the end, and nobody would have to scramble calling people to see who's already read which title before passing it on.

I do this with a coworker and I love it. It makes me feel like I am getting my money's worth out of my magazines.

I try to do this when I remember. Or I just take my old magazines in to work and leave them out for anyone who wants them.

this is a really good idea. the thing that i do (which is probably a no no) is that i work in advertising on the media side, and i reach out to magazines to get on the comp list so that i don't have to pay for them. it's great!

I also had stacks on old magazines laying around until I stumbled across the perfect recipient. My sister's work has a lounge with a magazine trade thing going on between employees. I give her my old issues (mostly political, fashion, and design related), and she picks up ones I like but don't subscribe to (mostly business travel related). My room is cleaner, and I know I've contributed to boosting employee moral, providing them with more turnover in reading material.

I use a website called maghound.com, it's sort of like Netflix for magazines. I'm subscribed to about 10 magazines right now, and it costs about $11 a month! The first month is free too, so if you're a huge magazine junkie like I am, it's definitely worth checking out.

One thing that a lot of people have missed in this recent economic down turn is the fact that in-game money for all of the massive mutliplayer online role playing games has not been effected. I guess it just shows how strong and stable the computer game industry really is.
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