I am such a sucker:P

[captainsblog]

As I mentioned the other day, I really didn't like my trial of audiobooks- at least not enough to drop 15 bucks a month on a subscription to them. The first time I tried to quit, Audible got all oh noes you make us sad and cut the price in half for the first three months following the "free" month. Out of that, I got the final Hunger Games volume, Cutting for Stone (which I bailed on in audio format after a few chapters because if I heard the words "Sister Mary Joseph Praise" one more time I was gonna crucify myself), and.... nothing I could think to use the final cheap month on.

I went to cancel anyway, hoping the credit would remain. NO IT WON'T! CANCEL AND IT DIES DED DED DED!, it said. So, I offered it up to a nice fellow Cabin Pressure comm member, emailed the gift link, and once again went to cancel.

Bitch just can't quit me.

Now it's I think we should take a break from each other. How about three months off, no charge, no new credits, keep any credits you have (you mean the one I don't have anymore that you said I'd lose if I canceled back when I DID have it?) and still get the member price on anything you DO order (like, say, CP Series 4 if it comes out anytime soon).

Stupid me agreed to it.  It was just a matter of changing an Outlook date. I'm very good about not blowing deadlines like this, being afraid of malpractice and all, but I just wonder what will await me at the end of April when we do this dance for the FOURTH time?



Sorry, that was rude.  Amazon owns them now. They'd just turn him into a Kindle. Nevermind....

Comments

[bill_sheehan.livejournal.com]

I've been a happy Audible customer for years. Of the dozens of books I've downloaded, I've regretted very few. but for most of those I would have regretted the dead tree version, too. My favorites are:

Jeremy Irons reading Lolita
Ian Richardson reading The Prince
Richard Dawkins and Lala Ward reading anything by Richard Dawkins
Patrick Tull reading the back of a cereal box (I've easily got two dozen books read by Tull)

Sorry your experience wasn't enjoyable.

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

Pity they couldn't get George Takei to do an unabridged reading of Fifty Shades of Grey. His brief sample was awesome, and would've been the only way I would've read the shiz.

Assuming that they're going to whine and cry and offer me discounts when I cancel in April, you want me to take them up on their offer and gift you the audios at half or whatever the discount price is?

[bill_sheehan.livejournal.com]

Naaaah, but thanks. I've been a Gold Member for nine years now, and currently have a backlog.

I need to start walking again just to have an excuse to listen to more books!

[ellettra.livejournal.com]

My mom is a crazy audiobooker; she practically keeps audible in business, so she just gives my sister and I access to hers, and we can buy whatever we want. It's pretty handy to share it.

One book I listened to recently which was excellent in audiobook format and was also easily the most entertaining and creative story I'd read in ages was Rook by Daniel O'Malley. I sincerely hope he has a next installment up his sleeve because I was so sorry when it ended, I almost started it again.