ScoutReviews 80

My Husband joined this club and not long after finishing his life time membership did it stop and the website disappeared, I think that is a load of crap that they can take all that money the just quit with no notice or action available. I was looking through my book marks and had come across it still saved but as mentioned it doesn't exist anymore which is what brought me to search a little and come across this site. Not that it really does much but it's nice to see that others feel jaded about what happened as well.

I was an annual member of Handyman from 1997 to 2006. I broke down and paid for a lifetime membership in 2006. With no notification at all my magazines and membership privileges stopped about 2014. I tried to call a couple of times in the next few years but the number was out of service. I started seeing Handy family magazine in the supermarket so thought that they were back in business and I would start getting my magazines again. Ha! Took my money and living the good life somewhere.

Fool me once... membership #*******

I am a "Life Time" Member, and I am Very unhappy! I paid out my hard earned money for a seemingly useless "Life Time Membership" about 10 years ago. I have not seen a magazine in over 2 years, and have heard nary a whisper from Handyman. BOHICA!
I have noticed a lot of Members talking about a class action suit over this breech of contract. Are there any lawyers out there that are Members? Is a class action suit a possibility in this case, and if so how do we go about getting it done? I am serious about this and am willing to discuss getting this suit going! Please contact me if you think we can do this. *******@yahoo.com

They got the 5 stars for when they were in business. I was a life member of Handyman Club from the very begining, very disapointed they have gone under, it was a great idea. I got several tools free for joining, and rated several things I got free as well, so I guess I got my money back, but I still miss the magazine, they saved me a lot of money by showing how to do it myself. When you think of it they didn't say who's lifetime... Nothing last forever I guess, darn it.

I was looking for a hat this afternoon to use while replastering my bedroom ceiling. Low and behold, I find my Handyman Club of American life member hat. I realized that I hadn't received a magazine in several years, went on to see if they had gone all-digital and didn't realize it. I found all of these reviews with life membership issues, poked a little further and discovered that the parent company Scout Media went bankrupt in 2016 and was acquired by CBS (only bidder) in 2017. It seems they now exclusively publish online content for high school, college and professional sports. So, as they say, it would seem our lifetime outlived Handy's lifetime. I guess it's ok to get plaster on this hat now!

Became life member and enjoyed magazines, til they stopped. You guys out there, many are lucky that this was all you lost out on. I got the jacket, wore it out (it finally died, so much for lifetime?) The same fellas that started this club also started National Street Machine Club. There again I took out life membership, though that jacket is not quite dead yet, seems it out lived my lifetime subscription to that also. You would think that they would/could at least have the decency to at least apologize for not being able to live up to their promises.