Zinio

Awhile back I got a free subscription to a Sound and Vision on Zinio for my laptop and I rarely ever used it. I didn't really see a need for it and I wasn't sure who would buy a subscription to a magazine for a laptop as it was so much easier to read a real version of it. 2 years later someone gifts me an ipad for my bday and Now I see the beauty of Zinio. I don't want any more paper magazine subscriptions... I only want digital downloads via Zinio... they even have ipad interactive content.

Zino has been offering "free" issues of some magazines lately (2 or 3 issues). What they don't tell you, or hide it well, is that as soon as they deliver the last of the "free issues" they auto renew on your credit card. No notice, no nothing. Fortunately my credit card company declined the charge. There response was that if I did not want the auto renew to turn it off. Really! Also, the charged much more that the current price shown on their site. In this case $69.99 instead of $99.99.

Was going to get friends a 12 month subs for Xmas. Did a test of mens health for me. Kept asking me to authenticate and pay via pay pay 2-3 times. Thought I was being scammed as cuticles me back to shop and pay again. Killed browner, cleared history and locked my pay pal and credit card. Seemed dodgy and so I have up. Will monitor my account to see if it hacked me.

From McDonald's Monopoly I peeled off the sticker and it said a 3 month subscription to Zinio. I chose the It girl mag for Oct, Nov and Dec. I have already got Oct and Nov. They are really good and interesting. But one con, it sent me an email and gave me a $10 voucher but I can't use it.

Had Zinio pass for years. In past year, trouble swapping out magazines. Now have been billled for 4 months with no magazines. Now customer service tells me that they've actually discontinued the service, but no refunds because that's their policy. So. They discontinued the service... didn't let customers know... continue to collect for the discontinued service... and now tell me that there's no refund because I didn't cancel!?! So dishonest.

If you have windows and a touch screen Zinio have made their reader unusable. I have been a subscriber for years and have recently been forced to upgrade from ZR2, which worked competantly with a touchscreen, to ZR5. When I say forced I mean there was no customer service email informing me that ZR2 would be discontinued. ZR2 is still current in the Microsoft Store. I only found out ZR2 was discontinued after I couldnt read my subscriptions for 3 weeks and began to investigate. ZR5 is slow even on my top-of-the-line MS surface book, can only be used semi-effectively with a track pad, and has nearly zero touch screen functionality. For example, no touchscreen pinch-to-zoom support! Cmon guys! Move into this century will you! What is the point of digital subscription if the reader is unusable? Sack your software development MANAGEMENT team (not the coders). I will be cancelling my subscriptions. Zinio is now awful. Don't even consider it if you want a comfortable reading experience.

I cannot access my magazines and getting help is pretty difficult from Zinio. I can log into the website but it won't allow me to view my magazines.