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That's Life |
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19.04.08 (392 review reads) |
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Advantages: cheap, addictive, great puzzles and prizes
Disadvantages: some strange stories
I have worked in the hairdressing industry for many years now and I am always looking for things that will entertain the customers, while I am busy working on others.
I always buy hair and high fashion magazines which are fine but how many hair styles and overly priced clothes can you look at in a few hours without getting board. These in price costing have been costing between 3.50 and 6.95 per issue, and it got disheartening when you would see clients just flick through the pages randomly. Especially when I was buy 4 magazines a week totaling roughly 20.00 per week. So I needed to take action and save me some money, as these customers really did not appreciate it.
So on my day off I went to the local WH Smith, and browsed through the magazine racks, there were hundreds of different issues I just didn't know where to start. So I enlisted the advise of one of the employees, she basically show me what sold well, cheap, middle range, specialised and puzzles. I pick up four magazines, that's life, full house, chat and take a break. These cost me 2.72 only 68p each. Wow what saving from the previous 20.00 I was spending.
These magazines didn't appeal to me, but I was willing to try them to see if it improved the customers reading. When I got home I thought I would read one to see what all the fuss was about.
THAT'S LIFE MAGAZINE
It was issue number 13, 27 march 2008. as I looked the cover I was amazed why would people what to read this trash, it had titles like 29 year old virgin's sex life, trap to catch my pervy dad, hubby hit naked lover with teas maid. Non of this appealed because what kind of person wants to know about a 29 year old virgins sex life.But I persisted, I took me a little over and hour to read the magazine from front to back, and I have to admit, I was wrong I got really into it.
FEATURE STORIES
There are roughly 5 feature stories per issue,some of the stories do pull at your heart strings and some are really bizarr and un beliveable, but according to the magazine these are all true authentic stories and all the people who have their stories published get 500.00 cash for their input to the magazine.
At the bottom of each story the magazine prints who it is about and were in the country they live, in certain circumstances this will be printed and their 500.00 will be donated to charity, which I feel is really nice these stories come across that these people are genuine and in their mis fortune they donate there money, this in my book are the heart breaking stories. And my heart truly goes out to them these are people that there are very few of in this world. As for the others that cash in on their own or other people mis fortune, well what can I say I hope you choke on every penny.
PUZZLES
I was also very impressed with the puzzles within this magazine, there are 11 in total through out this magazine. The puzzles and prizes include.
SU-DOSH-U Prize 5x 200.00
BIG CASH CROSS WORD prize 1x 3000.00
ARROW WORD prize Ford KA worth 8500.00
SUPER SEARCH WORD SEARCH prize 1000.00
CASH ARROW WORD Prize 5 x 200.00
WORD FIT prize 5x200.00
PILE UP prize 5 x 100.00
TURN TILES prize 5 x 100.00
BOX CLEVER prize 5x100.00
COAD BREAK prize 5 x 200.00
SPOT THE DIFFRENCE prize 5x200.00
As you can see there is plenty to do for all ages, some of the puzzles can be completed easily and some are more challenging, but they are very good fun if you love to do puzzles.
ENTERING the puzzle competitions is easy, you can enter as little of as many as you want, and there are five ways to enter your puzzle answers.
Online you can submit your puzzles at www.thatslife.co.uk, this will cost you nothing all you need to do is register your name and address, to create an account. You will only need to do this once, as your details will be saved and you can then login to that's life weekly to submit entries anytime you want, all for free of course.
Phone in puzzle answers on 09055810810, this can also be very quick but can be very expensive as calls cost 25p per minute for BT land lines, and mobile costs vary.
Post in your puzzle answers, this is very simple but it will cost you an envelope and a stamp. Simply fill your answer onto the coupon found in the back of the magazine and sends it to,
THAT'S LIFE COMPITITIONS
ISSUE (than issue number of you answers) E.g. 13
PO BOX 8115
MARKET HARBROUGH
LE16 OAP
Fax it to 09055810811, just full answers into coupon and then fax, it is as simple as that.
Text it to 82222, this is also very easy to do you will need to register for this service, just text, TL Register then your full name, House number and street and post code.
And send it to 82222, you will only need to register once and you will never ever have to do it again. To text in your answers text, TL13 (13 is the issue number for the answers you are submitting) that all your answers remember to put a space between all of you answers and send it to 82222.
You will only use one text, if it continues to two text then you have done it wrong of your answers are wrong. Registering text will cost you normal taffif, but sending answers will cost 25p plus your normal taffif.
If you are lucky enough to win you are usually notified in writing within 10 days on competion closing. And you will be listed on the magazines prize winners page a few issues down the line.
OTHER COOL FEATURES
This magazine caters for everyone, they have a little bit of everything for example.
Problem pages, readers send in their problems and they are answered by a professional within the correct area, so the readers get good advice that is correct.
Health pages, people write in about health problems and they are answered by professional trained to do so, I find this page very good as it can help as it gives advice on herbal remedies, where to seek advise, how to avoid, diet you name it.
Pictures are sent in by people and if these are used anywhere in the magazine they receive 25.00, these can be used for spot the difference, look who's changed, general cuties and funny pictures.
Advertising for make up, clothing, supermarkets, holidays you know the usual stuff to fill the pages, some times these are good. I have even ha a 3.00 voucher for Morrison's in one of them, Can't be bad.
That's life kitchen is a recipe section, I always rip these out because they are based on food that people will eat, non of this pansy food that twigs like to eat.
So that's life from front to back. I have to say by the look of this I did not think I would like it, but I will admit I LOVE IT and can't be without it now!
I do a few puzzles and my customers during the week do some, who ever completed the puzzle puts there name on top of each puzzle, then at the end of the week I submit them online, and if we win the prize goes to the person the completed it. I have found these invaluable to the salon now the customers love it, as it can be entertaining because when I have a group in we can all do the puzzles. I had some very positive feedback from these new magazines so they are now a permanent fixture. These are a lot cheaper cost me aprox 12.00 per month and not the original 80.00 I was spending so I am now save 68.00 per month. I do have to buy the occasional hair magazine for customers to get ideas but I only buy one of two a month now.
So I have learned a very valuable lesson with this magazine, YOU SHOULD NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER.
Summary: cheap, cheerful, general good read.
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