Free Gift with this Week's Angler's Mail

[Graham Marsden]

This is a dedicated thread for discussing article: Free Gift with this Week's Angler's Mail

 

[peter crabtree]

I hope it's better than the usual cr@p,red line,little boxes that the clip on the lid breaks off,and why do they always sellotape it to the front page,it ends up ripped to shreds.

rant over.....

 

[Paul H]

Cut the Sellotape and leave the bits stuck to the page on the page.

Simples.

 

[peter crabtree]

Good advice Paul,thanks.I got my mail today and removed the free bait stops without too much shredding.These will be handy as I invariably forget them and end up using grass stems.
I also got the A.T. FREE TOWEL!! call that a towel,my hanky is bigger than that..and it ripped the bl@@dy paper

 

[Claudia Crowther]

I hope it's better than the usual cr@p,red line,little boxes that the clip on the lid breaks off,and why do they always sellotape it to the front page,it ends up ripped to shreds.

rant over.....

I agree Peter, it always seem to be the same old same old. Now I realize that they are freebeeies and have to be small enough to sellotape it to the front of the magazine but maybe they should come up with something else, for example a sample of a new hook or line that's come on the market to promote it.

 

[sagalout]

Thats right, these free gifts just ain't worth the money

 

[Peter Jacobs]

Freebies

They are usually worth exactly what you have paid for them, . . . . . .
i.e. Nothing!

 

[Fred Bonney]

That "towel" was "Worth £3.50"

I think they need another source of towel suppliers!!

 

[peter crabtree]

Fred ,you can have mine for £1.75











plus post!!

 

[Paul H]

I bought a quality hand towel (actually probably large enough to dry yourself off if you fell in) from Sainsbury's for £2.99 the other day.

 

[Fred Bonney]

Thanks Peter,but ones enough to wipe my rod down

The thing is, I think the AT is back as it used to be, with a good spread for all angling interests.
I just wonder who their marketing guys think they're kidding!!!!:j

 

[Neneman Nick]

Anyone got last weeks anglers mail ??? I was particulary intrested in the sea fishing with coarse tackle article.
I will gladly pay for the mag and postage etc.... if someone can send me it.

 

[peter crabtree]

PM me Nick,I'll send it to you.

 

[Neneman Nick]

Can anyone remember a free gift from the mags that they actually used and thought was usefull etc....???

I remember getting a spud gun from the front cover of the beano i think it was,back in the 70`s....that was usefull !!!

 

[Rodney Wrestt]

Disgorgers are always handy.

 

[Stealph Viper]

It's a magazine, buy it, read it, learn something maybe, and if you don't like the free gift, bin it, ssssimmplesssssssssssss

 

[Jeff Woodhouse]

Can anyone remember a free gift from the mags that they actually used and thought was usefull etc....???

I remember getting a spud gun from the front cover of the beano i think it was,back in the 70`s....that was usefull !!!

Yes, the Mail gave away some small tackle boxes a couple of years ago, open them apart and then there's smaller divides inside each with a cover. Very useful and I use mine an awful lot. If I remember, I bought a couple of copies so I could get two boxes, cheaper than buying the boxes and they were good quality too.

From comics, I remember the "whizz-bang" on the first copy of the Topper, a card folded in half diagonally with a further half of brown paper glued into it. That would be a handy gift for anglers to scare the Canada geese away. Not RS*CA PC though is it?

 

[Ray Roberts]

Poundland do cheap hand wiping towels, they are the micro-fibre ones for cleaning the inside of your car. Stuff sticks to them like "Sh*t .............to a towel really".

 

[Stealph Viper]

Might be cheaper to buy Toilet paper, Ray.

 

[Fred Bonney]

I haven't said it before Woody, but your tag line is really good.
I like it a lot and it's very apt at this time for many I'm sure.

I still use one of those little bit boxes, one year later I got one and the lid fell off.