![]() My FH group will not even purchase the £1 month deals, never mind half price!! I do some work on their behalf, but my eyesight does not allow me to do the things I used to do for them, so they will have to change their ideas and get a limited sub or lose out in the genealogy stakes. Shops at present are offering continuous sales, but all this just reflects how uncertain the times are that we live in, and as, or if the economy improves, then so will the deals on everything stop and disappear altogether. After all you have to continue giving an e mail address and surely that would arouse suspicion? If people are giving different e mail addresses each time then I for one could not be bothered with the hassle of that! FMP will stop the deals when enough people are hooked back into genealogy to pay the full price. ![]() ![]() I would have thought that if FMP really think that people were cheating by getting continual £1 month deals, that they would have got on to it by now, and stopped those from doing this. I have also had two days added when the free weekend was offereed to the public. However, I suppose one could argue that this sort of deal favours those who have enough money to take advantage of the deals as they come along. I did take advantage a little while ago of a 50% discount on a world subscription which was tagged on to my existing sub - not quite as bad as continually subscribing for just £1 a month - but I suppose still taking advantage of the system! Whoops, I did the same and I had only just purchased the year World Wide sub in October 2014,but when they offered a year at half price, I purchased and was able to get a whole year added to my existing one, which now runs out mid October 2016, so I am well pleased. There has also been an offer of worldwide one month sub for £1, although the current code just seems to apply to UK records only. This is why they provide free ancestry records such as census records, travel and. Unfortunately they do not restrict these offers to first time subscribers, which is why so many are using the £1 offer as an almost continuous membership. There is nothing better than some freebies and Findmypast knows just that. I did take advantage a little while ago of a 50% discount on a world subscription which was tagged on to my existing sub - not quite as bad as continually subscribing for just £1 a month - but I suppose still taking advantage of the system! I agree it does seem very harsh when others are paying full price - even the 10% loyalty discount which FMP promised for anyone on continuous membership is pretty worthless now as they seem to have a permanent 10% discount available for new or old subscribers. If they are able to, then I resent subsidising their research when I pay up front!! Doing a few lookups is fine and I will do those within reason, but I reckon it's dishonest to regularly subscribe for the equivalent of £12 a year.Unfortunately they do not restrict these offers to first time subscribers, which is why so many are using the £1 offer as an almost continuous membership. 12 months – £6.67 per month, billed annually.I do hope that people really aren't able to be continually subscribing using the offers - they mostly say that they are only for new people so I hope that that is true.3 Months – £8.64 per month, billed every 3 months.I have never had a subscription so can’t speak from the experience of using it.īRITISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES – Several times I have had a subscription – the search engine is better than through findmypast but if you are going for the top subscription at FMP than maybe it isn’t necessary. These amounts are taken in one lump sum – monthly rate is mainly for comparison. Platinum 19.95 per month or £6.67 for a 12 month plan.Standard is £4.95 per month / 6 months £2.50 per month / 12 month £1.67 per month.
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