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I’ve been a member of Maxim Magazine since the 4th issue in 1997, when Gena Lee Nolan was on the cover and they only had 6 issues a year. I first heard about the magazine when I was getting complimentary copies at Y98FM in St. Louis, where I was the morning show producer for a few years.

I was instantly hooked on their funny captions, articles and pics that I wanted to extend my subscription as long as I could. A couple years later, some eBay sellers offered “bonus” 4-year subscriptions to Maxim when you’d purchase another subscription.  So, I renewed subscriptions for my family and bought Men’s Health and some trade mags like Mix Magazine and Sound & Vision.

Then, Maxim expanded into two new magazines.  In my opinion, Stuff Magazine was the scraps on the floor from Maxim put into a mag, and Blender was a music magazine written and marketed in the same fashion as Maxim.  So, I subscribed to them as well.  As I renewed subscriptions, I was also getting free extended subscriptions for these two magazines, too.

Recently, Maxim decided to stop publishing Stuff, so they rolled over my subscription to Blender.  Then a couple months back, Maxim stopped publishing Blender, rolling everything to Maxim.

That’s why I’m clear and free through May 2023. And yes, I still get the “2 for 1″ renewal cards in the mail, saying HURRY BEFORE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES!  Should I keep extending just for fun?