Unsolicited Maxim Subscription via Gillette??

So I checked the mail at my other place today, and there were two "Maxim" magazines in their, July and August, with lot's of Fusion Proglide Advertising. I wonder if it has anything to do with the free ProGlide giveaway I signed up for? I know others did this as well, did the magazine show up for you as well?

BTW, I never did understand this magazine. It's like "Playboy Lite". I thumbed through it, and tried to read some of it, but....

Is it for guys to timid to buy Playboy? I don't get it. Of course, I let my subscription to Playboy run out, when the articles no longer interested me. Maybe it is just something you outgrow...like strippers.

I got an unsolicited Maxim subscription through eHarmony (despite telling them I did NOT want any magazine whatsoever). They're pretty gracious about canceling unwanted subscriptions though (Maxim responded to my email quickly and promptly with an apology).

I don't get it either. A couple months ago there was an article in one that I received that included women's advice on how to cheat on your girlfriend/wife and not get caught.

Ridiculous crap.

I too ordered a free proglide, but i haven't received any magazine subscriptions

Glad them things did not show up at my house the Wife would blow the stack!

pcullens said:

BTW, I never did understand this magazine. It's like "Playboy Lite". I thumbed through it, and tried to read some of it, but...

Is it for guys to timid to buy Playboy? I don't get it. Of course, I let my subscription to Playboy run out, when the articles no longer interested me. Maybe it is just something you outgrow...like strippers.

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It's horrid, and yes very much playboy light.

I think it tries to be the magazine for the "modern, no-strings-attached" guy. I will admit that I'm not averse to tastefully-suggestive pictorials of Freida Pinto or Kaley Cuoco but I have no use for articles on "club etiquette" and "30 tips on how to beat a hangover," since I don't do clubs or drink. And every other ad seems to be for tequila or some sort of new cologne.

I think a free Maxim subscription would be great if you had a pet parakeet. Might be useful for getting the grill started, as well.

More seriously, it sounds like a desperate attempt to prop up circulation figures. The more "subscribers," the more ads cost advertisers. Ads support the magazine industry much more than paid subscriptions do.