Moral Dilemma

Ok, so last Thursday, I was walking through a local grocery store and passed a table where our local newspaper was being offered.  I usually to go a store on Sunday to pick up the paper anyway, so decided to find out what this guy had to say...

 

It was a pretty good deal. The paper costs $1.00 in the store and he was offering (just the Sunday) paper for $3.96 a month, delivered to my house. So I could get it right away on Sunday, AND save a whole whopping penny per paper!  Plus, because it was an in-store subscription, they were throwing in a $10 store gift card for signing up that day.  So I signed up, got the giftcard, and used it to buy my groceries that day. 

 

Now here's the kicker. That is the local paper.  There is a bigger paper that costs $1.75 --- and has more coupons.  I usually would pick this one up on the days that I knew the P&G would be in it for example. But it was more and I didn't get it regularly, I just did without the Redplum (the paper I usually got only carries the SmartSource).   BUT yesterday in the mail, I received a flyer offering slashed prices for a year subscription to the bigger paper.  75% off!!! The total price (paid up front) is TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS for the bigger paper.  Do the math -- the smaller paper with less coupons comes to $47.52!

 

Ugh -- so my dilemma is --- should I call the paper that I just signed up with and cancel my subscription?? It will look like I signed up for the gift cert and then bailed on them... I didn't!!! At the time, it was a good deal!  Should I let it go for a month and then cancel it (so they at least get their $3.96 out of me....)  Where can I draw the line to get a good deal for my family but not rip off the smaller paper either?!?

 

Thanks for the advice.  I have grown to really appreciate my new online community of friends!  (That's you!!)