Buying Porn Magazines, was it a turn on for you?

[lip]

I was one of those classic "and a newspaper too" porn mag buyers. The newspaper's sole task was to be an innocent envelope.

[mountgay]

I hated buying them. Thankfully though, a couple of years after I became old enough to buy them, the internet started to take off, and I could find all my porn online. Being gay and not "out" to anyone yet, I felt like I was basically outing myself to the cashiers by buying Hustler and other skin mags which featured guys too, vs. stuff like Playboy. Plus I had to stand there and go through several mags to make sure it was an issue worth even getting - I'm not wasting $7+ on an issue for only a few pages with guys I'm not interested at all.

[Monkeywench]

Originally Posted by mountgay

I hated buying them. Thankfully though, a couple of years after I became old enough to buy them, the internet started to take off, and I could find all my porn online. Being gay and not "out" to anyone yet, I felt like I was basically outing myself to the cashiers by buying Hustler and other skin mags which featured guys too, vs. stuff like Playboy. Plus I had to stand there and go through several mags to make sure it was an issue worth even getting - I'm not wasting $7+ on an issue for only a few pages with guys I'm not interested at all.

That was the worst thing in the world. Going through all that trouble to buy the magazine only to find out it was no good inside.

One of the worst tricks the paul Raymond titles used to pull was putting a girl on the cover that wasn't in the magazine.

Usually she'd be in it next month so you had to come back and go through the process all over again.

I could never flick through a magazine in a shop though.

[daves69]

Originally Posted by Monkeywench

That was the worst thing in the world. Going through all that trouble to buy the magazine only to find out it was no good inside.

Oh Yes, I can relate to that. Some of the porn shops had the mags in plastic covers so you were buying blind. I soon stopped doing that. I guess a lot of others did too because the practice disappeared and you could have a look through before buying. Even so I had my disappointments. I hated the guy behind the counter watching you and what you were looking at, so I hurried my purchases more than I should have done. And the mags were really expensive in dollars of the day.

[BlueVelvet]

It's great reading all these stories and so many I can relate to.

One of the best jobs I had when I was still at school was in the local newsagents during the holidays. It was a family run business - husband and wife. While it was a small place, they had a collection of mags in the corner, up top, near the back. When I first started and with the hours I worked, I could never find myself alone to take a closer look. Plus, the wife was a close friend of my mothers. Christ, it was annoying.

I vividly remember this issue of Penthouse driving me insane...



Oddly enough, the mags didn't really sell that well. The occasional Playboy and Mayfair. It was funny catching guys trying to take a look and not get caught, but I felt their frustration.

Eventually though, things got a little better -my boss, thank-god and may he rest-in-peace, trusted me with the job of handling the remainder stock, which was all done out the back, on my own. This entailed collecting unsold stock, indexing titles, checking on condition, then boxing up to send back to the wholesaler.

Even at $5 an hour, it was the best job a 15 year could have.

[Sirch]

Geez, what we old blokes had to go through back then.

[daves69]

Originally Posted by daves69

I hated the guy behind the counter watching you and what you were looking at, so I hurried my purchases more than I should have done. And the mags were really expensive in dollars of the day.

Even worse was wanting to see the "under the counter" stuff. The guys behind the counter were real gangster types and I could never contemplate asking for what I really wanted and facing their sneers. I would wait for trips to the big city where most things were at least on show. Nowadays you can just google anything, and reading material you can buy on Amazon. In the old days buying porn was never "a turn on" for me, just something that had to be endured.

[salpecam]

I always tried to buy from shops where ladies were serving. When i found my ideal "under the counter" shop, the lady of the shop was much more sympathetic and understanding

[Funkyweapon]

Originally Posted by daves69

Even worse was wanting to see the "under the counter" stuff. The guys behind the counter were real gangster types and I could never contemplate asking for what I really wanted and facing their sneers. I would wait for trips to the big city where most things were at least on show. Nowadays you can just google anything, and reading material you can buy on Amazon. In the old days buying porn was never "a turn on" for me, just something that had to be endured.

i've only bought a "non playboy" adult mag once in a copy of leg sex when i was of age back in 04. but real that was it, outside of a couple leg show mags in 09 when i could buy the digital version (which i wish sites that sell the old mags can make them digital available), i haven't really dug deep into it, plus the stores i went to in 09 (same company just 2 different locations) both were terrible for what i was looking for, both in mags and even worse for movies.

Originally Posted by Monkeywench

That was the worst thing in the world. Going through all that trouble to buy the magazine only to find out it was no good inside.

One of the worst tricks the paul Raymond titles used to pull was putting a girl on the cover that wasn't in the magazine.

Usually she'd be in it next month so you had to come back and go through the process all over again.

I could never flick through a magazine in a shop though.

That's the ultimate kick in the dick with mags, movies, websites, etc. it's pushed that you're gonna get "x" in it only to find out that's not the case or they strongly underachieved and it feels like you wasted money.

[denton7]

Have to say been in porn shops in germany. Amsterdam etc, bit of a turn on being in there with women shopping for porn, always remember being in a sex shop in Munich. Saturday afternoon , seeing classy grey haired lady doing her shopping , picking up dildos etc often thought bout her what she done after