Sorry to hear that.
IIRC the terms are usually 1 year if paying by direct debit (presumably because most forget to cancel) or two years if by card or cheque (as they probably just get the one payment) an initial subscription usually is 13 issues, yes I know there are only 12 months, go figure but probably so they can reduce the average cost per issue. I think the 13 month thing is because they used to do quarterly payment. I was rather surprised back when you posted that they had accepted it by cheque
Thats the thing, there was a box on the offer page that invited you to pay by cheque and the price was shown as £49. I 'd wrongly assumed that the 13 issue thing was the same as some mags used to do years ago when I last subscribed-they did a christmas special, full of stocking fillers.
Has anyone has a spare page of the offer with the white box I sent to them or could do me a copy of it? Would be very much appreciated.