We already know that you can get three Blenders for the price of one Cargo, but now that Cargo is totally defunct, how does this affect the fine economic balance of men's mag worthiness?

GQ, for one, has just been demoted. Where once you could get, say, five Blenders for a GQ, now that the monthly Quarterly is worth a Cargo, it can only be traded for three Blenders. Yet, this may not be a bad thing for everyone.

In one former mag editor's burning curiosity to test the powers of paying for a mag that no longer exists, he found a curious loophole in the Conde subscription system.

I often wonder why subscribe buttons still appear on web sites long after magazines fold, but this added a whole new level to my curiosity seeing as how Conde Nast announced yesterday that Cargo was packing up and, well, going under.

I wondered what would happen if I subscribed to the magazine today. So in my subsequent bad mood — hey, I liked the magazine ok? — I visited the site, and yes, it seems as if you can (as of today) still purchase a subscription. For $9.97.

And, as we all know, that means you'll be getting a year's subscription to GQ at a discount. Does it really matter what it costs, though? Conning the folks over at Conde Nast is always priceless.

This week only: Get GQ for $9.97! [Big & Sharp]