BOnus Section on the newstand

As a newstand purchaser, I am paying full retail and have to go get it. Subscribers get a cut price and have it delivered. Your benefit is convenience, one time purchasing, and you don't have to enter a code for access to the web content every month or so. That's my polite answer, which is considerably longer than my first and subsequently edited response.

By the way, welcome to the forums. Nice first post...

edit I hadn't realized that the Bonus sections weren't included with the subscriber issues. That's a bummer. /edit

Alienfrogmodeller wrote:

Maybe this has been discussed before, why are non subscribers getting "Bonus Sections"? What about the people are commited?

Welcome aboard!

This has come up for discussion before.  Rather than attempt to answer this myself, which I'm not in the circulation / marketing departments, I found Michael Ellis' post where he addressed this question in regards to the May 2005 issue.

Thanks Dave.  Our Circulation manager, Elizabeth Runyon, addressed this issue in that same thread Dave referenced and was able to shed even more light on the subject, "...our intention with the booklets is to attract newcomers to the hobby. Much of the material included the premium booklets we create has already appeared in the regular issues of the magazine.

Unfortunately, in order to take advantage of the postal discounts we receive in mailing the copies to our subscribers, we are unable to polybag any items with the subscribers' copies. Our first concern here is keeping the subscription price at a reasonable level for our customers.

That being said, our subscribers can still receive the premium booklet. All you need to do is call our Customer Service department and they would be more than happy to send you one. Call 1-800-533-6644 Mon. through Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time."

Sooo,
People who subscribe are committed. . .
(if not now, they soon will be)

Don

Bgrigg wrote:

As a newstand purchaser, I am paying full retail and have to go get it. Subscribers get a cut price and have it delivered. Your benefit is convenience, one time purchasing, and you don't have to enter a code for access to the web content every month or so. That's my polite answer, which is considerably longer than my first and subsequently edited response. By the way, welcome to the forums. Nice first post... edit I hadn't realized that the Bonus sections weren't included with the subscriber issues. That's a bummer. /edit

Jeez Bgrigg, that was his first post and what looks to be his last, you scared him off, you scary Canadian

Yeah. Well, I was grumpy that morning and his post ticked me off real good. Starting off a relationship with a complaint is usually a short relationship. I didn't find out until later that the bonus section was newstand only, which is a bit unfair IMHO. Hence the edit line...

He was a fellow canucklehead, so he's probably forgotten about it already...

I'm not that scary!

Bgrigg wrote:

Yeah. Well, I was grumpy that morning and his post ticked me off real good. Starting off a relationship with a complaint is usually a short relationship. I didn't find out until later that the bonus section was newstand only, which is a bit unfair IMHO. Hence the edit line... He was a fellow canucklehead, so he's probably forgotten about it already... I'm not that scary!

Very true, if the first time I meet someone and they start complaining, it usually puts a bad taste in my mouth for that person.

canucklehead Did you just make that up???

No, Canucklehead has been around for a while. Actually I think it was a Yank who first told me (called me!) of it. Why are Americun's called Yanks? 'Cause they're big jerks! Joking!

Bgrigg wrote:

No, Canucklehead has been around for a while. Actually I think it was a Yank who first told me (called me!) of it. Why are Americun's called Yanks? 'Cause they're big jerks! Joking!

JERKS!!!??? Now what did I ever do to make you think I was a jerk, Eh? Silly canucks, Eh? Always trying to keep the Americans down, Eh, with their "Eh's" and "Hosers" Eh!

Bgrigg wrote:

No, Canucklehead has been around for a while. Actually I think it was a Yank who first told me (called me!) of it. Why are Americun's called Yanks? 'Cause they're big jerks! Joking!

BWAHAHAHAHA.....that was good.  But "Yanks" really only apply to northerners (people above the mason dixon line but below the US/Canadian border.) while everyone below the mason dixon line are confetti's.

wibhi2 wrote:

Bgrigg wrote: No, Canucklehead has been around for a while. Actually I think it was a Yank who first told me (called me!) of it. Why are Americun's called Yanks? 'Cause they're big jerks! Joking! BWAHAHAHAHA.....that was good.  But "Yanks" really only apply to northerners (people above the mason dixon line but below the US/Canadian border.) while everyone below the mason dixon line are confetti's.

Ok, so I am a "yank" and dab bern it, I be proud of it, ber than ben from Canadia just kidding BGrigg. I have a good one we can all find humorous, you know what people from Michigan are? Kentuckians that got lost on the way to Canada My fiance is from Michigan, so I am always giving her a hard time about her "northern" accent, of course she says I sound like a hillbilly, so I guess it works itself out!