Magazine delivery

cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Magazine delivery

Posted by cassibill on Monday, November 3, 2003 10:02 AM

I was curious has the rest of the American contingent gotten there DEC. issue since I figure mine should've arrived over a week ago and hasn't and also have you ever gotten a fellow modeller's copy by mistake.( I once had someone else's stuck to the back of mine by the mailing label)
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erush

Member since
May 2003
From: USA, GA

Posted by erush on Monday, November 3, 2003 10:11 AM

I just got mine Saturday cassibill. Can't say I've ever gotten anyone else's with one of mine though.

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Monday, November 3, 2003 10:20 AM

Maybe with the first being a SAT. the timetable is off but my copy arrives almost like clockwork on the last SAT of the month. This is kinda nice since I'm in college and didn't want to change delivery but I still go home every weekend
The errant copy belonged to a neighbor a couple roads over.

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therriman

Member since
January 2003
From: Central MI

Posted by therriman on Monday, November 3, 2003 11:55 AM

I don't normally get mine till the first week of the month. Hoping it comes in todays mail.

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Keyworth

Member since
January 2003
From: NE Georgia

Posted by Keyworth on Monday, November 3, 2003 11:57 AM

Still waiting on mine. I'll let you know when it arrives. I've never gotten another member's copy in error, though.

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Woody

Member since
December 2002
From: Third rock from the sun.

Posted by Woody on Monday, November 3, 2003 12:22 PM

I picked mine up at Barnes & Nobles Sat. I don't subscribe to magazines anymore because they arrive looking like a gorilla has been using them for bedding! I never miss an issue though and I can get a cup of Starbucks to go with it! Wink [;)]

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rossjr

Member since
February 2003
From: Minneapolis, MN

Posted by rossjr on Monday, November 3, 2003 12:46 PM

Still waiting on mine and I am not that far from Milwaukee, I always see them on the store shelves before my mailbox...

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 3, 2003 12:48 PM

I NEVER get mine before the issue month, they are on the stand at the LHS weeks before I get mine. This is very irritating esp. considering I only live 25 mi. or so from the publisher! Angry [:(!]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 3, 2003 12:52 PM

I usually receive mine between the 5th and 10th of the month. Oh well. On the positive side I still get it. Just a little impatient this month. Had Knee Surgery couple days ago and would really like to have it.

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berny13

Member since
February 2003
From: Panama City, Florida, Hurricane Alley

Posted by berny13 on Monday, November 3, 2003 1:28 PM

When I see the latest copy on the shelves, I count ten to eleven days and then I receive my copy in the mail. I don't know why it takes so long.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 3, 2003 1:54 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Woody

I picked mine up at Barnes & Nobles Sat. I don't subscribe to magazines anymore because they arrive looking like a gorilla has been using them for bedding! I never miss an issue though and I can get a cup of Starbucks to go with it!

I usually get mine on time and in good shape but this month's literally has a four inch hole in the middle of it[:0] I don't know what happened to it but it looks like a shotgun target. I can't believe it made it to my mailbox. Can't complain, the cust. serv. people were very nice and a new copy is on the way Big Smile [:D]

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wayne baker

Member since
February 2003
From: Medina, Ohio

Posted by wayne baker on Monday, November 3, 2003 1:59 PM

I got mine over the weekend. At the moment, I'm so far behind in my reading, it doesn't matter if it comes late.

I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 3, 2003 2:09 PM

Hmmmm have yet to get mine....I had to renew got a nice bill though but no magazine yet. Last time I renewed I got the magazine and the bill at the same time! Im not complaining...just looking foward to mine...if it doesnt come soon Ill go to B&N and buy it....Then I'll get mine in the mail the next day...but hey I'll have one to hide from the wife when she cleans up my magazine table!

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RAF120

Member since
March 2003
From: Exit 7a NJ Turnpike

Posted by RAF120 on Monday, November 3, 2003 6:20 PM

Got mine on Sat. same day I saw it in B&N. Big Smile [:D]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 3, 2003 6:26 PM

I got mine today.

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maddafinga

Member since
March 2003
From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Posted by maddafinga on Monday, November 3, 2003 6:34 PM

I got mine today as well, just at about the normal time frame. I don't worry about when I get it, just so long as I do.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 3, 2003 9:16 PM

I stopped subscribing several months ago at renewal time when I figured out it was cheaper to buy off the newsstand rather than pay the premuim as well as the exchange for Canadaian orders. Now I can browse the issues and cherry pick the ones I want to take home.
Bruce

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leemitcheltree

Member since
January 2003
From: Washington State

Posted by leemitcheltree on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 4:56 AM

Haven't yet seen the December copy - I usually get them a little after the rest of the world - seems the post to Australia goes via slow steam packet, camel, then water buffalo, then is processed by a dyslexic grade school drop out.
I do eventually get the mag, though........
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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 8:10 AM

Of course mine showed up an hour after I complained that it never arrives early! Blush [:I]

I tell ya Crow tastes nasty and I feel like a Dunce [D)]

guess I'll just shut up now. Ashamed [*^_^*]

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rossjr

Member since
February 2003
From: Minneapolis, MN

Posted by rossjr on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 8:54 AM

Still haven't seen mine yet, hope it gets here soon as I have an 8 hour flight to sit through and I am soooo looking forward to reading mine.

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 9:10 AM

Wow I'm special Cool [8D]

then that I get mine early Tongue [:P]

. I'm picking up a couple tickets to Best Little Whore House in Texas and have to call home anyway maybe I'll find out if it came.

Yeah rossjr FSM is great for trips. I read mine on the 2hr drive back up to campus. It and crossstich is the only thing I can do in the car and not get sick, other than sleeping.

I've only seen FSM on the store shelves once, 4-99, cause I bought it and subscribed starting 7-99. It was either Walmart or Jaycee's grocery. Never seen it since though Walmart does carry Model Railroader. Odd.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 9:59 AM

Got it yesterday,& did you read the Tips section where the guy from Tenn. uses Kit-Kat foil in place of BMF? No adhesive needed! Peel off the wax paper & apply to model,what could be easier,or more delicious? As a new modeler,FSM delivers more than it costs.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 10:13 AM

Got mine Sunday at Borders

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Jeeves

Member since
February 2003
From: Saratoga Springs, NY

Posted by Jeeves on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 11:07 AM

Got mine yesterday....but I was reading in another forum that last month's newstand FSM issue came with a free Microbrush... what gives Lawrence?? Wink [;)]

Mike

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 6:28 PM

My only gripe is that the stores seem to get their issues before US the subscribers. Disapprove [V]

This seems wrong. We subscribers are considered the loyal customers, but the magazine is catered to the casual cherry pickers. Disapprove [V]

I love the magazine and wouldn't drop it over something like this, but I know from being in the newspaper business, that you treat your best customers like kings. This is how you get happy repeat customers. My 2 cents [2c]

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

Eric

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 6:46 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by cassibill
I'm picking up a couple tickets to Best Little Whore House in Texas and have to call home anyway maybe I'll find out if it came.

hmmm.... never realized you needed tickets to get in to those places.

A word to the wise.......don't mention anything about it on that phonecall home.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 10:54 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by tigerman
[We subscribers are considered the loyal customers, but the magazine is catered to the casual cherry pickers.

If the cherry picker comment was meant for me, fair enough & no problem. Funny but I feel no disloyalty to the magazine for cancelling. I felt I was being overcharged by paying in US funds and then an added premium on top. Simply put, up here the cover price is cheaper off the rack.
Bruce

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 11:45 PM

Sorry Bruce, my comment wasn't directed to you. Oops [oops]

I guess my point is the people that pay for a suscription expect a little more besides the delivery to the mailbox. I think of it as a commitment of sorts. A show of loyalty if you will. I guess I expect a little more. It kinda frustrates me to see the magazine in the store a week or so before I get mine mine in the mail. I see your point, living in Canada and all. I meant no disregard to the casual buyer of the mag. Ashamed [*^_^*]

I used to do it with MMIR, since they ran at about $10 a copy.

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

Eric

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 12:54 AM

I've given up on actually going out and buying the mag Disapprove [V]

, and a subscription is not an option Sad [:(]

. I´m totally dependant on this forum for my news and updates these days.

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rossjr

Member since
February 2003
From: Minneapolis, MN

Posted by rossjr on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 8:38 AM

Finally got mine yesterday, my trip has been saved, I now have new reading material...

Thanks FSM!

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