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I may cancel my sub though, if everyone else keeps getting it weeks in advance…including the LHS!!!
Being European sans creditcard going through the whole rigmarola of money orders and international transfers just seems like too big a hassle. So I just go and get the odd copy from a newsagent. (Unfortunatly, the one where I used to get it locally stopped supplying, so now I really only am able to get it when I head into town once in a blue moon).
I have been a egular subscriber since 1996. I do get frustrated tho when hobby shops and newstands get theres 2-3 weeks before I do. Oh–well, I’m saving some cash doing so.
Lee
Very few news stands carry FSM regularly around here, but they seem to go pretty quick when ever i get to one that does carry it. i haven’t picked up an issue since last year )monetary restrictions… i.e. models and supplies) [:)]
Been a subscriber for at least 12 years. And agree with the others, seems for the past 6 months or so, its getting here as much as a week after its in the LHS and newstands.
I just signed up late last year & I already have the April issue but didn’t get the March. I posted it in the Suggestion forum & someone said that it could have been lost in the mail. How do I get a replacement?[V]
yes, and proud of it.
Contact our Customer Sales & Service Dept. and they will take care of it.
I have been subscribing for a couple of years now and it is frustrating to see it on the news stand before I get it, but I’m to lazy to go looking for it every month.
Have subscribed two times, but got sick, on both occasions, of getting beat up rags in the mail. (Apes at the PO! [;)] )
With around a dozen local sources, it’s hard to miss an ish of FSM. Matter of fact, I’ve got every one of them up 'til late last year. (Including the pilot)
Fade to Black…
I did subscribe, but cancelled because the newsstand price in $C was cheaper than the subscription cost in $US.
Bruce
when I first discovered fsm, it was cheaper for me to buy it at the lhs than to subscribe, and I now find its a very good way to support the lhs (and an excuse to go to the LHS [;)][:D])
I like checking out mags at the newsagent before I buy them. Having said that, I always buy FSM, but it’s still thrilling to discover the latest issue amongst the other modelling mags. The only other mags I buy every issue of are SteelMasters and Minitracks.
Recently renewed to FSM after several years of not. Model railroad dominated my interest (although money was still going into Kalmbach coffers with MR, Classic Trains and Trains). Leafing through earlier issues (mid-90s) I see a definite improvemnet in editorial content. Much more “how to” and less “look what the other guy did”. Way to go guys. Keep it up.
I´m on my second year of subscription and i must say that i love the magazine. Here in Portugal subscribing is the best way to get it and the fastest! I recieve my issues one week after they show the cover on the site.
I´m on my second year of subscription and i must say that i love the magazine. Here in Portugal subscribing is the best way to get it and the fastest! I recieve my issues one week after they show the cover on the site.
in stereo [:P] well I got mine today, so it wasn’t as late as the Feb one…oh, and I got my Scale Auto at the same time!!!
It’s one subscription I have no intention of cancelling. I will probably eliminate my Toy cars and Models subsription, just not interested in it anymore.
I had a subscription for about 10 yrs (1981-1991), then finances in college made me quit it. I was going to sign back up but had a limited magazine budget. About 2 years ago, I signed up to buy some mags to help a local kid for his school, boy was that a scam. I got three to six mags an month I never wanted (Rosie? Ladies Home Journal? YM?) and was set into a two year contract where they nailed my credit card $30 a month. It has taken me and a lawyer 14 months to get this crap settled. Now that it is behind me, I will renew my subscription with a mag I love and can use.
Beware of those mag companies that claim they are helping your local schools. Read the fine print and personally call the company to get their requirements, the school was not aware what was happening. We got scammed big time.
Whenever a cute kid comes to my door, I just ask them for the time of the next PTA meeting and send the PTA a check. I’m tired of frozen pizza an having to deal with these mag companies. The best mags are the ones like FSM, and even ifthey were on the list of these marketers, I would probably buy direct. I liked dealing with FSM on a personal level.
Scott