Firecrown Subscription Refunds

[Nikodemos]

Following receipt of the Firecrown email advising we ‘foreigners’ that we’d no longer receive hardcopies of MR and FSM I decided to cancel both subscriptions. The funny part was that I’d just resubscribed to MR a few weeks before the decision to stop sending paper internationally!

But after three weeks and a number of emails I’m still waiting for my money.

Anyone else had the same issue?

[Frozin]

You aren’t the only one.

Here is a link to what’s been going on so far.

Canadian Subscription Changes

Firecrown has moved Canadian subscriptions to digital only ostensibly because it cannot guarantee delivery of paper magazines in Canada. A flimsy rationale at best. But it is not surprising since digital only magazines are more and more common. The problem is that Zinio is a horrible digital platform. It is cumbersome to navigate and it is not possible to download or to print an article of interest. Now I have to put a laptop or tablet on my already busy work bench to be able to reference a…

Edit - Just noticed you posted in that thread as well. Guess this is no longer relevant.

[Nikodemos]

Hi Frozin. It appears there are a number of titles Firecrown have made changes to that has upset a considerable number of people, so it’s not just FSM and Model Railroader. Tis an interesting business model (pun intended) they’ve chosen to adopt. The decision re Canadian subscribers is incomprehensible.