Re: Railway Digest posting.

[Graham Duffin <duffin@dyson.brisnet.org.au>]

Re postings below about the December issue of Railway Digest.
I am reliably informed that the mailing house ARHS uses has stuffed up
with the December issue.  I purchased my copy over the counter on 
3rd December.

I am an ex Railway Digest subscriber. I used to subscribe to it but gave
it up two years ago when copies started appearing in my newsagent up to
a week before my copy arrived.  Even though it costs a little extra to
buy it over the counter I believe it is worthwhile as only on one 
occassion have my freinds who still subscribe to it had it before me.

If ARHS don't look after their subscribers who put their money up front
then I think readers are better off just buying over the counter and
stuff the mailing houses and Australia Post.

Even though Derek may not be saying, there is concern within ARHS
management at what is happening and they are having a meeting about it
in the new year.  I hope they do something about it otherwise when
renewal time comes around next year there are a few subscribers I know
here in Brisbane that will be doing what I've done.

I don't understand why Railway Digest don't do what Motive Power magazine
have done and hold back over the counter copies until after the ones to
subscribers have been sent and received.  

Graham Duffin,
Salisbury  Qld.

"Ken Neate" <kenneate@tig.com.au> writes:
> Still not received Tuesday, 14th Dec.
> 
> If this sort of delay continues, how will the ARHS maintain subscriptions?
> 
> I saw a copy Wednesday last week in the Wynyard NewsLink.  When news
> magazines arrive through the mail a week after they can be bought at a
> newsagent, subscribers will cancel subscriptions and turn to the newsagent.
> Of course then only the particular issues with articles of interest to the
> reader will sell.  Result, decreased circulation and, ultimately,
> advertising revenue.
> 
> Derek Rogers wrote in message ...
> >
> >Just for the record, I have a copy sent through the mail to see how the
> >distribution/postal system performs each month and as of today's Sydney
> >mail, my 'test copy' had not be received.
> >Also the number of working days for the magazine to reach me over the
> months
> >of Aug, Sept, Oct and Nov was 2, 10, 4 and 2 days respectively. As it
> >stands, the December issue has taken taken over three working days to get
> >through the post.
> >Regards
> >Derek Rogers
> >Editor - Railway Digest
> >
> >>
> >> Bevan Wall wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Has anyone else not yet received their December copy of the Digest? I
> >> > seem to recall a posting from Derick over ten days ago that thety were
> >> > about to be mailed, but I'm assuming that Australia Post isn't coping
> >> > with the Christmas demand and my copy is somewhere "in transit".
> >> > Bevan Wall.
> >
> >
> 
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