At what point in the month do you ‘normally’ get the newest issue of MR? I am wondering b/c I have yet to get the May issue and here it is April 9th. This is the second time in three months it has happened. Last time when I called, they did send out another issue ‘first class’ mail which took another 10 days to get here. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t the point of having a subscription to 1) get a little better price and 2) get the latest issue at the same time of even before the local hobby shop? They have had theirs since last Wednesday.
It depends where you live and how bad the postal service is. The PRRT&HS sends out its quarterly magazine from Pennsylvania that they get in Australia two weeks before we get it here in Chicago. They claim there is nothing they can do. They are all mailed at the same time. Now I will probably here from somebody in the postal service claiming I don’t know what I am talking about and I should be thankful for how great the mail is. Each time the rates go up the volume goes down and it gets later. Go figure. At least since I moved out of Cook County they can at least deliver it to the right house 99% of the time. Where I used to live you were lucky if they got the name, number or street right. One out of three ain’t bad to them I guess.
Got the May issue on the 29th or 30th of March. Generally it comes in about the last day of the month. Sometimes I experience the same thing you do – it doesn’t arrive for a week or two and I have to call customer service – they are always apologetic and send out another issue which takes another 10 days. It happens about once or twice a year.
I wonder if there are inconsistencies with the distribution or some postal personnel decides to be an MRR that month! LOL. [:D]
This is one of the reasons I gave up my subscription, I was tired of seeing it at my local supermarket (let alone the LHS) a week or two before I got mine in the mail.
Most of the time I also get the latest issue quite early. I thought I was supposed to receive it late in March, but I just got mine on Thursday (April 5th; almost a week later than usual). Not that this is much of a wait, but I am always anxious to receive the next issue of MRRmag.
Mine came the last week of March, but without the plastic bag. Is that something that is seasonal, and the covering only comes in the winter? Or is it part of my bargain-basement subscription price?
I got mine the last day of March first day of April, can’t remember exactly. All I know is that it’s so thin, the mailman was done with it a lot faster than the older issues. [:)]
Is this normal ?? Great interest in the arrival of a magazine? I would assume the magazine arrives when it arrives, what matter is it if it is 1 or 4 days late or early?? People actually reply to this site exactly when the magazine arrives, is this important??? do they assume that anyone might be interested? Am I missing something here?
Yeah, it seems you are missing something. This isn’t a ‘I got mine before you got yours’ thread. I am trying to determine if my latest issue can be considered lost or not. I, for one, think it is important as to when the magazine arrives. You may ok with getting your May issue just in time for Halloween, but I like to get mine on a regular basis since I am paying for it. But I would like to thank you for your positive, helpful, and well punctuated post to the thread. [:-^]
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Thanks for the feedback on this. I do have another copy on the way.
OK. This is really wierd. I got the March issue around the 3rd of February. But a few days later, the April Issue came, in early February. Two issues within a week. Anyone else have that happen?
We just moved here in January of last year from New Orleans! Next month we are making a trip to Tennessee and on the way back we are going to visit the NC Transportation Museum.