To answer Mike’s question, I usually get my issue in the mail 7-10 days before the end of the month, so would guess the news stands get it a couple of days before that (I’ve noticed Canada subscribers on this forum get it several days before we do here in the states).
I see. Well, I went and checked my back emails and regretably the newstand date information wasn’t there because I deleted all the MRR newsletters. Sorry Mowing Mike. You’ve got to face it tho, EVERYONE on this forum thinks you need to subscribe.[^]
I got the Sept issue in the mail I believe on Thursday of last week. Here in the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west that is usually five to seven days before they show up in my local hobby shops. I went out to the PX at Luke yesterday and they had the September issue on their magazine rack; they get their magazines on Tuesday so I’m going to guess they must have come in that morning - either that or a week ago which would have been on the first. Yours should show up any day.
About a subscription; I get most of my periodicals both railroad and other hobby interest, mainly woodworking through subscriptions - I do this as much for convenience as economics - I don’t get everything in the mail, however, because, if I did I would have no reason to visit my hobby shop. I encourage subscriptions but that is a matter of individual preference; something not realized is that hobby shops do not make a great deal of money on magazine sales; they carry periodicals as convenience to their clientel.
The price of gas has definitely tempered my shopping activities - the hobby shop I prefer is 30 miles away and the sixty mile round trip was costing me about $3.50 in gas every trip - that was $14.00 a month; I was going over about once a week - when gas went above $2.00 a gallon I cut back to about once every ten days - it is now at or above $3.00 a gallon and of late I have only been going over about twice a month. Even at that rate I am only saving about $3.50 a month. If it goes to $4.00 as some prognosticators are forecasting I’ll cut back to once every three weeks and at that point I’ll probably get subscriptions to those mags I currently buy at the hobby shop. Any higher and I suppose I will probably have to begin shopping at one of the closer hobby shops. I don’t suppose that my trips to the hobby shop are going to break me but added to other increases in prices I have had to start keeping an eye on the bottom line
Subscriptions are a lot cheaper than buying them at LHS. You usually come home with something that you really didn’t need,but thought you should buy something because you were there. Jerry
Mine arrived early last week. I stopped getting GR because frankly, I don’t think I’ll be able to add that along with all the other things around here. No railroad, no real need for a GR magazine. I also subscribe to InternetForumPsychoKillerMonthly. I just love those niche publications.
i’m in canada and i just picked it up at the local magazine store today . it wasn’t there saturday . this is the earliest i’ve ever got it , usually shows up around the 15th of the month preceding the cover date (get the sept issue on aug 15 for example)