mattd2308 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 (edited) Took out a subscription to the above 12 months ago. Always enjoyed reading the various articles, reviews etc. However, been a few issues with delivery. Didn't receive April edition, or the last 3-month editions (Jul, Aug Sep). Have liaised with them several times, to which communication has been good, but out of their control once shipped. Prefer physical copies, instead of digital, as you can always have a read again etc. Thay have stated there has been the odd delay with printing etc and shipping but starting to consider cancelling it. Anyone else had similar issues? Seems that maybe someone at a mail centre has an interest in Hifi and just decides "yeah, i'll keep this". Quite frustrating. Edited September 10 by mattd2308 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Yeah similar. I took out subscriptions to News and Choice after Covid as the availability at newsagents was terrible. Over the last few months a few issues seem to have gone missing. Trouble is you don't know if they're still coming or not. Just have to wait. I received the July issue of Choice the other day, first issue of either that I've received for a couple of months, and it had a Cyprus postal mark on it. Think it was Cyprus, going from memory now. So I think they take a world tour before ending up in Oz. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analogueage Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Happened a lot to me 4-5 years ago. So much so that I just cancelled the hard copy and switched to the digital version. It also used to happen a fair bit with my Record Collector magazine when the cover was plastic i.e. see through. They switched to a full paper cover about 12 months ago and I have not lost a copy since! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattd2308 Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 (edited) Well, there you go. I'm not the only one. Emails i've received back stating i should receive editions in "29" days and "50" odd days etc. When you add up them up, there's approximately $60.00 worth of mags gone missing in my scenario. See through plastic doesn't help, granted they have a plain paper sleeve on the cover, but the back of mag has some form of advertisement for a hifi brand, then you only have to look at spine of mag to see what it is. Edited September 10 by mattd2308 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 43 minutes ago, mattd2308 said: Well, there you go. I'm not the only one. Emails i've received back stating i should receive editions in "29" days and "50" odd days etc. When you add up them up, there's approximately $60.00 worth of mags gone missing in my scenario. See through plastic doesn't help, granted they have a plain paper sleeve on the cover, but the back of mag has some form of advertisement for a hifi brand, then you only have to look at spine of mag to see what it is. This has happened to me. They were good enough to send me a replacement copy of any that didn’t show up, always in a plain brown envelope. These always arrived! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Did the postman give you a knowing smirk when he handed over the plain brown envelope? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattd2308 Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 Well, go to collect mail at general store, and sure enough, brown envelope with a Hifi Choice August edition, not Hifi News, which is my subscription, but anyway, I’ll give them a gold star for effort!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beacon Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 The digital version is the way to go. I use an iPad to read them. The app archives all copies subscribed to so you always have access to back issues. Been using this method now for about 5 years without any problems. Cheaper too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattd2308 Posted September 18 Author Share Posted September 18 Received August/September editions in mail yesterday, well, its something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Hopefully mine are coming soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) Postie just dropped off Aug and Sept News, and Sept Choice. Three mags in one day! Haven't got Aug Choice yet but I live in hope. Edited September 19 by Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 And just received Oct Choice. Still haven't got Aug Choice! Delivery is all over the place at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 5 hours ago, Darryl said: And just received Oct Choice. Still haven't got Aug Choice! Delivery is all over the place at the moment. I only got the May issue from our local newsagent a few weeks ago. To read the October edition in September would seriously undermine my understanding of how things work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 In the UK they come out early, the Nov issue is due out on the 3rd of Oct. Having said that yeah the Oct issue got here in record time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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