Anyone got theirs yet?
Just wondering whether to expect it when I get home?
Bought mine in WH Smiths last night
Nothing this morning
went flop on the mat this morning.
Quick peak now suggests: a sweep stake on who the "unnamed industry insider" is. Cant be Brant, too many 4+ syllable words; UR BIK IZ SARACIN; Niner Air9 pornucopia; riding with the Cosa Nostra; ads; STW Towers favourite freebies; pics of northern wetness.
plus ça change
It better be on my mat when I get home - saw it in Tesco this morning. What are the advantages of being a subber?
sv - Member
It better be on my mat when I get home - saw it in Tesco this morning. What are the advantages of being a subber?
sort of how i feel too, i'm not even bothered by the 'clean' cover. Post has been slow recently in defence.
Does the quality or value of the content decrease if someone else reads it before you?
[i]What are the advantages of being a subber? [/i]
you can't look through a pile of mags to find a specific review/article as the contents don't appear on the cover 🙁
Im not holding my breath
No post at all now for 15 days
...and we had very little snow in comparison to other areas
you can't look through a pile of mags to find a specific review/article as the contents don't appear on the cover
Innit.
But you do get to look at cover pictures that have been selected because they have big boring areas where headlines would go nicely, so stop grumbling.
Been thawed here for a week and post still unusually poor.
Perhaps the depot is still under 10ft though.
got it in last night.
tis good.
Not appeared at Loco HQ 👿
Mine arrived this morning 8)
Does the quality or value of the content decrease if someone else reads it before you?
No.
If you stump up cash in advance as a subscriber and are told 'get it before the shops do' should that not happen?
Where does it say you get it earlier?
not got mine,but whsmiths have,i like how been a subscriber works.
druidh - Member
Where does it say you get it earlier?
[url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/2010/12/singletrack-magazine-issue-62-out-soon/ ]In the 3rd paragraph[/url]
my subscription was free so i'm not complaining!!
Really must remember to cancel my subs when this issue arrives as it pretty much goes unread most issues. In fact I'm cancelling my dd now. Goes off to log into bank account.......done.
Hi all!
Sim and I worked all through the other weekend to make sure that we got the magazine to the printers on the correct day (for the first time in about five years.) This meant that the mag was printed the day it was supposed to be in order to get it on sale today.
Subscription copies were posted on Tuesday this week, with the trade copies held back in order to make sure that subscribers got them first.
We can't control the postal service unfortunately, but we do all we can to make sure that subs copies arrive before the shop ones. Short of couriering all the subs copies (which we do with the shop copies) we can't guaranteed that.
Being a subscriber does give you big discounts in our shop and in many other places around the country - 10% of whole bikes in some cases, so it's not all bad.
As for leafing through issues to find the contents you're after, we have a fantastic Mag Archive just up at the top of the page there. That's what I use (even though I have a stack of copies on my desk) 🙂
While I agree about dodgy deliveries I have to wonder what Royal Mail are doing with mine. If they were posted Tuesday, I still havent had mine despite there being deliveries for the last three days at least. I can only assume they don't see mags as a priority in the rush to get the bills to my door.
It is now Saturday and still no sign of 62. I have just been for my lunchtime roast pork sarnie and even the local newsagent has got his copies. Every issue about this time I have the same rant to self,'That's it, I'm cancelling the subscription and get the mag at the shop'. Of course once the mag comes I forget until next issue when I begin the whole process over again!
Mine hasn't come yet. Mind you, I haven't read the last couple yet so no worries.
Not got mine despite having post every day but one bad day last week. ah well some be Christmas 😉
Mine hasn't arrived yet either.....
No sub copy here yet either ... in the scheme of things it really doesn't matter to me, as I've been a subscriber since day 1 and timeliness isn't why I subscribe, but maybe it's better not to make the 'get your copy first' promise to subscribers as then there's no unmet expectation to be dealing with. 😉
Na nowt here in the North of Scotland yet either, but im putting it down to the posties being very busy with all the Christmas stuff and blaming it on the weather too. Monday most likely i hope 😉
Gordymac
Still no subs copy here either though i notice our local WHS has had it for the past couple of days!
No subs copy here either (though it took Rouleur 10 days from the alleged posting date to show up); can't really be blamed on the weather as #61 came after the shop copies were out too. Not bothered about getting it in advance of shop copies, but at the same time would be nice.
Andy
The mag came off the printer on Monday and all subs copies were collected by RM on Tuesday. Shop copies were held back for collection from our printer until Wednesday. They are collected by TNT who start the newstrade distribution process that takes two days. The bikeshop copies are held back until Thursday and are collected by UPS and delivered on a next day service to reach shops on Friday. That's the process and priority in that process is always given to subscribers. We can't get them into the hands of RM any quicker and we already hold the rest of the supplies back in order to allow subscribers to get theirs first.
That said alarms go off with RM if less then 96% of copies are not delivered in three days. That's not happened so I can only assume that 96% of subs copies have arrived by Friday. That said 4% (If that's what it turns out to be) still represents several hundred subs copies.
But on behalf of Singletrack I apologise if your subs copy has not yet been delivered by RM.
Not arrived here, but I'm not getting my knickers in a twist about it or anything.
Everything seems to be taking an age to arrive (apart from CRC, but they use parcelforce I think).
Time Out usually comes on Weds and no sign of that either.
nothing in my local library i mean WHSmiths. Why cant people buy the magazines instead of a free read on a saturday morning
My copy isn't here either. But in all the time I've been a subscriber its alway landed very very early. Given crap weather and Christmas post, think I can cut you some slack this time. Better be good mind 🙂
No sign of my subs copy here yet - this is the first time in 62 issues it's been late. Apart from the one that never turned up at all.
another member of the 4% club here.
not too fussed though (used to it) 😉
saves me leaving the house too.
Not got mine either. I don't mind too much as I ration it out over a few days rather than all in one sitting.
no sign here either 😥
fingers crossed for Monday c'mon postie 😉
None here but the mail has been stop and start for a while now, first with the A9 problems a few weeks back then the more recent temporary ice age stopping everything in it's tracks. Monday...
Another one in the club here in Leeds, made worse by the fact that you guys were teasing me by selling them at the picture house last night!!
Cheeky bu??ers 🙄
The post here has been really up and down.
I sent 2 parcels out last week, both went 1st Class Recorded cos Royal Snail had suspended Special Delivery due to the weather. One got to mid-west Scotland in 2 days (from Manchester), the other took 7 days to get to Nottingham! Go figure...
Both were items I'd sold on the Classifieds here although thankfully the guy in Nottingham was pretty cool about the delay.
Deliveries seem to have returned to near normal, my subs copy has arrived.
Nothing wrong with the post here (that there London) but still no mag 🙁
Can only assume there's a huge backlog, ours were delivering last Sunday. Courier who came today said they're doing 7 days too. It'll come when it does..
Nothing wrong with the post here (that there London) but still no mag
ditto. (north London). but then i only finished reading last months this morning. and i have most of The Ride issue 4 to read as well so mustn't complain.
No sign of mine yet either!
No signs of mine either, then again Edinburgh has been slightly snowy recently.... hopefully Monday.
I'm slightly surprised that mine is not here yet as it usually turns up before most people have theirs, and our post has been every day without fail!
Not normally that bothered over the timing as I don't usually have much spare time, but as I'm at home recovering from double hernia surgery I seem to be getting through a lot of reading.
Mines not here either and it is usually here before the shops.
No sign of mine either...and I'm only in Guildford. Not exactly a remote backwater.
None for me yet in Edinburgh. The "4%" club seems to be pretty big...
Looks like my local Tesco has theirs before I've had mine again 🙁
Not [i]too[/i] fussed but is a bit annoying.
I'm also in the 4%. Though I have other things to occupy me, so I'm not bothered. When it arrives, I'll read it.
Not got my subs copybyet either...
Mind, I need to find out and make sure my subs haven't run out.. 😐
I'm in the 4% but not bothered club too. I had a quick flick through the digital copy earlier this morning and will pack the paper version in my bag for work when it does arrive. Then I have some proper reading material for shit breaks rather that 3 day old newspapers and old car mags.
Nothing here either, post doesn't seem too slow getting here either, ordered from CRC on Monday and got the stuff Wednesday.
Not sure if my subs are due for renewal soon, I assume I'd get a letter about it in advance though?
we got a sunday delivery today! no mag though 🙁
Is it true that all the subs copies were to be sent out with a mint sauce keyring? Shouldn't have too long to wait then if they're going via a certain southern based sheep sketcher.
<sobs>
Not got mine yet. I'm not sure I'm gonna make it til Monday, I think my whole skin is gonaa fall or something if i don't get it in 27 minutes from NOW...
..and I know FOR A FACT that ALL post comes via exactly the same route so I can expect my magazine to take EXACTLY the same time to arrive as the thermal brain snood my auntie down the road put through the letterbox this afternoon. And she only made it yesterday.
I'm in the 4% (and remain so) but it isn't keeping me awake at night however (and I'm just wondering) after how long do you presume that it isn't coming?
Another 4%er here too.
nada
Royal Mail seem to be having issues at the moment http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11981385
Why does it say Issue 61 on the cover?
Nothing here in Leigh on Sea,essex been pretty clear of snow for a couple of days,never mind got the downloaded copy just in case,will give it till Wednesday though
Copy arrived in W Wales today. Looking forward to a bath-time read.
Why does it say Issue 61 on the cover?
I was wondering that too.
Well still 'nada' in London
I wouldn't worry about a few days late, the prizes STW sent out* to sponsor the Euro SS still haven't arrived and the event was back in April!!! Looks out of the window and see the little red van drive straight past yet again ;-( disappointing.
* Yeah right
I am now in the 96%.
Hi all
The situation with Issue 62 not landing with a number of subscribers, really is as maddening for us, as frustrating for you. We've run the news article, posted a temporary PDF version for Premier subscribers and apologised, but would like to express again how sorry we are some subs copies are still not with you this Wednesday.
We know you're chomping at the bit to get reading but can only ask that you just bear with us while Royal Mail actually deliver those that they already have for despatch, first.
We are monitoring the situation closely.
Cheers and again, thanks for your continued patience.
Jamie
http://www.singletrackworld.com/2010/12/singletrack-subscribers-delays/
Nothing waiting for me after work...
Thanks for the update tho Jamie.
Our snow thawed on Saturday and I just think the posties are catching up.
Mind you, more snow forecast for tomorrow and Friday.
I hope the mag arrives tomorrow.
Nothing waiting for me after work...
Thanks for the update tho Jamie.
+1, however I will* hold you all responsible for the pain and suffering I endure due to the fact I will have nothing to read over Christmas and will have to make conversation with inlaws etc.
*if it doesn't arrive
Another mag less day despit deliveries for the last week
Nowt here yet but I've a few bits on the way to me I know I've been posted that are really late, don't think we can lay this at STW's door.
Mind you, I thought it was good of them to give us a pic of them riding on their holidays to make up for it. 😀
Nothing for me today either. bloody posties
My copy arrived today (in Glos.). It's beaten my amazon delivery which was also dispatched last Tuesday and still hasn't arrived.
Got mine today and my local loop is in it best no one else starts riding it lol I like it nice and quiet
No pigeons made it to the Isle of Man yet tho i have plenty of loo roll as MBR turned up a few days ago :-(.... Thank heavens i've gone premier....