April Genii

[Guest]

April Genii arrived today with Arthur Trace on the

cover. Some good effects from him and a lot of

other neat stuff..on it's way to you......Mike

[Guest]

can't wait to see it!!

[Matthew Field]

Genii arrived on Friday in England!

Matt Field

[Guest]

Also Friday in Copenhagen :)

[Guest]

It seems that my Genii doesn't arrive until almost a month after it's announced here that they have been sent out and people start receiving them.

Looking at this particular thread, Mike Walsh got his on March 13th. Matthew Field & Asser Anderson, who are both in Europe got theirs April 2nd.

I'm in St. Louis, it's April 8th and still haven't received mine.

It's kind of frustrating!

[John LeBlanc]

Originally posted by Steven Pellegrino:
It seems that my Genii doesn't arrive until almost a month after it's announced here that they have been sent out and people start receiving them.

For some bizarre reason, I just received February.

John
http://www.escamoteurettes.com/blog/

[Richard Kaufman]

Steven, people in Europe who've paid for airmail delivery often receive their copies before people in the United States. (Their subscriptions cost a lot more!)
All copies are mailed at the same time, within a day or two of one another, from our printer in Fulton, Missouri. They are sent throughout the US by second-class periodical mail, which is used by most magazines (it's the only economically viable way to send them). But, second-class periodical mail is treated differently by every post office which handles it. Some deliver it immediately, others let it sit in the post office for weeks until they find a slow day and give it to their carriers. We have no control over it, and all magazines in our field suffer from the same type of distribution.
I could offer another category of subscriptions for those in the United States, with first class delivery, but it would add a lot to the cost of a subscription. Would you be interested?

[John LeBlanc]

Originally posted by Richard Kaufman:
I could offer another category of subscriptions for those in the United States, with first class delivery, but it would add a lot to the cost of a subscription. Would you be interested?

I'd be interested in knowing how much more it would cost. Far more often than not, I've gotten my Genii Magazine nearly a month after mail date (and I never blamed it on you; I know how the post office operates.) And I don't expect that to change any time soon.

John
http://www.escamoteurettes.com/blog/

[Guest]

My frustrated comment isn't aimed at you, I realize that there is another company mailing these and the post office takes some of the blame as well, but until I read your explanation, did I know the details.

I would be interested to find out what the extra cost is.

Thanks

[Richard Perrin]

I work at the United States Postal Service since '85 at Augusta, GA. We receives mostly from Atlanta. I have no clue why but we just do what we can do. Our goal to complete 85% on time and we did more than 85%. I wish I could give you all a straight answer... Oh well... If I work there (Atlanta) and I WILL know the answer.
About first class, take your magazine to your post office and weight it to see what the cost. Hope this help.
By the way, I haven't got TLR and M.U.M. and still check the mailbox! :(