hamilton@intersil.uucp (Fred Hamilton) (02/16/90)
In article <11226@baldrick.udel.EDU>, C503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Baird McIntosh) writes: > > If Andy Finkel wrote the article, maybe he'd be willing to make copies > available. On the other hand, he may have some sort of agreement with the > Transactor, or he may still get money from back-issue sales. I really don't ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That's just too funny to pass up. I ordered two Transactor back issues when I subscribed over two years ago. While my subscription slowly limped through and expired, I never saw the back issues I paid for despite repeated requests. -- Fred Hamilton Any views, comments, or ideas expressed here Harris Semiconductor are entirely my own. Even good ones. Santa Clara, CA
swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) (02/17/90)
In article <80.25dadd3b@intersil.uucp> hamilton@intersil.uucp (Fred Hamilton) writes: > >In article <11226@baldrick.udel.EDU>, C503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Baird McIntosh) writes: [...] >> Transactor, or he may still get money from back-issue sales. I really don't > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >That's just too funny to pass up. I ordered two Transactor back issues when I >subscribed over two years ago. While my subscription slowly limped through >and expired, I never saw the back issues I paid for despite repeated requests. Well, it looks like Transactor is pretty much belly up, which is sad for two reasons; it was my favorite Amiga mag, and I haven't received an issue of my unfulfilled subscription for about five months now :(. On the subject of the back issues that Fred paid for and never received, did you ever consider that the profit from backorders must be phenomenal if you never have to mail any of them ;^). So maybe Andy *did* make some money from back-issue sales ;^). I hope that the rumor about INFO acquiring Transactor turns out to be true, maybe I'll get some satisfaction for my unfilled subscription (I like INFO a lot too - but I'll have to wait and see how well they can incorporate the technical content of Transactor). -- --Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.COM
papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (02/17/90)
In article <-1773786385@convex.convex.com> swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes: >I hope that the rumor about INFO acquiring Transactor turns out to be true, >maybe I'll get some satisfaction for my unfilled subscription (I like INFO >a lot too - but I'll have to wait and see how well they can incorporate the >technical content of Transactor). The only asset that a magazine going belly up has is the mailing list of its subscribers. That's usually the only sellable thing that's left. With that money usually major creditors are paid (like a printer shop). Authors hardly ever receive anything. It is unlikely that INFO has the dow to automatically continue your 'lost' Transami subscription. Magazines that buy mailing lists of bankrupt companies will usually just offer you a 'reduced' subscription to their own magazine. -- Marco -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Xerox sues somebody for copying?" -- David Letterman -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) (02/17/90)
In article <-1773786385@convex.convex.com>, swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) says: > >Well, it looks like Transactor is pretty much belly up, which is sad for >two reasons; it was my favorite Amiga mag, and I haven't received an issue >of my unfulfilled subscription for about five months now :(. > I won't claim that Transactor is going to survive, but they do seem to still breath no and then. Many people, including me, received an issue (V3#1, I think) during the past month. Since it's been five months for you, perhaps your subscription was a victem of Transactors database crash. I suggest you send them a short, polite note saying that you are a subscriber, how many issues you think you still deserve, your address, and best wishes. Might not help, but then again.... >On the subject of the back issues that Fred paid for and never received, >did you ever consider that the profit from backorders must be phenomenal >if you never have to mail any of them ;^). So maybe Andy *did* make some >money from back-issue sales ;^). > >I hope that the rumor about INFO acquiring Transactor turns out to be true, >maybe I'll get some satisfaction for my unfilled subscription (I like INFO >a lot too - but I'll have to wait and see how well they can incorporate the >technical content of Transactor). > >-- >--Steve >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.COM
djohnson@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) (02/18/90)
Arghh. Does anyone who received the latest Transactor found an address or phone number in that issue (or a return address)? I sent them a change of address just after the second to last issue, so I suspect my subscription is in their bit-bucket or something... Darin Johnson djohnson@ucsd.edu