amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) (03/19/91)
Hrmmphh! The latest Amiga World cover sports a blurb claiming you can win an A3000. The blurb says to check out the ad on page 81, but on page 81, all I found was an ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest. In fact, I couldn't find anything in the entire magazine about this contest. *sigh* Psyched out...
BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu (03/19/91)
In article <12004@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) says: > >Hrmmphh! The latest Amiga World cover sports a blurb claiming you can >win an A3000. The blurb says to check out the ad on page 81, but on >page 81, all I found was an ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest. In fact, >I couldn't find anything in the entire magazine about this contest. >*sigh* Psyched out... Hmm. Look again, page 81 is devoted entirely to the A3000 sweepstakes; it has the instructions and the puzzle board. The ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest is on page 107. BTW, this is the April issue. Blaise
toddal@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd Michael Allendorf) (03/19/91)
BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >In article <12004@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) >says: >> >>Hrmmphh! The latest Amiga World cover sports a blurb claiming you can >>win an A3000. The blurb says to check out the ad on page 81, but on >>page 81, all I found was an ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest. In fact, >>I couldn't find anything in the entire magazine about this contest. >>*sigh* Psyched out... >Hmm. Look again, page 81 is devoted entirely to the A3000 sweepstakes; it has >the instructions and the puzzle board. The ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest >is on page 107. BTW, this is the April issue. > Blaise Actually, you're both correct. The newsstand edition of the March issue of Amiga World had the contest in it, but the subscribers edition did not. I noticed this last month and was a little mad (apparently subscribers to Amiga World aren't worth as much to IDG as people who buy issues off the newsstand). Anyway, this month's issue, they screwed up and put the announcement for the contest on the subscribers issue's cover. I think the subscribers should let Amiga World know how they feel about being effectively (unless you want to buy an extra issue of the magazine from the newsstand) shut out of the contest. -Todd Allendorf toddal@cobalt.cco.caltech.edu
amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) (03/19/91)
In article <91077.165908BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu> BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
)In article <12004@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing)
)says:
)>
)>Hrmmphh! The latest Amiga World cover sports a blurb claiming you can
)>win an A3000. The blurb says to check out the ad on page 81, but on
)>page 81, all I found was an ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest. In fact,
)>I couldn't find anything in the entire magazine about this contest.
)>*sigh* Psyched out...
)
)Hmm. Look again, page 81 is devoted entirely to the A3000 sweepstakes; it has
)the instructions and the puzzle board. The ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest
)is on page 107. BTW, this is the April issue.
) Blaise
Hmmm^2 Well, not in my issue anyway, nor my friend's. Do you receive yours
via subscription, or newstand? Page 81 in our issues are Amiga World Tool
Chest ads.
-baron
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\X/ "just another peon" | baron@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu | baron@uhccux.bitnetjra1@ra.MsState.Edu (Mephisto) (03/19/91)
My copy of amiga world had no such sweepstakes. I did find that page in an amiga world on a shelf in a super-market. I guess they don't care for you to participate if you subscribe! Jeff jra1@ra.msstate.edu
t20l011@ucscl.UCSC.EDU (10024011) (03/19/91)
anywhere in the issue. The issue is from a subscription. Someone f___ed up there.
amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) (03/19/91)
Aha! There seems to be a pattern here. According to admittedly small sample size so far, the subscribers to Amiga World did not receive any info about the contest to win an A3000. This I feel, is a rather cheesy move on Amiga World's part... like, they already have our money, so no need to hang bait in front of our noses. If you are a subscriber who received one of these bogus contest issues (or if you are a subscriber and received a valid contest issue) I'd like to hear from you (via email is probably best). If there is enough interest and support, I'd like to fire off a letter to them in protest. Heh, maybe while we're at it, we could also make mention of Montgomery Grant's sterling net.reputation here. :-) -baron -- // uhccux amiga archive | amiga@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu | amiga@uhccux.bitnet \X/ "just another peon" | baron@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu | baron@uhccux.bitnet
krsear02@ulkyvx.bitnet (Kendall 'Opusii' Sears) (03/19/91)
In article <12008@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) writes: > In article <91077.165908BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu> BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu writes: > )In article <12004@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) > )says: > )> > )>Hrmmphh! The latest Amiga World cover sports a blurb claiming you can > )>win an A3000. The blurb says to check out the ad on page 81, but on > )>page 81, all I found was an ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest. In fact, > )>I couldn't find anything in the entire magazine about this contest. > )>*sigh* Psyched out... > ) > )Hmm. Look again, page 81 is devoted entirely to the A3000 sweepstakes; it has > )the instructions and the puzzle board. The ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest > )is on page 107. BTW, this is the April issue. > ) Blaise > > Hmmm^2 Well, not in my issue anyway, nor my friend's. Do you receive yours > via subscription, or newstand? Page 81 in our issues are Amiga World Tool > Chest ads. > > -baron > > -- > // uhccux amiga archive | amiga@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu | amiga@uhccux.bitnet > \X/ "just another peon" | baron@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu | baron@uhccux.bitnet Same here. pg 81 is a ToolChest add. I get my AmigaWhirled via subscription. Kendall. -- Kendall "Opusii" Sears KRSEAR02@ULKYVX.bitnet Programmer /// Child Development Unit /// Amiga Department of Pediatrics \\\/// Currently running AmigaOS 2.0 University of Louisville \XX/ And Supporting Unix Sys V Rev 4. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Numbness is bliss... I can't feel a thing." -me.
aaalexis@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Andrew A. Alexis) (03/20/91)
contest Summary: GO Amiga was the sponsor References: <12004@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> <91077.165908BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu> <13567@darkstar.ucsc.edu> In article <13567@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, t20l011@ucscl.UCSC.EDU (10024011) writes: > anywhere in the issue. The issue is from a subscription. Someone I noticed that the donor of the Amiga 3000 was Go Amigo. I would imagine the death of GO Amigo has something to do with the cancellation/delay of the 3 part of the contest. -- "You can lead a horse|=| UUCP: ames!att!pacbell! \ to water, but a pencil |=| pyramid!sun!pacbell! -=>sactoh0!aaalexis must be lead" |=|{ucbvax!}ucdavis!csusac! / - Stan Laurel |=| INTERNET: aaalexis@sactoh0.SAC.CA.USA
cardinal@amiganet.chi.il.us (Paul Nowatzki) (03/20/91)
Well, there's obviously more than one version of the April issue of Amiga World out there. Mine has the Toolchest ad on pg 81 and no mention anywhere of the contest (except the blurb on the front cover). I get mine through subscription, could the newstand copy be different?
mikep@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Mike Powell) (03/21/91)
I didn't even know that the newsstand and subscriber's even had different issues? Essentially, this means that there are TWO Amiga Worlds.... (more ?) I thought I was getting a subscription to the magazine I bought on the newsstand... but apparently, they sold me something else! This sounds like unethical busines practices to me.... Time to cancel my subscription.... -Mike-
ferg@pnet01.cts.com (John Ferguson) (03/21/91)
I dont understand it either, my page 81 is the tool chest add.
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INET: ferg@pnet01.cts.comzerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (03/21/91)
Aha!
I looked at my subscription. It had the cover announcing the
contest, but no contest inside.
I looked at a newsrack copy. It had the contest, but no mention of it
on the cover.
Conclusion: AmigaWorld is going to complain loudly to the printer who
got the different covers BACKWARDS!!!
Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240
Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.dtiberio@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (03/22/91)
In article <91077.165908BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu> BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >In article <12004@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) >says: >> >>Hrmmphh! The latest Amiga World cover sports a blurb claiming you can >>win an A3000. The blurb says to check out the ad on page 81, but on >>page 81, all I found was an ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest. In fact, >>I couldn't find anything in the entire magazine about this contest. >>*sigh* Psyched out... > >Hmm. Look again, page 81 is devoted entirely to the A3000 sweepstakes; it has >the instructions and the puzzle board. The ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest >is on page 107. BTW, this is the April issue. > Blaise
schweige@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) (03/23/91)
In article <21980003@hpmwmat.HP.COM> mikep@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Mike Powell) writes: > > > I didn't even know that the newsstand and subscriber's even had > different issues? Essentially, this means that there are TWO > Amiga Worlds.... (more ?) I thought I was getting a subscription > to the magazine I bought on the newsstand... but apparently, > they sold me something else! This sounds like unethical busines > practices to me.... Time to cancel my subscription.... It's my understanding that there is no difference in the editorial content between the newsstand and subscription versions of AmigaWorld. The difference is only in circulation department advertising. Lou Wallace (senior editor, technology), indicated on CompuServe, that since this was a circulation department contest, even he was unaware of it. I do believe that it is a common magazine business practice to target advertising to specific markets, which, in turn, can lead to separate editions of a magazine, all having the same editorial content. Jeff Schweiger -- ******************************************************************************* Jeff Schweiger Standard Disclaimer CompuServe: 74236,1645 Internet (Milnet): schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil *******************************************************************************
ekarlin@engws5.ic.sunysb.edu (Erik S Karlin) (03/23/91)
In article <1991Mar21.170138.23185@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes: >In article <91077.165908BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu> BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >>In article <12004@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) >>says: >>> >>>Hrmmphh! The latest Amiga World cover sports a blurb claiming you can >>>win an A3000. The blurb says to check out the ad on page 81, but on >>>page 81, all I found was an ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest. In fact, >>>I couldn't find anything in the entire magazine about this contest. >>>*sigh* Psyched out... >> >>Hmm. Look again, page 81 is devoted entirely to the A3000 sweepstakes; it has >>the instructions and the puzzle board. The ad for the Amiga World Tool Chest >>is on page 107. BTW, this is the April issue. >> Blaise > > Well-- in my case...I both bought an AmigaWorld and received one at the recent AmigaWorld Expo in Manhattan where I got a free copy from the AmigaWorld booth. (plus a sub. for $15.95) After looking through both issues...they both had the same covers but the one I got from the show had the tool chest on pg. 81 and the one I bought has the contest on page 81. If you read the contest...it is the Amiga World FREQUENT BUYER sweepstakes...perhaps that is the reason subscribers were not included in the deal. It also says that the game pieces will be found "on the full page bind-in card located beside this ad." Oh well...what can you do... Erik
kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland) (03/26/91)
For sure AMIGA WORLD IS GOING TO GET A LOT OF HATE MAIL. Complete Frump Humpers. (anybody heard that wierd al song "mister frump and his iron lung")