MBY subscriptions

[Guest]

Signed up for MBY mag. At boat show but still not received copy . Has anybody else received mag since signing up at boat show . Was assured would receive copy before shops. April edt. out now ! Have i missed the boat.

 

[kimhollamby]

Mark, apologies on behalf of the MBY crew I think you should have received your subscription copy by now (although April is just out today so if that was the start month then it may have got snarled up in the post).

Send me an e-mail with your postcode and I'll get it checked straight away.

Associate Publisher ybw.com websites kim_hollamby@ipcmedia.com

 

[terryw]

I also signed up at the LBS on 4th Jan for MBM, and bought the Feb edition at same time. I received the March edition on 22nd Feb, and was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to arrive.
I wonder when I will get the April edition?

 

[Boatman]

YM seems to have disappeared as well, my copy seems to have been pinched or borrowed etc -)

Kim don't worry will chase through normal channels

 

[Guest]

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[Guest]

It looks like the subscribtions dept still have not got their act together!
I had the the same problem 3 years ago with MBM & MBY with monthly assurances that the service would improve.
I now order them through my local newsagents and enjoy reading them every month instead of wondering what i missed.

 

[jfm]

These stories are why I have not yet taken a subscription. I always get it at newsagents. April edition in Newsagents today. Detailed article on Menton, no mention of macdonalds, was it edited tcm? Also promise of test in Mangusta 108 next month, with full side pods Claymore. Long article on LPG conversion too.

 

[Guest]

Sorry...Mangusta 108 test fell out of bed so we tested a Leopard 27m Open instead (the one that's like the 23m, but much bigger ;o) May get some pics up on mby.com before too long.

 

[tcm]

Blood on the carpet?

Ooh. Hope the 27m didn't get smashed up and highly experience boat testers carted off to hospital.

 

[kimhollamby]

Mark, it's being chased now. Will mail you an answer.

Associate Publisher ybw.com websites kim_hollamby@ipcmedia.com

 

[kimhollamby]

Okay but if you want us to look into it simply mail me your postcode (and full name if I haven't got it)

Associate Publisher ybw.com websites kim_hollamby@ipcmedia.com

 

[kimhollamby]

MBM subscriptions

MBM on sale date for April is 21 March. Your March issue sounded like it was late but I have not yet had a chance to see if there were any production reasons why that happened.

Associate Publisher ybw.com websites kim_hollamby@ipcmedia.com

 

[kimhollamby]

Sub standards

To clarify subscription copies are timed to arrive on the actual on sale date, no earlier. They may occasionally arrive earlier if you live in an efficient postcode area vis a vis post service; they can be a bit later in less efficient areas. We could engineer an earlier arrival (as was possible when it took seven days from printer to newsagent a few years back, unlike the much more efficient times now) but you'd simply get older content, more dated brokerage ads etc.

Sub benefits: you save cash, you don't have to think about visiting anyone to pick up your issue, you can order online and despite a few cock-ups the vast majority who order happily receive their copies okay, otherwise we'd be in a complete spin. We're also more than willing to take up anyone's case now if something does go wrong.

The flip side, well we also need newsagent sales and so if you buy that way, either ad hoc or by reserving a copy, then that's fine too. We'll even report availability problems to the distributors if you let us have them.

Associate Publisher ybw.com websites kim_hollamby@ipcmedia.com

 

[Guest]

Re: Blood on the road

Nope, Leopard 27m survived my best efforts to ding it.

But as you rightly surmise, this ace tester was indeed carted off to hospital in an ambulance yesterday having come a distant second in a contest between a VTR100 and a Ford Maverick.

Bike is now knackered, left foot is now knackered, and solicitors are in pursuit of myopic Ford-driving w@nker. Quite exciting, though. Had one ambulance, two police cars and a fire-engine in attendance.

That makes one Volvo, one MX5, two VW Golfs, a Ford Maverick and three broken bones in the last 18 months. Deep, deep joy.

On the bright side, it gives me more time to loaf around reading the cr@p you lot post here ;o)

 

[jfm]

Re: Compensation

Can recommend most strongly www.expresssolicitors.com He spcialises inn this stuff 100% of his time and can get you enuf compensation to buy your own Mang108 (well, praps an ex demo model)

(note for register of members interests, he's my brother)

 

[Steve_Bentley]

As a recent subscriber to PBO (if I'm allowed to mention it here without getting a good thrashing behind the bike sheds!) I've been getting into the spirit of the thing and created my own editions for the rest of the year using crayons and old copies of the Sun. You should see the December '02 edition with Pamela Andersen riding a snow-covered jetski 'bareback'! When the 'official' mag drops through the letterbox I try looking for articles on Posh changing an outdrive bearing but it's not the same. How come the posted copies don't include any of the stick-on freebie guides- is my postie building a Bayliner in his shed from discarded milk cartons by following the advice in these things?

 

[tcm]

Re: Blood on the sofa

So you got your copy already then? Actauly, I wouldn't mind siting on the sofa and reading the cr@ap I wrote too, but massive postal delay caused by bottleneck in N London.

 

[tcm]

Re: The big issue

We were walking along Long Acre in Covent Garden and this young tramp chap confronted us. "Look" he said animatedly, "I know you don't want the Big Issue cos it's a bit crap, so how about ...The Dandy, or What Car or today's Sun!!". I gavim a quid for making us all laugh.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Re: Compensation

If he's that good why isnt he doing your speeding tickets, eh?

 

[Guest]

Re: Compensation

Thanks, but already have a pack of slavvering rottweilers keen to do battle on my behalf. They seem to think that a Mang108 is the least I should expect as a payout.

In the meantime, it's back to the sofa, the PS2 and SSX Tricky for me (I AM the ubermeister!).