[modeleng] Magazines
- From: "shep" <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Modeleng" <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:26:21 +0100
Dear George
I apologise for my inaccurate report. I must have misread or misunderstood
the gloom-and-doom editorials currently appearing in the three British
magazines devoted to model engineering.
We, the model engineers in the UK, are singularly blessed with a host of
independant news agents and suppliers of tools and materials. If we don't
support them, they will cease to exist. 'If you don't use it, you will
lose it'!
Thank you for your excellent explanation of the problems of supply and
distribution. I hope that every contributor to this List will read,
inwardly digest, and take action. Let's keep our Independants in good
health!
Thank you again for your comments and for the service which you provide.
Cheers! Hubert
> From: "georgecoles" <georgecoles@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Engineering in Miniature
> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:57:50 +0100
>
> Hubert
> Whilst I wholeheartedly endorse your thoughts on Brussels, I have heard
> this
> comment before, and it refers to a postulated effect of a proposed
> 'consumer
> protection' edict from our unelected masters. As a small independent
> newsagent, I can assure you that the only thing that stops a newsagent
> from
> stocking a mag is lack of sales! We have had EIM on the shelf for several
> months, and have never sold a copy, so at the present time we don't stock
> it. But be assured your local newsagent can get it. The big chains and
> Tesco won't!! They only stock the very big sellers - I don't have the
> figures to hand, but, as in most things, the vast majority of magazine
> sales
> comes from a handful of titles, yet there are more than 3000 magazines
> available through the retail chain in the UK. We stock a wide range of
> model and prototype railway magazines, as well as those covering the
> vintage
> vehicle markets. We have regular customers now who travel some distance to
> pick up copies, and we save some titles for a couple of customers, each of
> whom lives more than 30 miles away. So you can get specialist mags in a
> small (tiny) village newsagents. But please don't buy one to try it out,
> and then subscribe. Your newsagent provided the service in the first
> place,
> and needs your business to survive. Without small independents, many
> magazines would go to the wall.
>
> Sorry if this appears off topic, but ME mags are as vulnerable as any.
>
> George
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