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Apologies if this isn’t the best place to ask but I can’t see anywhere more appropriate. Essentially, I’m wondering if anyone else is having difficulties with receiving the magazine on subscription, direct from the US.
I’ve been a subscriber to S&T for almost as long as I’ve been a member of the BAA (last time p/Halley was passing through, which makes me feel ancient) but ever since the pandemic, delivery of the magazine has been inconsistent to say the least. On many occasions during Covid I had to ask for it to be resent. Then, for a while, the situation improved and started to be delivered again, but the past couple of issues have not appeared even after I phoned and spoke to an actual person who promised a replacement would be sent out.
I realise I could go digital, but it’s a bit hard to lug a PC with a 27 inch monitor out to a dark sky site to read on location.
Chris
I cannot speak for S&T, but my experience is that the worldwide postal services have never really recovered from the COVID disruptions. Until a year ago, when I was living in Australia, the BAA Journal took at least 2 months, and Christmas cards were still arriving in April.
I realise I could go digital, but it’s a bit hard to lug a PC with a 27 inch monitor out to a dark sky site to read on location.
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You can always download a digital copy onto your phone or tablet for in field use.
David
Apart from a bit of trouble renewing my subscription a couple of years ago when the owners changed, I have received the magazine quite regularly every month.
The bottom of my address label shows ‘UNITED KINGDOM 385-01 (*1 of 5)’ which remains the same month-to-month and may indicate that it is part of a batch of 5 copies sent to the UK and packaged by The Mail Group in Sunbury-on-Thames. How does that compare to your label, Chris?
Nick
I cannot speak for S&T, but my experience is that the worldwide postal services have never really recovered from the COVID disruptions. Until a year ago, when I was living in Australia, the BAA Journal took at least 2 months, and Christmas cards were still arriving in April.
That sounds about par for the course in the southern hemisphere. When a friend of mine moved back to South Africa, Christmas and birthday cards always arrived long after the relevant date. It would have been quicker to tie them to a passing swallow.
The bottom of my address label shows ‘UNITED KINGDOM 385-01 (*1 of 5)’ which remains the same month-to-month and may indicate that it is part of a batch of 5 copies sent to the UK and packaged by The Mail Group in Sunbury-on-Thames. How does that compare to your label, Chris?
Nick
The numbers at the bottom of mine read “United Kingdom 328-44 (*1 of 1)”. Looking at a couple of the envelopes I have here, it does remain consistent. There is also a reference to The Mail Group, Transglobal, Unit D1 – Windmill Road TW16 7HE near the top of the label, but it doesn’t mention Sunbury-on-Thames.
Ok, our copies must be handled slightly differently then! Same The Mail Group address and post code but mine includes Sunbury-on-Thames. My general Royal Mail deliveries are now only 2 or 3 times a week but AFAIK I still seem to get pretty much everything.
Good luck!
I get the digital edition which is a pdf. No problems with that, just received the October (!) 2023 copy late last week.
I get the digital edition which is a pdf. No problems with that, just received the October (!) 2023 copy late last week.
No sign of the replacement August copy yet, but I have just received the hard copy of the October issue in today’s post. Of course, that now begs the question of what has happened to the /September/ issue. *sigh* here we go again! 🙂
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