I see where issue 126 shipped on 7/19 and it is now 7/31...am I alone here still waiting for the third part of the Age of Worms? O I can hardly wait...
I see where issue 126 shipped on 7/19 and it is now 7/31...am I alone here still waiting for the third part of the Age of Worms? O I can hardly wait...
Dungeon can take anywhere between 4 days and 4 weeks to get to me in Canada. Wait patiently and it will come. (I know I'm waiting...not so patiently).
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When I have the subscription sent to an address in Deleware it can take up to a month for it to reach my house. When it is sent to an address in New Jersey it takes about 8 days. Since it is sent as 2nd class mail (at least thats what I believe) it will only come to your house at the rate that the post office is willing to deliver it.
If you are truly waiting a long time for an issue a suggestion I have posted in another thread is that you buy the issues individually when they become avaiable on the paizo store. Since orders like this are considered first class they will come much faster (days) than individual issues which are part of a subscription. I'm not sure what the real technical information is behind this, but back before I re-subscribed I ordered issues I wanted this way and they reached me far before the newstand date and far before they would have arrived by mail if I was a subscriber. The only bad side of this plan is that you are paying for each issue which is massively ineffient and expensive if you intend to buy every single one.
As I understand it, the magazine is not late in the U.S. until after 2 weeks from the ship date. I usually have mine 10 - 14 days from the ship date. If I don't have it after 2 weeks, then I worry. I don't have it yet, but will wait until after 8/2 before being concerned. Unfortunately, my last issue took over 3.5 weeks to get to my house, so I don't know what to expect this time.
Rooster
thanks for the info people, I hadn't really been so persnickety about their arrival time until I started my kids through the Age of Worms and now I want it all here right now! I will wait...
Chief Technical Officer
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When I have the subscription sent to an address in Deleware it can take up to a month for it to reach my house. When it is sent to an address in New Jersey it takes about 8 days. Since it is sent as 2nd class mail (at least thats what I believe) it will only come to your house at the rate that the post office is willing to deliver it.
Sean is exactly right, except that it's called "periodicals," not "2nd class." All subscriber copies are shipped simultaneously, so if your issues consistently arrive late (which we consider 2 weeks after mailing in the US), the best thing you can do is give us a different shipping address, preferably one served by another post office entirely.
The FLGS near my house has Dungeon on its shelves a week or so before I get my subscription. I didn't even know they were _allowed_ to do that, but it gives me a chance to see what is coming.
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The FLGS near my house has Dungeon on its shelves a week or so before I get my subscription. I didn't even know they were _allowed_ to do that, but it gives me a chance to see what is coming.
There's no "allowed" about it -- in general subscriber copies are sent out before retail ones reach the shops, but shops will sell magazines as soon as they receive them irrespective of how long it takes the postal service to deliver the subscription copies.
It's not that uncommon a problem, but is more of an issue in some cases than others -- I used to subscribe to the Economist which comes out on a Thursday but which I'd usually receive on Saturday, sometimes even Monday!
My copy of #126 showed up today. My zip code is 97005 and I usually receive my copies within a week of the ship date. This issue seemed to arrive a little later than normal, but not more than a few days outside of the average.
I usually get my Dungeon the Thursday of the week after it ships (about 9 days).
Issue #126 seems to be running later then normal for me though.
Just got mine yesterday, 8/1. This is my first issue since subscribing so now I have an idea of the timing. Still haven't seen the issue in the bookstore I used to get it from.
Don't worry I just got issue 125 yesterday, but I think it's because I did my address change between label print and shipping. Usually I receive my copy around the same time it hits the newspaper stand.
The FLGS near my house has Dungeon on its shelves a week or so before I get my subscription. I didn't even know they were _allowed_ to do that, but it gives me a chance to see what is coming.
There's no "allowed" about it -- in general subscriber copies are sent out before retail ones reach the shops, but shops will sell magazines as soon as they receive them irrespective of how long it takes the postal service to deliver the subscription copies.
Technically, we ask them to hold it until the "Newstand Release Date", but there is obviously no way for us to enforce that.
Has anyone an idea how long it takes to get the issues if you subscribe in europe (germany, to be precise) ? I consider the idea since I saw how much cheaper it would be (subscription 12 issues 60 Euro compared to 7 Euro per issue = 84 Euro for twelve issues in my local store). The store gets it around two-four weeks after shipping date as far as I can tell, and if a subscription delivery would take much longer, I would just go on supporting my local store :-)
Stefan