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MichaelG.

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Martin P

Well I've only had one postal delivery since Xmas eve which is down to the post office who I'm sure are doing their best at this difficult time trying to clear the backlog and struggling on with low staff numbers.

As has been said in the previous 299 thread all the mags go out at the same time and after that MTM don't have much control over their delivery.

On sale date is 8 January – tomorrow.

There really isn't anything we can do to speed up delivery under current circumstances, as I am sure everyone will appreciate.

I haven't got my copy yet, but we are not getting daily postal deliveries here – please anticipate unavoidable delays.

Neil

Please bear with us.

There has been unwelcome slippage in production schedules due to various lockdowns.

I'm sure everyone will appreciate that we are not always being able to produce magazines in time for the provisional on sale date in the previous issue. Editors have no control over this, scheduling is done centrally across all magazines.

Magazines are mailed out in advance of general sale, and normally arrive around Monday or Tuesday before an on sale date on the following Friday.

It is clear that the Royal Mail are struggling to achieve regular deliveries and there are additional delays in the system.

Yesterday I got a first class letter dated 19 December that was posted in Birmingham (about 30 miles away), that's over two weeks for what would normally be a next day delivery.

We are also only getting 2 or 3 deliveries a week.

This is totally beyond our control, under these circumstances all we can do is ask people to be patient and accept that some people may not receive their copies until a week or more after others get the same issue.

Neil

Mine arrived today, good "anniversary" edition. I have a post delivery every day, at least I see the Postie even if none for me that day. Guess I am lucky.

#297 arrived here in Toronto, 01 October, followed by #298 on 31 December.

My previous issues were with missing mags and how MTM managed that, but that has all been sorted AFAIK and a very pleasant phone conversation with a helpful and competent supervisor augers well for the future – but I cannot recall noticing a promise of early delivery, and as far as coughing up money, the magazines are actually cheaper if you subscribe!

We had 3 or 4 ratty Triumph Spitfires in the family because everyone, even my 5'2" stepmum found the Midget too small inside.

Father did have a late (black bumper) MGB GT in the early eighties which is the only car with overdrive I have ever driven.

Why not allow subscribers the ability to look at the magazines online while all this is going on.

At least they would be able to read them…

For what it's worth my copy of MEW 299 arrived yesterday, this is one of the few problems with living in Australia!!

cheers

Bill

Still waiting for mew 300 but me4655 turned up two days ago..

Colin