Discussion on the Future Direction of Model Engineer and Workshop

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

The home shop machinist seems to have been taken. (i also subscribe to it).

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

I used to take this excellent magazine, which had a proper title:

Yes, a real magazine, quite highbrow, and not a joke.

[JasonB]

On JasonB Said:

I have known of this for a couple of days and will add my thoughts later.

In the mean time it would be useful if any respondants could say if they subscribe to one or both titles, if they have let their subscription slip or if they just use the forum and don’t subscribe.

Mortons messing up again?
The last few days I have only visited the forum briefly and whilst I noticed this thread starting I only read the first few posts. Tonight I started reading from the beginning and did not get far before I realised that it has all the hallmarks of another Mortons fiasco.

Jason requests respondants (AKA participants?) to tell Mortons (via this thread) whether they subscribe to ME, MEW or ME and MEW. whether their subscription/s have slipped, or they just use the forum.

Its not clear (but it might become so when I read the rest of the thread) how this information posted into this thread will be collated or disected and what purpose it will serve. As I see it, it would be an completely pointless exercise purely because Mortons are already in possession of who does and who does not subscribe, they also know the details of forum users.

I have only purchased the odd issue of ME but have subscribed to MEW almost since its inception and have kept up my subscription (despite only a few of the recent issues containing much that interested me) but I felt that as I was using the forum, I should support it.

As it happens I decided to cancel and issue 346 was the last one I received. I will now wait for the new combined mag to appear in the newsagents and take out subscription if I like what I see.

I’ve left it too late tonight to read the rest of this thread, will catch up tomorrow.

Ian P

 

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