Are any other Australian ME/MEW subscribers having delivery difficulties? My observations have been that the My Hobby Store management of these through an Australian agent were a bit hit-and-miss, particularly toward the end of their stewardship. The Mortons takeover seemed to have resolved the problems by the use of Swedish postage – resulting in deliveries about 10 days after UK sale dates. However, in their wisdom, and possibly for reasons of cost, Mortons have chosen to again use an Australian agent. My experience to date has been at least two missed deliveries of ME, over a month between UK sale date and receipt, and nothing for the last five weeks. One missed delivery was made good from head office by (costly to them) Priority Royal Mail after I had a bleat. Clearly, my continuing along these lines may be counter productive to all concerned. Perhaps other unsatisfied Australian subscribers might like to take up their grievances with Mortons? As an aside, I’ve noticed that deliveries of these titles to local newsagents seem also to be suffering. I suspect that Mortons have taken up with the same dodgy Australian distribution agents used by My Hobby Store.
All this remains independent of the declining standard of content in ME and MEW – a subject which has been dealt with elsewhere in this forum. Disappointment at both levels!