Just checked the PO box and the October edition was there:hpydans:
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Just checked the PO box and the October edition was there:hpydans:
FFW keeps sending me emails re subscriptions. Recently they have sent one for a usb stick containing all back copies. Has anyone purchased this and is it worth it?
Cheers Bucky
Yes; Its brilliant.
I got a DVD version about 10 years ago and used it intensively. Last year I replaced it with a USB with ten more years of issues. You get a hi-res copy of the entire magazines, each and every page, and literall turn the pages electronically.
Only minor downside is that their search engine is a little primitive.
That seems to be a common theme with all their offerings. The online version was equally hopeless when it came to locating anything specific, even if you 80% knew exactly what article you were looking for. They badly need some help in this area, but at this rate the publication will have gone under by the time they address this.
I know (from this thread) that a few people still want to receive paper copies, but I'd be perfectly happy with a good, properly indexed, well thought out, online only edition. Another advantage of online - I lost all my back issues when the house went in the bushfires Jan 2020; with limited space in 2 cars, and little time to get anything out, the huge stack of FWW mags was low on the list of priorities. I guess the fire experience has changed my view of "material" objects permanently.....:(
The June issue arrived this morning - from Jersey, Channel Islands.
As they actually publish two months before the cover date, this should have been mailed in April - so it was only eight months late!
Still awaiting the following issues:
- #290 Jul/Aug 2021,
- #291 Sep/Oct 2021,
- #292 Nov/Dec 2021, and
- #293 Tools and Shops 2022.(*)
[* I have received the junk email about this issue, so, allegedly, it should be in transit. Magazines used to arrive 2 or 3 days after the junk email.]
I got 292 earlier this week so it looks like things might be on track again.
I am also now up to date with the Nov/Dec being the latest. Thank goodness FFW is back on track.
Regards
Keith
In late September I was advised that my missing FWW issues (288 289 & 290) would be delivered in the following two weeks or so. Well, I received #288 last week and, three days ago I received.... 288# again !! The first copy arrived wrapped in a padded envelope whereas the second one arrived in the standard grey plastic wrapper. I am just wondering if the first copy was the replacement and the second one being the original? I may be lucky to get the other 2 issues sometimes, hopefully before Xmas!
As it turns out I also had a subscription to Furniture & Cabinetmaking and have just realised that it has lapsed. I am somewhat surprised that I didn't get a reminder that it was about to end. On the other hand, I don't think I will renew it. I did find in the last few issues I received that the way of presenting projects had changed, becoming more info-tainment rather than detailed methods of work.
This may not be a bad thing after all: I'll spend more time in the shed making actual mistakes instead of reading about how to avoid them !!!
More sawdust...again!
Chers,
Yvan
Just looking at the grey plastic envelope that covered the very slow Issue #289 and noted that the senders name and return address preceded my name and address and were in exactly the same font.
Attachment 504802
Could the Post Office have initially delivered the package to Taunton Press instead of to me?
Absolutely no hints on the envelope, but note it has a London postal sticker superimposed over a Jersey, Channel Islands postmark. Seems strange, and may explain the 8 months in transit????
I have seen a parcel posted from Sydney to Perth returned to the sender for a similar issue.
We have made progress.
FWW #293 Tools and Shops 2022 arrived on Monday 6-12-21.
FWW #292 Nov/Dec 2021 and #291 Sep/Oct 2021 arrived two days apart in mid-December.
FWW #290 Jul/Aug 2021 finally arrived today - over six months late - but it has arrived.
My subscription is now fully uptodate.
A definite possibility, Ian - but 8 months???Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
My guess is that they were printed in USA, shipped in bulk to Channel Islands via London or Paris (No direct flights to Channel Islands?) and then mailed individually.
Possibly mine went:
- Channel Islands to Newtown, Connecticut, (FWW return address),
- Connecticut to London, possibly via Channel Islands,
- London to Tasmania.
Even then, the envelopes had a lot of time to sit around wondering where to go next!
My home shop machinist June edition arrived last week. I've had more recent editions arrive, maybe a few containers of magazines took the slow summer cruise ...