false advertising?

Dear singletrack,
So i buy a mag advertising features to be found within said publication. Upon reading through this aromatic tome it becomes apparent that the 2 main features I was anticipating due to mentions on a forum are not to be found in a shop bought copy.
Even though they’re advertised on the cover I instead am gripped by a fascinating read about how I need to be a subscriber to read the features which ARE ADVERTISED ON THE COVER!!
Is it me?
Am i being petty?
In my head it can’t be legal surely?

You’re no doubt about to get flamed but for what it’s worth I had exactly the same experience and was also unimpressed.

if it makes you feel any better, as a subscriber, i was unimpressed that my magazine was a lot thicker and thus killed my dog when it was posted*
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*i don’t have a dog. Never have.

I used to subscribe but just never got round to renewing seeing as its easy to get hold of. But ffs it can’t be right? They can flame away and a know it’s only a few quid but it’s just taking the mick

And lol at pook!

I can’t see how you’d get flamed for what is a very fair point. Why would you promote non-existent features on the cover of a print publication?

You’re no doubt about to get flamed but for what it’s worth I had exactly the same experience and was also unimpressed.

Don’t see why the OP should be flamed, if what he says is true.

I assume it was just a print/deadline error, but that doesn’t make the OP’s points less valid.

It was a printing/publishing error. The “missing” pages are now, apparently, available to read free-of-charge on this very website.

It certainly wasn’t an error. There’s a page saying “ever get the feeling you’re missing someting.” Then basically tells you to subscribe. If they’ve made the pages available it’s because they’ve tried it on I reckon and been caught out

Those articles were not supposed to be listed on the front cover. That was the printing/publishing error.

The reason I was expecting the OP to get flamed is because this is STW. I agree with him entirely though, I bought the magazine looking forward to those articles specifically but instead was left with a pretty dull issue for my six quid

I can’t believe anyone would do it on purpose. It would be an utterly mental way to treat the buying public.

You wouldn’t have felt you were “missing something” had the articles in question not been printed on the cover as the OP says.

That makes more sense scotroutes.
just a bit miffed about it really
anyway rant over I’m off to walk Pooks dog that he never had 🙂

So, if what Druidh says is true, where is the missing content? As if it’s via the mag archive, that knackers those who have just picked up the mag in store.

#pray4pooksdog

It certainly wasn’t an error. There’s a page saying “ever get the feeling you’re missing someting.” Then basically tells you to subscribe. If they’ve made the pages available it’s because they’ve tried it on I reckon and been caught out

It certainly was an error. The coverlines were written late one evening the day the magazine was due at the printers. Three separate people looked at them and thought they looked fine and the final magazine cover was laid out by Jorji at midnight on a Saturday night after a 90 hour week. Neither of us noticed that Moab and Megavalaugh were on the cover, but not in the newstand copy of the magazine.

Sorry.

The features are available for everyone for free here: http://singletrackworld.com/magarchive/issue-93/

Again, apologies. Tired people didn’t notice the error while working late at a weekend and not getting to ride bikes.

Shitting hell. Just realised I started a sentence with ‘so’. Sorry folks.

So what

Apologies accepted chipps.
As I said I was just a bit miffed but everybody makes mistakes and thanks for sorting the content out
Now wheres pooks dog run off to….

So did I earlier….
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So, well, arrggghhhh.

An unfortunate coincidence perhaps given this was the first time the magazine included subscriber only content but fair enough, mistakes happen, especially when you’re tired as you say Chipps. Will have a read of the extra articles tomorrow, ta.

Dave you can borrow mine. You need to subscribe anyway

after a 90 hour week… Tired people… working late at a weekend and not getting to ride bikes.

In two minds on this. One one hand when i screw up at work (often) I get no sympathy from customers by saying “but I’m working ever so hard…”

On the other hand, I never buy the magazine and I use the forum for free.

That poor dog 🙁

As a subscriber I’d like to complain that I don’t get any cover lines. Or anything else to conceal some of this month’s cover image.

I still can’t believe that there are two separate editions. That really is making work for yourselves. Well done for going the extra mile.

I thought this thread would be about wonderbras

Thanks for the kind offer “mirage” but I’ve spent all my money on gaudily coloured Scott shorts and enduro compliant matching shoelaces as you well know.

Publisher apology from me too. It was a genuine mistake brought on by deadline madness – itself brought on by grit.cx launch production problems and was spotted right after the mag had gone to print, which was why we prepared the extra pages as a pdf download from our mag archive for everyone.

Plus, there’s this….

This is a sad selfie including the offending cover lines. If you have a cover lined issue and you are sad about the articles you can’t read in print then do what I did, take a selfie with the cover and email it to subs@singletrackworld.com

Sarah will then email you a code that will get you a month of Premier access to the site, including full mag app access and the option to turn all the ads off.

There’s rules tho..

If you are obviously stood by the shelves in a newsagent then there will be no voucher for you.

If we really like your selfie, or your lazy eye makes is giggle, we will send you a sub in a box (print and digital sub for a year). Warning! We may publish your selfie on twitter or Facebook unless you really don’t want us to. If you don’t want us to then quote this reference number in your email…

£ffget7765the88235sodding0366722coverlines6645341right000036nexttime6663435you52022muppets5546372889/////

That is not sad, it’s more “what can we not see that is going on out of shot”

I believe he’s hiding pooks dog 😯

Photoshop experts to the forum please

I believe he’s hiding pooks dog

and a spade

😀

Took me ages to spot that Jamie. Clearly I should be applying for more subbing jobs. 🙂

For some reason I read the thread title and assumed it would be about dating websites 🙂

Shh, Jamie. Moobs are in next issue!
(Grace was suggesting a sports-bra grouptest actually… I assume they work for moobs too)

I predict your membership soaring in the immediate future, and Benji having a really good day at work.