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Mine arrived eventually, very good it is too. However I can see the problem with people not getting issue 62, as mine claims to be issue 61 November 2010. (I've just checked the online version to make sure I'm right too)! So maybe nobody will get issue 62?
Or has this been pointed out before and I never noticed?
I wonder what he'd do if it lands on the doormat today?
Of course nobody likes to be called a thief, and of course I do accept that none of this was of your own making
well why call him a thief then?
i am happy to reimburse you for your £3.12 as long as you spend it on colonic irrigation
Now THATS a flounce 🙂
[i]I wonder what he'd do if it lands on the doormat today? [/i]
Post it back in complaint! 😉
What a great thread, it's really brightened up my morning.
The post is all over, there was some stuff delivered to work on the 23rd of December which had been put in the post box on December 2nd.
I finally had my Wiggle delivery yesterday, 4 weeks after ordering it (although Wiggle had been out of stock of the item for a couple of days as well). Yet other stuff turns up within 2 days.
Very bizarre.
You're right of course Lazlo, this whole thing stinks of a huge conspiracy that runs deeper than STW and the Royal Mail. Word has it that Spiderman, believing there to be an article in issue 62 about him skidding his underpants, wished to block the magazine being sent to his girlfriend, Janet (who is a subscriber). As such, he contacted the CIA and got them to fire up HAARP and cause a snowstorm over the UK at around the time that the magazine was due to be sent to the subscribers.
Knowing that Royal Mail would get round to delivering them eventually, he then got the SAS to break into the RM warehouse and hide all the issues under the fridge. But his problems still weren't over; what if STW put information on the website about how subscribers could get their copy and what was being done about it? So, he sneaked round to Jamie's house and injected him with a virus that made him lose his voice, and then wrecked the forum's database tables so that all threads containing any information regarding Issue 62 would be wiped blank.
I am yet to investigate further, but I believe that Chipps, Mark and Postman Pat are all on the payroll somehow.
and i'll have you know that my xmas card from the Iron Maiden fanclub only arrived yesterday.....
i have ripped up my front row premium seats for the Iron Maiden gig this summer in protest
it's really not surprising that stuff posted as things hit the fan have been delayed - they'll still be at the back of whatever room in a sorting office they got chucked in, and slowly, they're working towards the back. Even if they can get 5% per day of that back log shifted on top of the standard day to day stuff, it's still going to take a long while to get through it. There were days on end when post just built up in sorting offices. It'll take weeks to get through it. RM can't just take on double the staff and get them all up to speed instantly to shift backlog - just needs everyone to be patient.
i've just found a dummy, does it belong to the OP?
although its annoying i think calling STW thieves is a tad strong, i mean my What Mountain bike has only just turned up aswell.
lazlo53 - Member.......... Of course nobody likes to be called a thief, and of course I do accept that none of this was of your own making. But there must be a term that describes the taking of money, paid in good faith (for many more years than your £3.12p would infer), and the none delivery of goods.
Yes - fraud. Mind you its not even that at this moment in time
Its not theft. Simples
i'm going to subscribe just to try and make the ST office a little less stressed today
Think I might upgrade my digital subs to the real thing. As much as I like being able to read it on my ipad in pdf form it would be better as a proper "app". It is kind of nice to have the tactileness of the actual mag too which I miss.
I suspect that RM put a low priority on stuff that is already late & concentrates on mail that isn't yet late.
Once it's missed it's SLA, it can't be fixed so may as well put it on a pile somewhere to go back to if & when they have any spare capacity
Otherwise everything would be late & that would give them truly appalling figures rather than just appalling
That way, instead of mildly pissing off 30 million* people, they really piss off only 2 million*
made up figures 🙂
For the record, I got some Christmas cards through the post this morning.....
i've been on the forum years, and i don't think i've come across such a prick as lazlo in this thread. quite a time-wasting rant for such a trivial issue.
i'm still waiting for mine, will enjoy it when it finally arrives, but it is plain to see what the problem is...and its not the guys at STW.
MTFU FFS...
Chipps et al - very professional responses to to what is obviously a pain in the arse thread, i'm sorry that you have to put up with this sort of stuff...
Mine arrived ages ago but now I don't know where it is
[b] - YOU BASTARDS !!![/b] 👿
Please cancel my subs forthwith, or else add a tracking device to all future issues
My two penneth - last year when my first issue of my new xmas present subscription didn't turn up I contacted the office and they kindly sent out the issue with some apology gifts. I was very impressed.
My 'lost' issue eventually turned up.
Personally i wouldn't air my grievance on a forum, you are basically reinforcing the image that 'forums are full of merchant bankers".
Like people have said, if not having a magazine is that distressing for you then go out and buy it in a shop, problem solved and you're out of pocket by ooh £3 or 4 quid.
Seriously for your own sake, take the tampon out release some pressure.
Some of us are struggling to keep our jobs and feed our families....
Uplink, you are absolutely spot on with your explanation of RM's crisis strategy and to be fair to them under the circumstances it's the only way to manage it. of course, they should not have got themselves in this state in the first place.
Lazlo, if that was some kind of mitigation or toning down of your original post and subsequent accusations then it's not good enough. I hate losing subscribers but in this case refunding yours will be a pleasure.
For the record, I got some Christmas cards through the post this morning.....
Yeah, I had stuff (A present) from CRC turn up just after Christmas, a couple of cards and a pressie (OK, from Oz) yesterday.
Stuff happens. 🙄
What a start to a Friday.!! Brilliant, honestly what a c0ck.. after watching the stw team in action on Sunday at the tod cc race - top blokes. Lazlo man the **** up.
Good grief. Lazlo, just imagine how much better you would've felt if instead of whittering on like a big girl's blouse blaming entirely the wrong people for a delay, you had gone out for a ride instead.
The original post was bad enough, but your subsequent back pedaling was truly pathetic.
Well done STW for the very restrained responses.
scaredypants:
Mine arrived ages ago but now I don't know where it is
It's in the bog.
On a more important note - can anyone lend me a Mint Sauce keyring for a few days?
Mine arrived in December but I haven't managed to read it yet.
Should I write to my MP?
i'd just like to point out that Tesco made it with my washing machine and [b]i now have clean pants[/b] just in case anyne eligible is reading 😉
I hate losing subscribers but in this case refunding yours will be a pleasure.
Aw, Snap!
This Lazlo chap should get a new job. If this is how he kicks off and demands action over a £4 mag imagine what he could really do working for Relief Agencies etc.
Haitian Earthquake / Cholera outbreak? Call Lazlo - he'll kick ass and get things sorted.
Northern Ireland lack of water? Call Lazlo - he'll kick ass and get things sorted.
Middle East crisis? Call Lazlo - he'll kick ass and get things sorted.
Working with Iraq / Afghanistan / North Korea to make the world a safer place? Call Lazlo - he'll kick ass and get things sorted
Mr Lazlo - if it is any consolation my Christmas present from MY OWN PARENTS hasn't arrived yet. I've already started proceedings for a lawsuit against them for emotional abuse on Christmas day when I had no present from them for the first time in my life. I'm also going to make a claim against them for lack of enjoyment of whatever it is they've got me. And most of all I'm labelling them as 'common thieves' because they stole Christmas from me. I think that trumps your £4 mag problems.
Wow !, what a thread....
I feel sorry for the staff at STW towers being branded thieves.
Thats completely out of order and I struggle to understand how a subber comes to writing that here, or anywhere.
I've sub'd for yonks, seriously, and I've had the odd issue arrive quite late. But I don't feel that being a long term P-subber should give me greater priority than any other unfortunate STW subber experiencing the same or other problems.......in fact I'd feel embarrassed if my complaining might hinder or delay another subber getting sorted.
But in the grand scheme of things, err, the mag gets to me when it gets to me. In the meanwhile, I'm getting on with, err, cycling and stuff.
Top work by Chipps in trying to explain and smooth things over for a poxy £3.12
And fair play to Mark for opening my eyes are far as now knowing a little bit more about what goes into getting an issue out to everyone, eventually.
Quite abviously, Chipps, Mark and Jamie are doing their best against unusual odds, and for what appears to be at some considerable cost to STW/Gofar.
STW are not thieves in my experience and its not really on, to say that they are.
Its up to the OP, but an apology for calling STW theives would be in order I think. And as for whether you really need to cancel your sub, well thats a matter for you I guess.
Wow - top quality thread!! Has made me chuckle.
I'm still waiting for my tax rebate from before Xmas, I'm gonna tell HMRC I don't want it cos it's late - that'll learn em!!!!
[i]Mine arrived in December but I haven't managed to read it yet.
Should I write to my MP? [/i]
Maybe an adult literacy centre could help?
re: the OP
I hope this means he'll stop posting on the forum now.
Posting on here whislt despising the owners for stealing from him would smack of hypocrisy?
Wow, I mean really, wow. I wish my life was so perfect that the only thing I could find to induce a piss boiling rage was that a magazine was a month late in arriving. Mine turned up 3 weeks late and the worst emotion I felt was mild disappointment. Obviously I need to realign my perspective.
I also find it strange that the OP seems to think that Singletrack are the ones who lost it in the post and therefore is going to punish them. Admittedly it isn't Lazlo's fault but neither is it Singletracks, the real culprits are RM who were unfortunately caught out at their busiest time of year by some really bad weather and have yet to get back on track. I think every stroppy, dummy spitting charge levelled should have been pointed at RM rather than STW, so why not take your internet hardman attitude to RM rather than STW towers who, by all account, have been run ragged trying to sort out a mess not of their own making. I also think you should apologise to the crew of HMS Singletrack properly for your misguided, inaccurate and down right insulting comments. You should probably also thank Mark and Chipps for managing to provide polite responses to your comments rather than addressing you in the manner you deserve after your pointless splenic rant.
I hope that when you stop subscribing you also drag yourself away from this forum. I look forward to a nicer happier forum without you.
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Great entertainment.
Lazlo53, amongst many on here who need to get a life you are truly outstanding.
Let's all be grateful that lazlo53 didn't order any Mint Sauce jewelry from JoB. 🙂
I hate losing subscribers but in this case refunding yours will be a pleasure.
Well I have just upgraded my subs to the full version from digital so as one leaves another arrives 😉
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Have I missed something. I'am going to get a life and go back to bed, wake me up when people have got something interesting to say, lifes so unfair :(, boring boring borin
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Can the next Singletrack Poll be 'What Is Your Opinion Of Lazlo after reading this thread?'
Saint
Ass kicker
Reasonable but rude
Numpty
Total cock
Being strung up by the balls is too good for him
[i]ken_shields - Member
It's the increasingly frequency of bell ends like lazlo53 appearing on this site that makes it a less pleasant place to visit[/i]
Its been like it for years.
Since about 2003
My GF's pressie to me finally turned up on Jan 4 and to support lazlo I've just told her she's been binned and that she could stick the ipod classic she'd bought me up herself (her choice of holes)
What a dick
Bet lazlo still comes on here tho
Mostly Balanced - there's space for a poll on the front page 😉
What a truly marvellous overreaction
that rant was far too well crafted. and as for suggesting you're beyond caring? well, it takes a pretty huge attention-hungry ego to post something like that! 😉
Lazlo ordering a burger earlier....
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I'd love to hear the phone conversation when lazlo rings Mark or Chipps to cancel his subscription.
In fact I demand that ST records it then posts it online so that the entertainment can continue. Where is lazlo anyway, has he gone into hiding?
i am waiting for two childrens films from amazon to watch over christmas I demand jamie fixes this too!! 🙄
Blimey ... lazlo, what an utter [insert rude word of your own choosing, although number 5 on Mostly Balanced list would just about cover it]
RM delivery have been randomly delayed loads before and over Xmas. Most of the presents I'd bought for family had disappeared into the postal ether, so all I did was either explain it to the 'grown-ups' and told them they could have a second xmas when the presents did appear, and get a few relacements for the non-grown-ups who would have been upset at not getting anything on xmas day.
Oh, and R0cketd0g - LOL and thanks for the update 🙂 It took 3 weeks for the washing machine repair man to get round to mine so I can relate to the problem!