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Bass Review Magazine: Is it a scam?
- Thread starter Mr Joshua
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They probably started off with the best intentions but publishing is rough, especially for a niche print mag. Even Doll House Victorian is a quarterly. I couldn't imagine what the market is like now and because of that lots of paid placement just to stay alive (ugh, talk about diminishing returns and devil deals). Sucks that they aren't putting out the print edition regularly or at the very least letting their subscribers know what the deal is (we moved to quarterly, stopped printing, etc.).
Yeah if that’s the case better to stay on top of it and be the source of the info and do some damage control as opposed to letting the forums populate with threads like this ultimately doing damage to what e is left of your reputation
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Yeah, no. If I can’t hold in my hands, it’s not a magazine
Fair Point! OTOH it's been years since I've fondled the NYT in newsprint.
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I canceled my subscription as well a while ago. Calling it more fluff than content might be giving it more credit than it deserves but I agree 100% with you.
Log into Papal. Go to "Settings" icon, then go to Payments.
Scroll down to Automated Payments, click there. go down the Active List until you see "CITEQ Ltd". Scroll down until you see Remove Paypal as payment.
Click on remove.
I believe that this correct. They don't make it easy. Lol.
I signed up early. I have received printed versions of the first 11 issues. The downsized after 2, but they are still decent.
The print quality and paper are excellent. There are a lot of reviews - but they are all smiley ones. There are some decent interviews.
I do like learning about the new gear.
They promise free strings. It took forever to get them. I had to write and ask why.
My last issue was #11. (It goes to 11 ) So, I am trying to find out why they stopped.
I hope that helps.
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The print quality and paper are excellent. There are a lot of reviews - but they are all smiley ones. There are some decent interviews.
I do like learning about the new gear.
They promise free strings. It took forever to get them. I had to write and ask why.
My last issue was #11. (It goes to 11 ) So, I am trying to find out why they stopped.
I hope that helps.
- Ziggy -
I did the PayPal thing that was mentioned in the post following yours but I ended up emailing this guy, I believe it was somewhere in the invoice, [email protected] and he confirmed the cancellation.
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It's not a scam...
The mag exists, or at least did...
I subscribed from the start and received the first 11 issues.... (and the offer strings... eventually)
Then it seemed to go a bit awol....
I spoke to Dan in person at the recent Bass show in Birmingham with my concerns and he did say he had distribution problems, and would send my missing issues 12 & 13....
I waited.... and waited some more.
So I then decided to cancel my subscription before my next payment....
Further contact with Dan was that he would refund my Feb & Mar subs but send the missing issues. As a goodwill gesture I feel....
I did receive the refunded subs and issue 13 did arrive. No sign of issue 12 though....
I think it's a shame cos I like the mag and Dan does seem a nice guy, but it would seem he's 'up against it' with a minority interest mag...
I suspect he has lost advertising revenue due to the problems and I hope he manages to sort stuff out ...
The mag exists, or at least did...
I subscribed from the start and received the first 11 issues.... (and the offer strings... eventually)
Then it seemed to go a bit awol....
I spoke to Dan in person at the recent Bass show in Birmingham with my concerns and he did say he had distribution problems, and would send my missing issues 12 & 13....
I waited.... and waited some more.
So I then decided to cancel my subscription before my next payment....
Further contact with Dan was that he would refund my Feb & Mar subs but send the missing issues. As a goodwill gesture I feel....
I did receive the refunded subs and issue 13 did arrive. No sign of issue 12 though....
I think it's a shame cos I like the mag and Dan does seem a nice guy, but it would seem he's 'up against it' with a minority interest mag...
I suspect he has lost advertising revenue due to the problems and I hope he manages to sort stuff out ...
At $9.99 a month I would stay the course and try to help support a small business despite all the troubles if there was communication or attempts to inform the paying customer what is happening. To continue to take subscriptions and people’s money is in bad faith.
If the magazine is done, shut down the website and stop taking people’s money.
OK, it's not a scam but an unknown to me. How does (did?) the content stack-up against other product-critical resources?
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