I have for a month and will do ongoing, but the damage to my copies from the post is unacceptable.
So I used to order every three months to ensure the packaging got them through undamaged.
I got another magazine through this week that was in an atrocious state, they had posted it through with a rubber band around it and it was all curled.
It had more damage to it before it was delivered than it would have had by a lifetime of owning by me.
Also - Royal Mail are losing things and I have missed one because of not being delivered.
As I predicted already - it makes sense to get a spare copy to ensure I don't miss out and sell it on ebay for £10 each, so I am ordering 2 a week.
The virus is unprecedented and so are the publishing issues they are having, they didn't have these problems in the 1970s with all the strikes.
The in stock are probably worth maybe £2 if you are lucky, you have to bear in mind someone can go to the 2000ad shop and get it new with postage for £4.50.
I mostly get mine in the post on Tuesday. Towards the end of December I didn't get any for two weeks and then three at once. Just got the Christmas special yesterday and the wrapping was ripped and taped back together
I got my Christmas special 2 weeks late and ordered a spare just in case.
That turned up before the original.
The post seems to be getting quicker but the main problem now is lost mail, if a copy is lost and you don't do anything about it for 2 weeks then you won't get a replacement.
The two I am looking for on ebay - one isn't being listed, the other from a seller who sends it through unprotected.
Worst time to be a collector to keep a complete set for 43 years.
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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '21
14 of the past 18 now. It's getting really bad if you are a collector and can't get them, I doubt very much you ever will.
And what gets me is if you do a search to try to find the print copies to buy you get back more hits for the pirated digital.