If you've never watched any, how can you draw a conclusion? It's a small sum, and for me the educational value is a bargain, and the entertainment value is a bonus.
joe323 But not to subscribers?
But not to subscribers?
No. As Randy said, these booklets are all previously published articles. They're intended to show casual newsstand purchasers what they might be missing out on by not getting every issue. So subscribers aren't missing out on anything. Subscribers aren't paying any extra for the supplements they aren't getting, either.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
It's just a collection of past articles - if you've been a subscriber for any amount of time, you probably have everything that's in the supplement on your shelf. I've gotten a few over time from buying issues of GMR or MRP at the bookstore instead of ordering it direct, and yup, every article in the supplement is indeed something I already had.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
Visit my web site at www.readingeastpenn.com for construction updates, DCC Info, and more.
Joe Staten Island West
If you purchased September's issue on the newsstand and didn't receive the supplement, contact Customer Service and they'll send you one. 877-246-4879. (Yes, that's a new number.)
Steven OtteThe September issue is $7.99 on newsstands because it comes poly-bagged with a special supplement reprinting articles from previous issues.
Good to know..I've been reading MR for sixty years and I would hate to start cherry picking the better issues.
And for what its worth I been reading Trains Magazine for sixty years.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
kacey66I was just surprised when I paid for the mag. It had no plastic, etc. I`ve sub. to at least one of the three mags since 1973. All in all it`s still a good read. Add Quote to your Post
Mine had no plastic or anything attached or inside either $7.99 at B&N.
A quick glance shows it to be one of the better issues in a while. No Pelle which always improves the mag.
oldline1
I was just surprised when I paid for the mag. It had no plastic, etc. I`ve sub. to at least one of the three mags since 1973. All in all it`s still a good read.
Deane JohnsonAfter a year and never watching any, I think I can conclude it's money wasted
With that criteria, pay and never watch, I would have to agree with you.
I check the website every day to check for new videos and have seen some of the old ones, but Randy surprised me with Willaims Grove and OC&T. Wiliams Grove is reasonably close and has an upcoming steam show
https://www.wghsea.org
There is a competing product from a competing magazine. I get their ads but I've never watched more than one of their previews. Management probably doesn't want the discussion to trend in that direction and I am OK with that.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Deane JohnsonI decided to drop my subscription to MR Videos. After a year and never watching any, I think I can conclude it's money wasted. Trouble is, if there is a way to cancel on line, it's well hidden. I ended up just leaving an expired credit card posted so it will bounce at renewal time. Heck of a way to run a railroad. I think MR may go also at renewal time. The cost is out pacing the value.
To each his own, I supposed. I've watched them all. Always learning something, and I've been doing this for 48 years. Some of the extra content not produced by MR, like Tracks Ahead, has turned me on to a few things to visit not oo far from me, like the OC&T Railroad, and especially the Williams Grove Steam Association - a place to run a steam loco that's not on the opposite side of the country and doesn't cost hundreds of dollars! There's very few is any of the videos I haven't watched. And you can't even get a cup of coffee at one of those fancy places for what one month costs. But I guess if you don't even attempt to watch any of them, might as well save the $2.50.
dknelsonHow many of you were also subscribers in October 1967 when the price increased from 50 cents a copy to a whopping 60 cents
What I recall was the all the complaining about the price increase..As one club member put it that's more then two pounds of Baloney.
How many of you were also subscribers in October 1967 when the price increased from 50 cents a copy to a whopping 60 cents -- the first price increase in over 15 years they said.
Dave Nelson
Well... There we have it, mystery solved! That makes sense.
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Thanks Steve!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
The September issue is $7.99 on newsstands because it comes poly-bagged with a special supplement reprinting articles from previous issues. Since subscriers (supposedly) already got the articles in the supplement when they were first printed, they don't get the supplement, and get the issue for the regular subscription rate (which, depending on the offer when they signed up, is likely considerably less than $5.99).
Well I'm still a month behind then.
At M.B.K. its $7.99 as you can see on the cover:
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Model-Railroader-Magazine-Sept-2017-p/mrr-84-09.htm
OK, got to add for comparison......... my first MR was December, 1959 and I recall it being $0.50. Other trains magazines were $0.35. But MR was the premiere model railroading mag and well worth the money. In perspective, minimum wage then was $0.85 / hour and is $10-$15 (I believe) now.
If you find yourself buying MR at the newstand each month or say 9 times a year, you would be well advised to get a subscription.
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
Not my cover Seriously, I pulled the label off then realized it was July's, found August's and pulled the label off: Both $5.99
$7.99
Well, what is the price on the cover?
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Interestingly, the small print on the page with the staff listing still say $5.99.
If you click on the magaine on the bar above and then go to buy it off the web site, the price is $5.99.
I wonder if someone goofed on the cover.
Paul
Along with Model Railroader and Fine Scale Modeler, I also subscribe to two Wargaming magazines and the Tamiya Modeler magazine.
Kalmbach publications are easily the lowest priced, and highest quality magazines out there. I would expect with the drop in advertisement pages, they will begin to look more like the other magazines I subscribe to, and have higher prices to match. Most of these have a $10.00 per issue cover price and a $100.00 per year subscription rate.
These hobbies are expensive, but worth it.
Yeah, I noticed the price increase as well. MRR did that before, but in previous single issue price hikes, they published fatter special editions. Sixteen extra pages or so for only $2.00 more.
Wonder if that newsstand price will stick.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
I subscribe, so I hadn't noticed. It's a hard way to build a reader base, though.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Quite a price increase on the new issue.........