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Why does my issue of trains always arrive a month ahead? August is in July and July is in June is
Why does my issue of trains always arrive a month ahead? August is in July and July is in June is
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Anonymous
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Why does my issue of trains always arrive a month ahead? August is in July and July is in June is
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Anonymous
on Sunday, July 9, 2006 6:34 PM
in May.... I have been picking up my copy at the Newsstand for years and aloung with Model Railroader...I have wondered about this for the last 20 years[?][:)][#ditto][:-^][banghead]
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Poppa_Zit
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September 2002
From: West end of Chicago's Famous Racetrack
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Poppa_Zit
on Sunday, July 9, 2006 6:54 PM
Easy answer. They come out about a month ahead of the cover date to increase the "shelf time" at POP locations.
They also send out the mailing at about the same time so mail subscribers don't complain the hobby shops get them first.
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. They are not entitled, however, to their own facts." No we can't.
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