The Buck Stops here.

[Kozzie]

Kev, if it's any consolation, I'm paying A$8.95 down under [sigh] - and I think it might be the exchange rate. ( Although the Oz dollar has strengthened a reasonable amount against the US dollar)

But I agree with Mookie, Trains Mag and Classic Trains are the only two mags I but regularly and I think it's still value for money.

Hopefully Peter (M636C) will read this, and tell us what he is paying down south.
Peter, you might have more info on this price difference, at least from the Oz angle?

Dave
(Kozzie)

[JoeKoh]

Kev its got to be the exchange rate or the postal rates which are controlled by the govts.
stay safe
Joe

[edblysard]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie



I will give up cigarettes, beer, wild men and strip clubs, so I can afford to buy not only the Trains Magazine but also the Classic Trains.


Mookie

Mookie does cigarettes, beer, wild men and strip clubs?

Wow, did she ever have all of us fooled!

Hey, Mookie, Dan and Carl are wild men, really, really wild!


Ed[;)]

[CShaveRR]

Wild Man Carl hopes this weekend's still a go!

(anyone who knows me, don't laugh too loudly!)

On the subject, could sales (or other) taxes account for that much of an increase over the cover price?

Or, perhaps, this was written in regard to the April issue, which was $5.95 here and $7.95 in Canada. That's another advantage of subscribing...you pay your flat price based on the regular issue price, and no added charge for the "special collector's issues" that newsstand buyers pay an arm and a leg (or a buck) extra for.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Kevin, Kevin, Kevin - we are having a disagreement again. I will hold your hand while we talk and ask that you look into my big green and brown eyes with blue rims and see if I can't distract you from your reasoning.

You eat at a favorite restaurant, have a favorite beverage and include your girlfriend. You both have a great time and enjoy the whole evening. This costs you? Depending on your taste - you could spend up to $100 or if you are like the driver and me, you will average about $10 to $20. Then after a day or two - it is but a memory....pleasant, but all gone!

Meanwhile your magazine arrives, provides immense pleasure and in a few days, is there again for your reading enjoyment. In fact, until you literally throw it away - it is always there, unlike the food and beverage.

(Batting my short eyelashes at you) You will have to decide, since you are now an adult, what you will and won't let into your life. If you drop your Trains magazine, they will miss you, because their customers are their lifeblood. But it is your decision - do I read or do I eat or do I save some $ by cooking and therefore can afford to read and eat.

I will give up cigarettes, beer, wild men and strip clubs, so I can afford to buy not only the Trains Magazine but also the Classic Trains.

Ok Kevin - your hand is getting too warm, so we must cease this conversation. But I thank you for your kind attention.

Mookie

Look, you must know what i'm like- I look at what i'm wearing right now..

Spring break shirt: 4 US dollars.
Levis Straus Jeans, obtained a Tj maxx, and after a good argument: 5 USDollars
Socks, Sears speccial: 6.99 for 6 Canadian Dollars, obtained at Sears Canada
Bowling shoes: 14.95 US dollars, aftr anohter good argument.
Sean John Jean Jacket 15 bucks USD
Undewaear.. La Senza.. 37.95 thong ...no i'm just kidding..

So look at the those 4 thing I myself have purchased within the last few weeks. I'm am the cheapest person you will ever meet. I even have a policy, for every dolar I feel i'm overcharged, I will sustain an argument for that long.. At a store, 30 dollars to high? i'll sustain an argument for 30 minutes, after that it is not worth it.

Now i don't want to make any generalizations, but I am part Jewish.. Draw your own conclusions.

I can adequetly cloth myself, brand name materical for less the 10 dollars.

Go out for dinner? I'm a restaurant's nightmare come true// you have not seen cheap until you have met me.

So 10 dollars for a magazine? Outrageous and out of this world,

And i'm sorry Larry, but i'm not going to target Pampers or Huggies because the price of Trains magazine is too high> i can assume most people, they like to target the people who are reasponsible.

Trains and Trains magazine... I see a corrilation of about R=0.95
(that means REALLY good)

i work hard for my money, and i am very careful to who i shell it out with

Now to address Mook, I don't smoke, i don't Drink (Except on rare occasions) I don't got to strip clubs, And havn't yet started dating men, (No, my girlfriend Isn't that bad..) So.. these are not capital expendatuyres in my eyes.

The price of the magazine Is not an acurate reflection of people's incomes, Saleries and wages after taxes According to Revenue Canada.
They supply the numbers, and i do the math.

An average person my agee now has to work almsot 2 full hours of his day to obtain this magazine (more like 1 hr 25 mins)

Not good enough!

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie


I will give up cigarettes, beer, wild men and strip clubs, so I can afford to buy not only the Trains Magazine but also the Classic Trains.

Mookie

Mook I was with you right up to here ..substituting "fast, easy women" for "wild men" of course.

Besides Kevin lives in Canada and they have all that up there for free..the government provides it along with inexpense pharmacuticals (sp).

[Mookie]

Kevin, Kevin, Kevin - we are having a disagreement again. I will hold your hand while we talk and ask that you look into my big green and brown eyes with blue rims and see if I can't distract you from your reasoning.

You eat at a favorite restaurant, have a favorite beverage and include your girlfriend. You both have a great time and enjoy the whole evening. This costs you? Depending on your taste - you could spend up to $100 or if you are like the driver and me, you will average about $10 to $20. Then after a day or two - it is but a memory....pleasant, but all gone!

Meanwhile your magazine arrives, provides immense pleasure and in a few days, is there again for your reading enjoyment. In fact, until you literally throw it away - it is always there, unlike the food and beverage.

(Batting my short eyelashes at you) You will have to decide, since you are now an adult, what you will and won't let into your life. If you drop your Trains magazine, they will miss you, because their customers are their lifeblood. But it is your decision - do I read or do I eat or do I save some $ by cooking and therefore can afford to read and eat.

I will give up cigarettes, beer, wild men and strip clubs, so I can afford to buy not only the Trains Magazine but also the Classic Trains.

Ok Kevin - your hand is getting too warm, so we must cease this conversation. But I thank you for your kind attention.

Mookie

[tree68]

I'm sure that every copy of Trains that leaves the publisher generates the same amount of income to Kalmbach. Therefore, we need to consider the following variables:

1. The chain of supply. I believe many bulk shipments get mailed directly to the retailer in question, but that may not be completely true. Will need some help on the flow. At any rate, any of the links in that chain are places a price increase can be added.

2. The current US/CDN exchange rate. It varies. I couldn't find a reference that gave any recent trends. Any of the links in #1 might be compensating for that.

My hobby shop-purchased copy of the May 2004 issue of Trains listed a US price of $4.95 , and $6.95 in Canada on the front cover. If your issue had something different, then maybe a jab at Trains is justified. If it reads the same, you need to instead point the finger at someone in the supply chain, right down to the retailer.

[Anonymous]

I got a subscription because of the high newstand rate.

If I pay for it all at once for the year it doesn't seem that bad, but heading to the stand do spend over $10 (after all the taxes) seemed high to me, and I found I wasn't buying it anymore by-the-month, thereofre missing out.

It is a quality Magazine, and I enjoy it very much, if I find the price gets to high I simply won't buy it anymore, but it hasn't come to that yet.

[Anonymous]

In Case anyone was wondering, I did not write this (although i wish i did) , this is a coalition of other people including myself.

In other words, I firmly agree with this Statemnt, and stand behind it.

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(I)We are writing today to comment the price of the Trains magazine, as it stands right now on the Newsstand. For those of us, who buy Trains magazine last month Paid a deplorable rate of 7.95, (Ten) 10 dollars this month; A sudden increase of 1 dollar from last month.

For the record it is bad enough to have to shell out 9 dollars (after tax) for a magazine, but 10 dollars? That’s just a joke.

Subscribe you say? A fat load of good that does, I barely wind up saving 15 dollars after it is all said and done, and at the rate the price is increasing, 15 dollars might equal the last three pages of the magazine!

Please do note, It is not the content of the magazine that is bad; it’s the pricing that intolerable.

Here is a simple economic lesson, the inflation rate currently stands at 3-4% so 4% of 6.95 is, 19.8 Cents, or 20 cents would be an acceptable rate to increase this magazine this year. This company is moving at an inflation rate of 20%, which is not acceptable.

I don’t know how many other Canadians find this acceptable, but we don’t.

I took out my excuse book expecting the worse, and had the magazine weighed at the post office; surprise! The postage DID NOT or SHOULD not have increased as this magazine only weighs slightly more then last months?

Is it all those Special features? Then why is the US rate still the same? 5.95 –5.95/ 5.95 X 100 Will give you a price change of 0%, So why are Canadians Footing some bill?

Look, I don’t know who, what or why But I do know that I’m paying an almost unconstitutional rate for something that Is really good, but 10 dollars? It’s not ten dollars good.

So, it is time for a refresher, note the words used: Intolerable, deplorable, and terrible. If that doesn’t show a dissatisfied customer, I don’t know what will.

I want to thank Kevin for posting this under his name, I know he strongly agrees with where I stand, and I hope now that we have amalgamated more people, maybe somebody might listen.

/JPC


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So there you have it, maybe if the number keeps growing, Somehting may happen.