View Camera magazine problems.....update
I believe I've been patient enough. It's been a over a month since I e-mailed Steve Simmons and requested a refund of my remaining subscription. On January 14th I received the following e-mail: "The Nov/Dec 2012 issue is on its way. We will refund you for anything
after that date and will also send you the Sept/Oct 2012 issue." I have yet to receive the September/October issue nor a refund. Also, I asked if the refund would include the missing March/April issue. I didn't get an answer to that question but the e-mail suggests I would only receive a refund for subscription remaining after the 2012 November/December issue. Then on February 7th I e-mailed asking about both the 2012 September/October issue and the refund. I did not receive an answer to this latest e-mail. I'm done e-mailing him. Also, I'm not interested in calling him and don't feel I should have to. If I don't receive what I have coming I suppose I'm out two issues and about a year's worth of subscription. I've been a subscriber to View Camera as far back as a few years after the magazine came out, well over twenty years and have every issue--almost. I don't understand the recent inconsistencies I've experienced after many years of uninterrupted service. :confused:
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So is this february's "View Camera sucks" thread?
I thought there was already one started.
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I don't understand the reluctance to calling... Andrea is a very nice person to talk to. Are you intentionally biting off your nose to spite your face?
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Does she answer the phone now? I tried calling (leaving voice mail each time) and emailing for payment they owed me for over a year before I gave up. They never replied. They still have my money.
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Well, its been a couple of years since I've called but I always had the pleasure of her answering. I never had to leave a message.
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At least with an email you have some record of what was said. Either there are a lot of lying customers or one lying publisher. Which is it?
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at least he is still publishing a magazine ..
i know of at least one publisher who harvested subscription $
put out maybe 3-4 magazines and vanished ...
masterview and garrett why not send a snail mail letter
registered, return receipt requested ..
at least you will know they got your mail ..
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I have to admit all these threads have prevented me from subscribing. Whatever's going on can't be good for business.
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Don't be excessively influenced by the vocal minority. While some folks indeed have problems with the editor there are many others who do not. One thing you need to accept -- the magazine arrives whenever the magazine arrives. Expecting it on the first day of the month (or any other day) is unrealistic because that just never happens.
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Never understood the demand for haste in the delivery of View Camera. Seems anachronistic considering the patience required for doing Large Format photography.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.