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ScrapIrony-2 · 07-06-2004, 09:13 AM

Rich,

It sounds great! Will copies be available at the Rocky Mountain VAC?

InsideOut · 07-06-2004, 09:24 AM

Rich offered to send several copies to pass around at the VAC Rally...you won't be disappointed!

Shari

bredlo · 07-06-2004, 10:09 AM

Shari, your avitar is the cat's meow! If you had uploaded a higher res version to your gallery, it would be my wallpaper right about now. Gorgeous!!

InsideOut · 07-06-2004, 12:54 PM

Check your PM's Brad...

Shari

roadeo · 07-06-2004, 03:21 PM

Is this mag available on any newstand anywhere? If not why?

Is there a way to buy one copy (in plastic) from the publisher?

Is the debut issue available thru the Airstream factory store? Ought to be?

If one subscribes will this debut issue still be sent? For how long?

Am I correct that this is a quarterly? That would be which months each year?

I sure hope this endeavor flies. Narrow scope mags have a very tough hill to climb. I predict that in time the mag may have to broaden to all the silver trailers to expand the interest as well as the article material available.

Coastalview · 07-21-2004, 11:15 PM

Rich we were one of those subsribers after June 15, the 23rd.,well we are still checking the old mailbox daily,even went on a 10 day road trip,hoping to find something decent when we would return, besides materials sent to us,that make great presto logs.I'll drop you a e-mail,to find out when you sent out the second batch.

StreamNTyme · 07-21-2004, 11:37 PM

I keep hearing about folks getting the magazine...
I subscribed before the cutoff...haven't received mine yet...

does anyone know where it is??? coastal s.c. isn't that far, is it??

flyfshr · 07-21-2004, 11:52 PM

I chatted with Rich about this very thing yesterday. I thought I was one of the first to subscribe and as it turns out my order didn't go through. Contact Rich through the "Contact Us" link on www.airstreamlife.com. He'll make it right. As I understand, there are some of the inaugural issues still available.

FF

Airstream Life · 07-22-2004, 08:40 AM

Hi all

If you subscribed prior to June 15, you should have received your first issue by now. If not, use the "Contact Us" link at www.airstreamlife.com to notify us and we'll rush out a replacement copy. A few people who subscribed early in March got lost due to website problems, like flyfshr. I do apologize for that. As he noted, let us know and we'll make it right.

If you subscribed AFTER June 15, keep in mind that we batch up new orders and ship them monthly. The last batch was shipped July 21, which included people like kmtyme and coastalview. They will get their issues 1-2 weeks after the July 21 ship date.

In general, please allow 2-3 weeks from the date you place your order to receive your first issue -- as it says on the "Thank You" page when you subscribe. We are now sending issues to new subscribers every week, using first-class mail (instead of bulk mail) to speed up the process. Note that 2-3 weeks is WAY faster than almost any other print publication out there!

Remember, if you want the Summer 2004 issue, you must subscribe prior to September 15. After that we will start new subscribers with the Fall 2004 issue.

Thanks, everyone, for your support!

BeBop · 07-22-2004, 08:15 PM

Thanks for the info. I subscribed on and payment was graciously accepted on 5/27...still no magazine. I will try the link...look forward to receiving the debut issue!

BeBop · 07-23-2004, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BeBop

Thanks for the info. I subscribed on and payment was graciously accepted on 5/27...still no magazine. I will try the link...look forward to receiving the debut issue!

FLYFSHR is right. I contacted Rich regarding my "lost" subscription via email, and first thing this morning I had a response, and the promise of an expedited delivery. I can hardly wait for it to arrive...I am gnawing on a piece of aluminum in anxious anticipation. If the mag is a good as the customer service, it will be winner.

pinkflamingoes · 07-29-2004, 10:43 PM

I got mine today; I'm excited! Something to elbow my husband in bed about! Read this!

PF

dmreilly10000 · 08-02-2004, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by pinkflamingoes

I got mine today; I'm excited! Something to elbow my husband in bed about! Read this!

PF

Got mine last week. I really like it.

dscluchfc · 08-02-2004, 04:40 PM

Got mine.
Nice magazine.
Wish it was monthly not quarterly.
It is a little pricey per issue on a quarterly basis in my opinion...maybe it will develop into larger issues or go to a bi-monthly or monthly format.

JohnG · 08-02-2004, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by dscluchfc

Got mine.
Nice magazine.
Wish it was monthly not quarterly.
It is a little pricey per issue on a quarterly basis in my opinion...maybe it will develop into larger issues or go to a bi-monthly or monthly format.

I agree, quarterly it should be about 1/2 the price it is now. I do hope they expand to a monthly publication as it is interesting reading................

roadeo · 08-02-2004, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by roadeo

Is this mag available on any newstand anywhere? If not why?

Is there a way to buy one copy (in plastic) from the publisher?

Is the debut issue available thru the Airstream factory store? Ought to be?

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Thought I'd ask these again. Must have been ignored for some good reason, right?

Thanks for the answers to the other two questions though.

summerkid · 08-02-2004, 05:31 PM

I'd like to add a few questions to Roadeo's:

1) Was a debut copy, wrapped in reflective aluminum, sent to the Hubble Space Station? If not, why?

2) If I want to reserve Issue #7, single copy only, will the publisher bring it to my house?

3) My great-aunt Spigella plans to take a 5-year cruise on the QE2. Will she be able to either A) get it at the ship newsstand or B) find a copy in Bora Bora?

4) Does it come with a candy bar? It ought to ...

summerkid · 08-02-2004, 05:35 PM

.... i made a couple of quick phone calls & answered the questions myself:

the answers are no, no, no/no & no.

Airstream Life · 08-02-2004, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by roadeo

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Thought I'd ask these again.

Roadeo, thanks for your interest. To answer your questions:

Airstream Life is not available on newsstands and never will be. It's too narrow-focused to capture the attention of mass-market outlets. However, it may be available through your local Airstream dealer. Ask them if they'll carry it. Otherwise, the only way to get it is to subscribe!

We don't sell single copies, only because the order-processing costs (credit card/PayPal fees, non-bulk postage costs, handling, etc.) would make it unprofitable. We'd have to charge about $15 for a single copy to make it worthwhile. But I should point out that current subscribers can get extra copies at a discount if they inquire through our website. (Minimum order of 3 copies, and sorry, we don't have any wrapped in plastic left.)

Issues are not sold in the Airstream store at this time. Perhaps someday they will be, but that will be the decision of Airstream, not the publisher (me). (A lot of people don't realize that we are entirely separate organizations.)

JohnG and Dsclucfc, thanks for the praise. Airstream Life will go to a longer format in a few issues. We plan to add increments of 16 pages periodically. But please don't confuse this magazine with Trailer Life or any other mass-interest magazine. Trailer Life (for example) has a quarter-million subscribers, the content is less focused, the paper quality is lousy, and the magazine is filled with ads. Airstream Life is a niche publication with about 1/100th the circulation, and about 1/10th the ad content!

When you look at it that way, it's amazing you can get a year of a really good 64-page full color magazine printed on high-quality paper entirely about Airstreaming for less than a tank of gas! Enjoy...

dscluchfc · 08-02-2004, 09:49 PM

Rich-
Content is more important than paper quality in my opinion.
Double the content and half the paper quality would not bother me a bit.
I am accustommed to Time, Newsweek, Insurance Professional Journals, travel magazines, and other publications that are not as high a quality of paper, but the content is there....which is why I subscribe to a publication in the first place.
I am pleased that you plan to increase the size as time goes by.
Perhaps you might also find a way to go to 8 issues per year by publishing bi-monthly in the March-April, May-June, July August, September-October issues, and publishing monthly in November, December, January, and February issues?
These winter months of monthly issues would be in our mailboxes during the non-camping months when readership would be more intense as we can't get out and go as much in the Winter so we would sit at home and drool over Airstream Life.