Pathfinder 1E Paizo Adventure Path Subscription Stinker

[Starfox]

I had exactly the same problem as the OP. In addition, there has been very little advance information of the next adventure path. But Paizo has delivered before, so I decided to stick with them. It was annoying as hell tough.

 

[carmachu]

My perspective is this: I subscribed to what is advertised as a monthly publication. I expect to receive one issue a month, every month. I hear you that you have had issues -- those are your issues, not mine. It is not common practice among publishers who offer subscription services to require subscribers to monitor emails, message boards, etc. in order to ensure that a monthly publication is indeed received monthly. Had I subscribed to what was advertised as an "irregularly published" magazine, I'd not be posting about my experience here.

My purpose is solely to relate an experience that I consider unsatisfactory so that other people may be aware of it. In my original post I do not disparage Paizo, and do not suggest that other people emulate my decision. I expressed an opinion (which I described as such) about a behavior, and suggested a motive for that behavior.

I request that further discussion focus on the behavior rather than me, my posts, or Paizo's reputation in general.

EXCEPT.......You have ABSOLUTELY NO leg to stand on. Piazo sends the warning email of what to expect in the mail PRIOR to it being shipped. You've known this for 11 issues prior to your "problem" and in one case had two issues shipped in the same month before.


So no, people arent going to go with your requests, because frankly with the load of evidence both in the thread and in general, you come off as whining about it when clearly the ball was in YOUR court to avoid the problem.

 

[CPT_KIRSTOV]

My perspective is this: I subscribed to what is advertised as a monthly publication. I expect to receive one issue a month, every month. I hear you that you have had issues -- those are your issues, not mine. It is not common practice among publishers who offer subscription services to require subscribers to monitor emails, message boards, etc. in order to ensure that a monthly publication is indeed received monthly.

Actually, in my experience, monthly subscriptions for non-magazines only mean that you get 12 issues a year (if possible) which you did get. If you look at other non-magazine monthly subscriptions (comics come to mind and they are only 30 pages - on;y 18 of which is actual content) I have seen 3-4 come out in the same week so that they could keep thier 12 a year statement (note statement, not promise)

technically, unless you ordered your subscription after Mach 13 when the first (and only) mention of monthly on the subscription page was added to the subscription, you have no case there either.

 

[dmccoy1693]

Fortunate, nothing. Having been a subscriber to Dungeon through the Polyhedron controversy and Paizo's efforts to make things better, as far as I'm concerned they've earned a lot of appreciation.

Agreed. Paizo has worked their collective a$$es off to put together the best company in the rpg industry today. No luck involved. Shear blood, sweat, and tears.

 

[Eridanis]

The OP has an answer to his question, so I'll go ahead and close this thread before it gets nasty(-ier).