Some info here. hope this helps your situation in some way
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/classic-rocks-slash-fan-pack-is-on-sale-now/Hello,
I?m embarrassed that it?s taken this long for someone to reply to you. If it makes any difference to you, I have been on holiday for a few days, and in the days before that was on deadline and totally unaware of this problem. (Actually not completely ? when the comments first started appearing, I passed them along to the relevant people. I think the feeling then was that the mags would arrive any day and the comments cease.)
Meanwhile, people who emailed the
classicrock@futurenet.co.uk address all had individual replies ? where the CR team has been aware of this issue, we?ve responded and tried to help.
Having spoken to our subscriptions dept, they tell me the following (this only applies to people who ordered via
http://www.myfavouritemagazines.com):
?We don?t have a courier style facility for mailing large quantities of overseas mail so had to use our existing Priority bulk mailing service for which we need to allow up to 7 days for delivery. There is a certain level of dependency on the domestic mailing service at each destination country of which we have no control so it could account for slightly longer delivery transit times.?
So outside of the UK you should have gotten yours within 7 days ? although that is also reliant on your domestic service fulfilling their end.
In you?re in the UK, they say:
?We mailed all UK addressed items on Tuesday 6th using Royal Mail?s 1st class business mail service so items should have arrived the following day but as we don?t have a Royal Mail tracking facility I can?t investigate further.?
So in brief: everyone should have their copies, esp. in the UK.
To answer other questions:
Paradise City: we were denied use at the last minute. Approval of all co-writers/their publishing companies had to be sought and someone refused. But ? my understanding is that all myfavouritemagazines pre-orders were emailed to alert them of this fact. Let me know if that?s not true. It?s a real shame, but the album is still 15 tracks, as advertised, though strictly speaking the only BONUS track is the Alice Cooper one.
Delay: the Paradise City switch did not cause production problems; the issue went to press on time. Delays are all postage related. As far as I know, it was never promised that pre-orders would arrive BEFORE April the 7th. The album was not released until then, and it would be breaking our contract to send them out in advance of that ? as with all record companies these days, we had to try and ensure the record was not leaked online before then.
The guy called Aussie above who claims that someone ?walked into a Futureshop? and bought it with 3 bonus tracks has been misinformed to say the least. A) There?s no such thing as Futureshops and B) There is no such version (unless you burn it yourself).
Any other questions/anything I?ve missed, let me know and I?ll answer tomorrow.
Again ? my complete apologies for the delay in getting back to you and for the late arrival of your Slash special editions. Fingers crossed you do get them and you think it was worth the wait.
Best,
Scott Rowley
Editor In Chief, Classic Rock
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