Personally I am on the watch to see what subscription they will substitute
for vwtrends for the subscribers.  I have been caught in three of these
kills over the years.

One - vw classic and custom (if I got the name right) they transferred my
subscription to another of their car mags (car craft??)  they reappeared
back on the news stand about 6 or 7 months later but I never bought an issue
or resubscribed.

Two was a mag that the publisher dropped but I got a letter in the mail that
they were negotiating with a new publisher and to please wait and that I was
to receive a letter in the mail from the former publisher about replacing
with one of their subscriptions or a refund.  Got the letter and the refund
offer was hilarious. Turned over to the state and found out it was legal.
They billed me the amount of full retail on the issues I had been sent which
left a little over 3 bucks.  So I took  a finish on one of their other mags.
BTW the publisher that dropped them now publishes nothing but porn mags.

Three was a vwmag out of england that got dropped by its publisher.  I got a
email from them that they were reversing the charge on my credit card.
(hadnt gotten my first issue yet and they did it on their own) and that they
were in negotiation for a new publisher.

When I filed a complaint with the state on the second one I basically got
told that subscriptions done directly with the publisher fall under one law,
subscriptions done through and agent you are basically on your own in most
states.  The repricing done is considered normal and legal.

DUCK folks I just found an old copy of that substituted mag mentioned in
one..  It was car craft!  The publisher is PRIMEMEDIA.

jimt

On 12/19/04 3:57 PM, "Jim Thompson" <jim@KARMANNGHIA.COM> wrote:

> Oh yeah, it's the real deal.  One of the hats I wear here at VWG/KGPR is
> proofreading and submitting advertising copy to the mags.  A quick call to
> the nyuk-nyuks at Primedia confirmed it late Friday.  It's now just a bad
> memory, February 2005 issue is the last one - grab it if you need birdcage
> bottom paper or you wanna hang on to a so-called "collectible" last copy (I
> got two).
>
> BTW Jeff, received the CDROM - Thanks :-)
>
> Jim Thompson
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> oldvolkshome@earthlink.net
> jim@karmannghia.com
> jim@venturawarehousegroup.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> **************************
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@vanagonparts.com>
> To: "Jim Thompson" <jim@KARMANNGHIA.COM>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:42 PM
> Subject: RE: VW Trends Bites The Dust....
>
>
>> Nothing on the VWT website (www.vwtrendsweb.com) and the subscribe page is
>> still up and running.  Perhaps this is one of the internet gossip myths?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>> Of Jim Thompson
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 5:33 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: VW Trends Bites The Dust....
>>
>>
>> In case anyone cares, it was posted on The Samba that VW Trends shut down
>> today.  Oh well.......
>>
>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=94851
>>
>> Not that they had much Vanagon content to begin with......
>>
>> Jim Thompson
>> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
>> oldvolkshome@earthlink.net
>> jim@karmannghia.com
>> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
>>