Originally Posted by
flyinwalenda
Well there are already complaints where they state a very good percentage of the yearly dues goes to pay salaries. The printing costs have to be extremely high plus it's a bit archaic to still be printing a magazine in 2014. (unless you are in the magazine business) I'm sure the actual numbers of members who actually sit down and read it versus those who put it on/in a pile is very low. Put it online and they can misappropriate ....err' ah.....redistribute, err'..ah.... redirect that savings elsewhere .
Right you are, so increasing the salaries would be a good move why? I'm sure printing costs are a substantive part of expenses for the mag, but chances are revenue from ads, and things like clubs placing ads in there offset that. It's either revenue neutral, or makes them money. Simple fact is no other magazine comes close to offering what they do, and people obviously want it, that's why it' still around.
Originally Posted by
BarracudaHockey
Might I suggest that if original content is what you desire, then maybe taking the time to write and submit something instead of bashing would be the way to go?
i can assure you that's not the case.
of course it's not the case, but there's no sense in trying to convince folks otherwise. Bashing something, heck
anything, is a sport. It's easy to do, find something you don't like and just complain.
Fact is the magazine is the most inclusive when it comes to rc modeling. I'm not aware of anything even close to it that's currently available. Haven't seen one person yet complaining come up with something similar, wonder why. It can't be everything to everyone. Seems like they have adapted to the changing world of RC and responded to consumers needs (how novel), and that has either angered the folks stuck in the past. There' s a reason the other mags folded (bad pun intended).