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Posted By: Jeff Obermeyer

I understand what Julie is saying with regards to Priority Mail - it certainly will get the issue to you faster, especially on the West Coast. However, it also increases the cost significantly... the new rate for Priorty Mail is $3.85. Add that to the subscription price of almost $6 per issue ($68 for 12 issues), and you're looking at a cost of about $9 per issue. That's a lot.

The other problem in my eyes with Priorty Mail is that it doesn't speed up anything but the mailing... and mail speed has not been the cause of publication delays. If there are delays in producing the issue, Priority Mail is of no help at all.

I've supported VCBC for a long, long time. I was on the mailing list for the first issue, and I've been a subscriber since issue #2. I've run some classifieds in there with varying success, and I've written articles and letters. I want the magazine to succeed as much as anyone out there, but to be honest with you I'm surprised it's lasted as long as it has. I hope that it has turned the corner and will be on a more or less regular schedule... but without more quality articles I don't know if it will make it.

Jeff