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runscottJohn - Most of the issues sold on ebay are over-stock sold by the publisher, so if the magazine goes out of business, your friend will only have a limited number of issues he can purchase.
Okay, but regarding the rest of your complaints - it's very important for a product's prospective customer-base to give feedback, and you are certainly part of that base, as are others on this board who consistently complain about VCBC; however, the reason they stay in business is...
Some of us like it immensely and are willing to put up with problems, but will continue to give constructive criticism. Changes are made for many reasons, and I'm sure, based on the page by Don Betz at the back, and the new production manager's page near the front, that all the board "input" had a lot to do with it. But the point is - it's obvious we are being heard and that positive steps are being taken.
My biggest complaint is that more board members don't gather their valuable thoughts and send them in -I've heard some of you (okay, one of you) respond "why should I do all that work for nothing?" I won't even bother repeating what everyone was thinking when that was posted. There are some people who have that attitude about everything in life...don't ask them to feed your cat while you're out of town.
There are at least 100 people on this board who could gather the info they've been posting here for years, supplement it with additional research, package and write it. TBob and Tim did a great job doing just that - we've all seen how TBob writes, so if he can do it (and he did it well), anyone can. 
(joke - not insult). I've also heard the complaint "I submitted an article and it never got published". Jeez, so what? Was it still fun to write the article? It probably at least gave your brain some exercise.
Anyway, personally, I never had much of a problem with the odd production schedule, and I tend to let my views be made known. But that's just me.