OT - SCD Ripoff!

[bh3443]

I just got my recent issue of SCD and I enjoyed the article about Wholesale Cards (Bruce Yecko), Card Collectors Company (The Gellmans) and Larry Fritch cards. The article was decent. I love the hobby's history!
I remember geting SCD since the days it was owned by the Stommen family.
The Stommen folks always treated me well. The Sport Hobbyist by Charlie Brooks was another early one that treated me well. i was 8 thru 12 when I started buying cards through those papers and was happy to be treated as an adult even though my orders we're usuaally under 10.00 then!
It is sad to see SCD struggling. I'll miss TS O'Connell and I'm not happy about not getting SCD every week even if it has less than 50 pages!
My subscription ends soon and I will re-new even though I'm not happy with the changes. SCD has been a big part of my life since 1973. The convention calendar helped my business flourish in the 30+ years running shows.
Like I've said a million times, THANK GOD we have this wonderful brotherhood of hobbyists here on NET 54.
Have a great day everyone.
Your friend,
Bill Hedin

[mr2686]

Ticked me off also, and wouldn't you know they just sent me a renewal in the mail. Oops, must have dumped it in the trash!

[D. Bergin]

I don't know about a cash grab. I haven't been a subscriber for years but I still get desperate renewal notices from them, and the rates always seemed to be dirt cheap to me, probably not much more then enough to cover the shipping for them. Plus they were always trying to give out something free with the subscription.

All their revenue appears to be derived strictly from their advertisers.

Never re-upped because it hadn't been of any value to me in quite a long time and would just add to the clutter.

I'm guessing they're just trying to keep their head above water at this point. If they actually up the content and the quality in the issues they do put out, it can't be that big of a loss if you're just focusing on number of issues printed.

[J.McMurry]

I noticed that it looked about the same size as the Parade magazine that comes free with the Sunday newspaper.

It's even smaller now.
I saw one last Saturday at the book store, it's about the size of a comic book. I at first mistook it as one of those free real estate ad publications that are all over town.