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#1
General / Re: Cancel my subscription!..........
15 May, 2004, 09:19:25 PM
Let's get some things straight here folks. I may have been abrupt and to the point in my emails, but i have also been polite. I am fed up and upset about a service that has consistently let me down and messed me about. I am paying for this service. So why should i continue to pay for and use it? I am not just talking about one or two issues being late or the wrong issue being sent, but many. Far too many for far too long. And as time has gone on, it has got worse. The post office can't be to blame because all my other mail arrives on time. I buy and sell alot of stuff on ebay and amazon, and send and receive alot of correspondence from friends and family around the UK and europe. I also subscribe to 4 art publications and they arrive on time.

VampiraJen, i assure you that i am a chilled out person, and i am taking it like a man, which is why I have stood up and said enough is enough. I am not giving her grief, merely letting her know the facts. I have also acknowledged her work and thanked her for it.

mBanners: I'm not after credit, so please don't insinuate. And it's not a matter of "occasionally" but "too often". The negative is out weighing the positive.

May I remind you that the idea of this subscription service is take out the hassle of going to a newsagent on a Wednesday, by sending the issue in the post directly to the home of the reader so that it arrives beforehand. This has not been the case. There has been more hassle involved with the issue arriving late, the wrong issue arriving, having to get in touch with the subscription department, waiting for a reply and waiting for a replacement copy. It would be easy to go to the newsagent. Thereby, the subscription service has failed itself and it's customer.

With hindsight, maybe I should of cancelled my subscription ages ago, but i thought i would give it the benefit of the doubt and see if it would get better. But over the course of 3 or 4 months it hasn't. It's got worse.

So from here on, i think i'll be buying the graphic novels and the the odd weekly or monthly if the artwork and stories are up to scratch.

And so to sum up:
"The milk has been spilt, but i'm not crying. It's been mopped up and the milkman has been sacked. I'm off down to the cornershop"

fred
#2
General / Re: Cancel my subscription!.........
15 May, 2004, 08:22:43 PM
I am not a heretic.
I'm just not a soft stupid twat who lets people walk all over him.

Now go and build me a shrubbery.

fred
#3
General / Cancel my subscription!
15 May, 2004, 07:52:50 PM
Right, that's it, i've had enough! I was going to do the gentlemanly thing and keep quiet about it, but since the fiasco has turned into a farce i've thought sod it, it's about time i spoke my mind, got something off my chest, and let you guys know what's going on.

I've had enough of the shoddy service that the subscription department offers. And to be quite frank, since the quality of the artwork and stories has declined, it ain't worth the hassle. I'd rather spend my money on something more worthwhile, something that has consistent quality artwork and intelligent writing.

I got in touch with 2000AD via email, and the following email saga has evolved between myself and 2000AD and their lack lustre subscription department:


From: David John Senior
To: publicrelations@2000adonline.com
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 11:48 PM
Subject: cancel my subscription


Hello,
    Once again the subs department have screwed up. Don't ask me just how many times, because I've lost count. On this occassion, I should of received either 2 copies of the latest Megazine with the different covers, or 1 copy with the 2 different covers, i'm not sure which. I have received only the one copy with one cover. Not that i'm all that bothered really as both covers look virtually the same, and I regard this as a blatant marketing ploy and an insult to the intelligence and loyalty of a 2000AD reader.
    Also, the artwork and story within are, quite frankly, terrible and below an acceptable standard. How the hell you let John Ridgeway get away with submitting, let alone printing, his cut and paste artwork goes beyond me. A child could of done better with the stickers you get free inside, and the printed scene on the reverse, of a breakfast cereal box. It would also be alot more fun.
    There is also the regurgitation of old characters and stories, stories that don't excite and make me yearn for more. There was a time when after finishing my 2000AD I would really look forward to the next issue. But alas those times have gone. 2000AD has become bland and boring.    
    So i'm off to spend my money and be stimulated elsewhere. So could you please cancel my subsciption.

Yours,
David Senior



From: Spock
To: fred
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 11:17 AM
Subject: 2000AD subscription department

Hi David,
 
Your complaint has just been passed on to me for my attention from our head office. I am sorry that you have been dissapointed with our service. I have always tried to deal with any complaint as quickly and efficiently as I can. You should have informed me that you only received one cover on your Megazine and I would have sent you a replacement immediately. At the time this particular prog was mailed out I, or the warehouse staff, was not aware that there were some copies that only contained one cover. I have only had two other customers call in with the same problem.  As far as we were aware they should have all been double cover issues.
 
I will now cancel your subscriptions, as requested.
 
Regards
 
Denise
for Rebellion Subscriptions



From: David John Senior
To: Spock
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: 2000AD subscription department

Hello Denise,
    It doesn't matter if the complaint is dealt with as quickly and efficiently as possible, (which i acknowledge and thank you for), that is not the problem. The crux of the problem is that there have been to many problems where there shouldn't of been any, problems arising from a distinctly shabby service resulting from staff that can't complete the basic of tasks, ie., putting the right item in an envelope. If your staff can't get that right, then quite frankly they are either taking the piss or are severly mentally retarded. Either which way, I am not going to pay for this shoddy service, and for what has become an equally shoddy publication.
    May I also remind you that I still await the correct copy of Megazine 218.
 
Yours
David Senior


From: Spock
To: David John Senior
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: 2000AD subscription department


Hi,
 
Just to confirm that you will receive 2000AD up to prog 1391 and JD Megazine 219 as you have already paid for May. Your subscription will  end after these issues.  Megazine 218 is on it's way.
 
Regards
 
Denise
for Rebellion Subscriptions



----- Original Message -----
From: David John Senior
To: Spock
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: 2000AD subscription department


Hello Denise,
    I have just checked my bank statement and noticed that ?10.95 was debited by yourselves on 7th May. Just when is the cancellation of my subscription supposed to take effect?
 
Yours,
David Senior


From: Spock
To: David John Senior
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: 2000AD subscription department


Hi,
 
As stated in my previous email, the money for May had already gone through our automative banking system so I told you that your last progs would be  1391 and 219. All further payments have been cancelled.
 
Regards
 
Denise
for Rebellion Subscriptions


From: David John Senior
To: Spock
Cc: publicrelations@2000adonline.com
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: 2000AD subscription department

So where's prog 1389 then? It hasn't turned up yet. And last weeks was also late. It didn't arrive untill friday. Am I being deliberately mucked about because I have chosen to cancel my subscription or is my criticism of your service true?
 
Yours
David Senior
 
Cc to publicrelations@2000adonline.com



So there you have it.
I'm quite curious to see the reply to my last email and see what excuse they have for the latest issue being so late.

Now, am I the only one to suffer? is this an isolated case of freak occurance, or are there other people out there suffering the same dilemma?

Incidentially, i've recently read Preacher, and i've started reading The Punisher and Watchmen. Fantastic stuff, that unfortunately puts 2000Ad to shame.

Yours departingly.
fred
#4
General / Re: The John Ridgway Photoshop Cha...
15 May, 2004, 08:00:23 PM
and the really funny / scary thing, is that these images are better than Ridgeway's. And he's getting paid for it!

And a big thank you to Pete for acknowledging my own belief that Ridgeway's current effort in the Smegazine is truely awfull. In my opinion, it's the worst artwork ever to appear. Or is it?

fred
#5
Website and Forum / Re: Site under attack
24 February, 2004, 05:01:01 AM
But seriously though, just done a search at http://www.arin.net/whois/ with the IP address, and got the following:

Search results for: 203.73.207.167

OrgName:    Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
OrgID:      APNIC
Address:    PO Box 2131
City:       Milton
StateProv:  QLD
PostalCode: 4064
Country:    AU

ReferralServer: whois://whois.apnic.net

NetRange:   202.0.0.0 - 203.255.255.255
CIDR:       202.0.0.0/7
NetName:    APNIC-CIDR-BLK
NetHandle:  NET-202-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType:    Allocated to APNIC
NameServer: NS1.APNIC.NET
NameServer: NS3.APNIC.NET
NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET
NameServer: NS.RIPE.NET
NameServer: DNS1.TELSTRA.NET
Comment:    This IP address range is not registered in the ARIN database.
Comment:    For details, refer to the APNIC Whois Database via
Comment:    WHOIS.APNIC.NET or http://www.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois2.pl
Comment:    ** IMPORTANT NOTE: APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry
Comment:    for the Asia Pacific region. APNIC does not operate networks
Comment:    using this IP address range and is not able to investigate
Comment:    spam or abuse reports relating to these addresses. For more
Comment:    help, refer to http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/abuse
Comment:
RegDate:    1994-04-05
Updated:    2004-01-21

OrgTechHandle: AWC12-ARIN
OrgTechName:   APNIC Whois Contact
OrgTechPhone:  +61 7 3858 3100
OrgTechEmail:  search-apnic-not-arin@apnic.net


Does that make sense to anyone?

fred
#6
Website and Forum / Re: Site under attack
24 February, 2004, 04:49:47 AM
That'll be someone in Taiwan. So doubt it'll be Sc*j* or Chuckles then! Unless the're on their honeymoon...
#7
Off Topic / Re: A terrorist proof flying sauce...
22 February, 2004, 06:16:22 PM
...until someone drops a bomb on it.
#8
Help! / Re: :(
22 February, 2004, 03:14:22 AM
I use totalise.co.uk as my ISP. They have their own anti-virus checker for all emails that come into my account. And it's only ?12.99 for 24/7 dial-up.

And i use Norton AntiVirus and McAfee Firewall as well. Totalise is so good, that Norton has never had to intercept anything. Plus I always delete all dodgy emails on webmail before opening Outlook. which helps keep spammers and viruses at bay.

fred
#9
General / Re: What question would you ask a ...
18 February, 2004, 09:46:55 PM
A dose of your own medicine then, kettle! ;-p
#10
General / Re: What question would you ask a ...
18 February, 2004, 09:12:44 PM
"Fancy a pint mate?"

fred
#11
Off Topic / Re: Red Ball!!
18 February, 2004, 09:16:01 PM
You can tell me Bone Machine, and me out of my misery please!

ta
fred
#12
Off Topic / Re: Red Ball!!
18 February, 2004, 08:54:12 PM
8 max's and a score of 11200.

It has rained on me mountain which turned it green, made water run over to the pipe, which made the pipe flower and trees to grow. I've had a little creature come out of the whirlwind with 3 blobs round his head. And the blue man came down the ladder and entered the robot, and the orange aerial went up, turned into a sun and then a moon with some dark clods round it, and the satelite dish worked and made the TV screen come to life. And it all took off.

Can't get the egg to max though.

I'm going to see my doctor now.

fred
#13
Off Topic / Re: Red Ball!!
18 February, 2004, 08:02:25 PM
Oh, ain't it weird? Smart though. I managed to get it to take-off. There certainly seems to be a sequence, and some things are linked with others.

Got a score of 7000.

fred
#14
Off Topic / Re: :-)
18 February, 2004, 07:35:04 PM
((((Ring-g-g-g-g))))

((((Ring-g-g-g-g))))

((((Ring-g-g-g-g)))) >

A young child answers the phone...

"Hello?"

"Hi, love, this is Daddy,"... "Is your Mommy near the phone?"
"No, Daddy. She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Frank,"

After a brief pause, Daddy says, "But you haven't got an Uncle Frank, honey!"
"Oh Yes, I do, and he's upstairs in the bedroom with Mommy, right now!"
"Uh, Okay, then . . . here's what I want you do. Put down the phone, run upstairs, knock on the bedroom door and shout to Mommy and Uncle Frank that Daddy's car's just pulled up outside the house."
"Okay, Daddy!"

A few minutes later, the little girl comes back to the phone.
"Well, I did what you said, Daddy."
"And what happened?" he asks.
"Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes on and ran around screaming, then she tripped over the rug and went flying out the front window and now she's all dead".
"Oh my God! And what about your Uncle Frank?"
"He jumped out of bed with no clothes on too and he was all scared and he jumped out the back window into the swimming pool, but he
must have forgot that last week you took out all the water to clean it, so he hit the bottom of the swimming pool and now he's all real dead
too".

***long pause***

Then Daddy says, "Swimming pool? Is this 734589?"
#15
Off Topic / Re: :-)
18 February, 2004, 06:40:34 AM
How do you spot a chinese prostitute in Morecombe?

She's the one in fishnets!

fred