Re: A.P.P.L.E.

["Stephen Hartz" <SHartz@columbus.rr.com>]

Thnaks Mark & Chris.  Appears my $39 is spent for nothing.  Not a big fee,
but it still pisses a person off...
Buyer beware, as far as Call Apple goes!

"Mark Percival" <markREMOVE@syndicomm.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 01 Apr 2004, Chris M wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 "Stephen Hartz" wrote:
> >
> >>Tell me a little about this user group.  Is it legitimate?   I paid to
join
> >>over a month ago and have received NOTHING.  They haven't responded to
> >>several emails...  Be careful!
> >
> >Is this Call A.P.P.L.E. (www.callapple.org) or a different A.P.P.L.E.?
> >
> >Call A.P.P.L.E. has had some (major?) delays with it's magazine, but
> >should be rectified soon.  Still, with a membership (and
> >username/password for the site) you can download previuos issues from
> >last year.
> >
> >// CHRIS
>
> I've been a subscriber since Call A.P.P.L.E. was resurrected in 2002.
> My reason for joining was that I wanted to support an Apple II
> organization and the monthly downloadable magazine started off being
> pretty decent.  However there were problems starting to crop up even
> before the end of 2002 that was proving to be a bad omen.  Now they
> are in a position where they are many months behind (November 2003 was
> just recently released) and the quality of what you are getting is
> poor with little or no Apple II related material.  The last magazine
> has acknowledged the problems and are attempting to restructure Call
> A.P.P.L.E. by moving the production of the magazine from Japan back to
> North America and pretty much have someone else take over a lot of the
> responsibilities.  Their web site has indicated that current
> subscriptions will be extended through the end of the year as
> compensation for the delays.
>
> The good news is that Call A.P.P.L.E. has their "The Complete
> Collection 1978-1990" 15 CD set out the door and it is very good.  I
> purchased it almost as soon as it was available and am pleased with
> the overall package.  There are only a few minor problems affecting
> two of the scanned issues that I've brought to their attention.
>
> The bad news is that despite how good the CD set is that membership is
> not required to purchase and members don't receive a discount.  As a
> matter of fact membership only seems to apply to the current run of
> monthly magazines (and backissues) and the fairly sparse download
> areas, most of which is included with the 15 CD set.  Unless thing
> turn around quickly with the current magazine, I have serious doubts
> as to whether I will renew my subscription at whatever point it
> expires.
>
> My recommendation?  Subscribe to Juiced.GS (www.juiced.gs).  For a
> quarterly 20 page minimum Apple II specific print publication, Editor
> Ryan Suenaga and gang do a great job.  For $18 US subscribers, $26
> International you get a great "bang for your buck" and all Apple II
> related articles.
>
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