Australian Newsagency Blog

Bargain Shopper magazine rips newsagents off. It is supplied late in the month – so they are paid next month – in quantities which are three and four times what newsagents will sell and with a ridiculous shelf life. This is appalling behaviour.

I am early returning 26% of what I received this week as there is no justification for such gross oversupply.

This behavior is unconscionable. The publisher creates the problem with their print run and the magazine distributor facilitates the abuse of the newsagent system. This distributor - NDD - ought to know better.

The problem for newsagents is that the ACCC lets publishers and distributors get away with oversupply at four and five times what we will sell.