Melbourne Bride is another title being used to play with newsagent cash.
The new issue came in today and the old issue is not to be returned until the first week of January – meaning that the return credit would not be reflected until the statement due for payment on February 20.
If we return Melbourne Bride today, as should happen, the credit would be reflected in the statement to be paid on January 20.
Maybe I am being cynical but this appears to be a grab by the distributor, Network Services, or the publisher for newsagent cash. There is no reason for the return to be delayed to next month other than to delay refunding newsagents for unsold stock.
Newsagents cannot afford to have a thirty day delay to accessing credits due them for product which has failed to sell. Network Services would know this from their own accounts people. This practice must stop for the financial health of the channel.
Mark
I dont believe you are wrong, it seems to be a planned delivery, probably by the Publishers, although my allocation of Hunter Valley Weddings was allocated today thankfully not oversupplied but with the same return problem (delayed cash return) as you guys.