A year ago we cancelled this porn title, 16 UP, with Gordon and Gotch. It wasn’t selling. Gotch, contrary to our advice and request, has decided to start sending the title again. So here I am forced to spend time processing a title which will not sell and which I don’t want. It is further proof of appalling behaviour by a magazine distributor. And the ACCC says they are not breaching the Trade Practices Act. Yes, I have early returned the title. I should not have to do this. The title should never have made it back into my store without my express permission.
Well todays delivery has sealed the fate of what i am going to pay this month for old mates at GG .the bulk of my delivery was absolute crap from overseas that would never sell ,gees how many log cabins do they thing are around here . add this to even more crap they sent on monday on the last day of the month and i am PI#$%ed off . I am going to stand my ground and refuse to pay for anything that arrived after the return cut off date and i urge others to do the same !!
@shaun
amen to that brother.
Has anyone noticed yet that we will be getting lots more mags now that Borders and A&R are in trouble. They were getting large quantities of mags and the publishers are not going to change their print run because of it.
The new directive will be (and I think it has already started) “send them to the newsagents because we can’t increase the supermarkets exponentially or they’ll whinge”
I’m checking my supplies like a hawk
I suspect hawk-like scrutiny won’t be necessary..it’ll stick out like dog’s balls 😀
June,
How do you know “the new directive will be”
Are you in the loop with publishers or A&R or is this a case of malicious gossip
Talking supermarkets I have told BiLo next to me do not even send back tops, They just do there return online !
Terese, just passing a comment.
I hope it isn’t misconstrued but we need to let the publishers/distributors understand that we are watchful for these occurrences because we have been the chopping block for too long,
not to mention the cashflow problems we are currently experiencing because
of oversupply of 1’s
and 2’s of mags that are never going to sell and should never go on our shelves but we do so in the hope that things will improve with the distributors but it never does.
No, I wouldn’t call it gossip.