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Understood however I think that is nothing more than wishful thinking.

 

OK....continue with the complaining......

 

TRJ is a great magazine, but they seem to have struggled to fulfill orders over the last couple of years. I'm a life member and bought the 25th anniversary package back in 2019. I did receive the sweatshirt and the COA (nearly a year after the order), but am still wondering when my garage banner will arrive. I placed the order exactly two years ago this Sunday and haven't heard any response to my emails to TRJ customer service.

Great magazine, and feel like it's good to support them in other ways - just disappointed in their fulfillment and follow through.

 

This is the best Magazine or periodical I have ever subscribed to period. I hope the writing is not on the wall so to speak. But it looks like a lot of the subscribers are not being taken care of.

 

Really, guys, how can I support them more? Send them more money? Knowing that a) nothing will appear and b) there will be either no explanation or a luke-warm "we're doing the best we can" type of answer?
International subscribers and worse still, lifetime subscribers have already shown their support and given them grace and shown patience - and it has done us no good at all. Just how long is patience and grace meant to last? One year has gone by, will it be two, or three or????? The thing is, with zero meaningful communication, we have no idea.
Plus, I was part way into a two year subscription when I paid for a lifetime subscription, so I received two of the next six issues until the old subscription ran out. So I supported them twice, already!
Love the book, I am sure they are great guys and inherently honest but absolutely NO-ONE has given us a believable explanation as to why we cannot get the goods we have paid for. On Jan 4 I was told things were getting sorted and I would receive 84 soon and 85 shortly after. Forty two days later, tumble weeds and crickets. How soon is soon?

Cheers
Alan
P.S., thank you Ryan, for coming on and offering your support to both us and your friends at RJ. You didn't have to do that and it is appreciated, even if I sound a little upset. Thank you.

 

Hoping all is well with these folks during this world crisis.
I can also vouch that they are a fantastic group and I am just hoping it all works out well for everyone.

Just my own opinion and trying to stay positive. $.02

 

The Rodders Journal scammed me out of $858.98 last November of 2020 when I sent them 40 nostalgia jalopy books for their Holiday Catalog. This is not a simple "misunderstanding" or a case of "What we have here is a failure to communicate".
This is a case of gross misconduct. Zero communication regarding the invoice. Rodders Journal is a PONZI SCHEME.
So Mr. Ryan Cochran, please take your close personal friends at Rodders Journal to dinner, and casually bring up the jalopy Book, and watch everyone at the table turn white as a ghost. Take a picture and post it here. We will all have a good laugh.

 

I am in Australia. There has been no post by TRJ on their facebook page since Jan 3rd. No mention what so ever even on issue 85. There has been plenty of complaints though . I have sent emails mid January to the office asking when 84 is being posted. There has been no response. I have given up on recieving issue 83 even though all memos from TRJ said it would eventually arrive. My local newsagent no longer gets copies due to TRJ pulling the pin on distributors. It was not that they didnt sell. They did. And even though I have supported Rodders Journal with a liftetime subscription I am having to buy from the Australian agent issue 84 at a price that has risen 30 % over issue 83 even though the improvement in the Aus dollar theoretically means the price should have come down.
It is only for the quality of the publication that it has customers. Their once exemplary customer service has all but disappeared. Very unfortunate!

 

to paraphrase a previous employer, "by the time you realize you're losing money, it's six months too late".

 

I guess the writing is on the wall, too bad for all the lifetime subscribers and yearly subscribers that stepped up to support them. I think I got a grand total of four issues from my lifetime subscription and no issue #84.

 

lot of hard working people taken for their hard earned money, including me.

 

TRJ have not filled my order of $280 placed in November 2020 for items purchased on their website. I have sent so many emails with zero resolution.

Ryan I purchased an Alliance membership with Rodder's Journal subscription. I would recommend you STOP offering this option until you figure out what the hell is going on at the TRJ.

If they are great fiends of yours I would have a serous conversation as to why they are scamming your Alliance members out of their hard earned money all while devaluing your "Vendor Program Benefits"

I'm ticked that I decided on the Rodder's Journal package you offer vs Standard and the honest truth is this will cost you an Alliance renewal next year.

 

Has anyone driven past their new office and see if their lights are on, or have they simply done a runner?

 

Sounds like a reasonable idea. A drop in visit to see if operations are still going on would be interesting.

 

Being a good journalist doesn't necessarily equate to being a good businessperson.Plenty of good people got overwhelmed in the last year through no fault of their own. It's not likely that TRJ set out to "take" anybody. It' not working well right now, but Ashland seems to be less than 45 minutes from Richmond and some HAMBer should be close.

 

Thanks @Ryan

 

I ordered two shirts from them before Christmas, one showed up early January the other about mid February. There is stuff being shipped, that’s my recent experience.


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The Rodder's Journal is THE BEST magazine (book) ever printed,...sure hope things straighten out for everyone.....subscriber since issue no 1.

 

Me too.

 

I have also been a subscriber since the first issue and when the lifetime subscription was offered I stepped up and I have no regrets, I hope they can get back on their feet because it IS the best magazine to come down the pike!

Trying to keep a business alive during the pandemic has added many unforeseen problems, I know it has with our small business and having to depend on a broken postal service has added fuel to the fire.

I feel certain the folks at TRJ ae doing their best at a difficult time and I for one am pulling for them to weather the storm and come out swinging, trashing them doesn't help the situation, worse case is the publication will go down in flames and that will be a sad commentary on a group of people that did their best to give us the finest traditional style magazine in existence.

I'm pulling for you guys. HRP

 

I am sorry but I don't know why anyone would want to be friends with someone who is a ripoff artist.
There is NO excuse for a full voice mailbox or not returning e-mails. If all was legit there are ways to communicate with the people who have sent them money and got nothing in return. Have someone respond to the e-mails, or make phone call, go on social media, respond on this site.
TRJ is no better than someone stealing money from a store bank etc. Common crooks stealing money.

 

I hear ya, Ryan -and I don't think anyone is holding anything against you on this. They completely let their supporters go in the dark for way too long. I agree it is the best publication out there- that's why i subscribed even though it costs more that newsstand up here.

 

I think the most concerning thing i noticed in the last couple days is that they stopped their twitter and email marketing in the new year. That was the one thing they had maintained even though they weren't shipping magazines or merch. Now it's gone silent too. The one person who had been good at communicating from there isn't there anymore either, so I think the prognosis is not good.

 

Got a Christmas card yesterday, it was mailed 11 weeks ago from Texas. Just saying.

 

Chopped, with all due respect, our issue 83 was meant to have been sent 11 MONTHS ago, not 11 weeks, and our issue 84 was meant to have been sent some time in October, now near on five months ago.

Rodder's Journal has made no secret of the fact that they have not yet sent the magazines to international subscribers. I appreciate that you are trying to ease our concerns regarding delivery of books that we have paid for but unfortunately it has nothing to do with anything. A book that is not posted is NEVER going to get delivered, COVID or no COVID.
Cheers
Alan

 

Just an observation. They seem to not be able to fullfil their orders and obligations, yet their website seems to show that they are still taking subscriptions. That appears to be irresponsible business behaviour to me.......

I do hope they can meet the commitment they made to their clients by taking prepaid subscriptions. It is not always easy to do the right thing, but it is always right to do the right thing...

 

I sure hope nobody is sending them subscription money. The word needs to get out before anybody else gets ripped off. When I sent my money in last year I didn't know they were already in trouble.

 

Over the last decade and half, I recall browsing through many editions at the local Chapters and admiring the quality of both the vehicles featured and the magazine. During these times, my automotive interests lied elsewhere, but I always felt that one day I would own a traditional hot rod. I did pick up a few issues along the way, and for curiosity sake, went to look for them. Found two; Issue 30 (10th Anniversary); and Issue 81. When you pick up an issue, you can sense that you are about to be blessed with the best of the best. I really hope they can sort things out and be honourable going forward.