Originally Posted by SprintLuvr:
Please remember that this is a completely new entity who is trying to carry on the tradition of receiving race updates in a printed form, as the NSSN previously did for so many fans and racers. This entity may have the same name but the people and investors involved do not include the Economaki's, or the money that they received for your newspaper subscription. The New NSSN Magazine is trying to bring back something that so many have missed in the last few months and they are being gracious enough to offer a 3 month extension to previous subscribers of the newspaper. Please give them the benefit of the doubt and order a subscription and you can then benefit from their 3 month extension. I don't think you will be disappointed, these are quality people trying to put out a quality magazine!
Susannah Stapp
Several things about your post stands out. NSSN is carrying on without the Economaki's and with new investors and there is not a connection between the new magazine and the old newspaper subscriptions. Then why would I be interested in purchasing this magaizine if all they did was buy the naming rights from the Economaki's?
Seems like they want thier cake and eat it too. We are bringing back NSSN, but it is new. Your subscriptions to the newspaper are not important, but we want you back because we have the same name. Trust us even though we have done nothing to earn your trust.
I was upset when NSSN stopped the newspaper. However, I understoond that it was a business, and I can appreciate the fact that businesses close.
Now, I am being told that NSSN magazine is a new start up business. As a new start up business they need to do something to earn my business. With any business model, there has to be an upfront cost to gaining customers. It would be much easier to earn the good will of the old NSSN customers by sending them three free episodes rather than adding to the back end of the a yearly subscription. I don't know how many free issues of AutoWeek I recieved after NSSN stopped. Even when AutoWeek sent me "This is your final issue" notice, I still recieved more Autoweek magazines. I even recieved a free Speedway Illustarted last month. I am assuming that they bought NSSN's mailing list as well.
If NSSN wants my subscription, they need to earn it. I am not expecting a dollar for dollar return. I just would like to see the product a couple of times before I pay for another subscription, and if NSSN does not have enough cash reserves to send three free issues to the old NSSN subscribers, does it have enough cash reserves to make it an entire year?