[pct-l] BackpackingLight Print Magazine - Scam?

[wandering_bob at comcast.net (Bob Bankhead)]

No scam!

I've ordered several things from BPL, including subscriptions to their print 
magazine and their website. Everything was delivered promptly. Be advised 
that the print magazine is just getting started. There have been 2 prior 
issues -  Vol 1 Summer 2004 and vol 2 Spring 2005 - both of which I ordered 
as separate copies and promptly received from BPL. Incidentally, they are 
worth the cost and the supply is limited.

Vol 3 (Winter 2005) is due out soon, or may actually already be published. 
Subscriptions received by 4 November were to start with volume 3. If you 
have questions, contact  support@backpackinglight.com and I'm certain they 
will answer your concerns. The fact that you are in Germany and they are in 
Montana (and getting buried by snow at the moment) may lengthen delivery 
times. I too am awaiting my copy of vol 3, and I'm only a few hundred miles 
away in Oregon. If I don't get mine by New Year's, I'll send Ryan a note 
(assuming he survives his subscriber-designated ultra-light gear trip into 
the Montana snows).

Wandering Bob



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "chris G" <chgeth@yahoo.de>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:15 AM
Subject: [pct-l] BackpackingLight Print Magazine - Scam?


>I have suscribed the BackpackingLight Newsletter and
> have so far enjoyed reading it. Because I found it
> very interesting I have now ordered a suscription of
> the BackpackingLight Print Magazine by Beartooth
> Mountain Press.
> I have ordered it (and they have charged my credit
> card) more than a month ago but I have not yet
> received any shipment. I have therefore complained at
> their customer service. The answer took one week and
> they told me that their mass shipments can take up to
> four weeks. Now more than four weeks have passed and I
> have still not received any shipment. I came to the
> conclusion that the whole thing might be a scam and
> wonder whether I should reverse the credit card
> charge.
> Has anybody suscribed the magazine and actually
> received it or have you made similar bad experiences?
> Thank you for any information,
> German Tourist (PCT 04)