Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on May 31, 2014 16:57:43 GMT -5
Just received my Rock&Gem magazine for June.......Great articles this time......Thumbs up
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Post by 150FromFundy on May 31, 2014 21:09:37 GMT -5
I've been getting it two years now. It usually only lasts a day. I'm still working on May. International postage puts us a few weeks behind on delivery.
Darryl.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 1, 2014 15:54:53 GMT -5
June is a real great read!!!!!
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Mattatya
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Post by Mattatya on Jun 1, 2014 23:23:46 GMT -5
Can't wait, mine should be on it's way this week. Looking toward to read.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using proboards
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Post by Rockhobbit on Jun 2, 2014 8:56:45 GMT -5
I have had my subscription for almost 6 years! I love them and look forward to them each month!! Sheri
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Post by drocknut on Jun 2, 2014 9:33:36 GMT -5
I am a cheapo, I read Sheri's when I go down there...lol.
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The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Jun 2, 2014 12:09:54 GMT -5
I have to renew mine... don't want to miss any... I try to share an article with my daughter, Jane, so she learns something from every issue. She picks the article and we read it then talk about it.
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Post by johnjsgems on Jun 2, 2014 13:05:42 GMT -5
You guys don't buy it for the JS GEMS ad? I'm shocked. Seriously, it is the only rock hound magazine left.
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Jun 2, 2014 16:12:23 GMT -5
Does it still have the lady editor? I canceled my subscription after many years because I didn't like the way the magazine was headed under her and Bob Jones.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 2, 2014 16:42:45 GMT -5
Does it still have the lady editor? I canceled my subscription after many years because I didn't like the way the magazine was headed under her and Bob Jones. Lynn Varon? ? Yes she is still with them..
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Jun 2, 2014 19:48:10 GMT -5
Thanks Michael, she's the one. I'll stay cancelled.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 19:59:08 GMT -5
I subscribed for a year, on two separate occasions. I let it lapse both times because it failed to inspire me. Maybe it's Rick's fault for not liking the editor. lol
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Jun 2, 2014 21:21:44 GMT -5
Scott, if she (and Jones) kept their editing policies strictly on the subjects of "Rock & Gem" I'd still be a subscriber. But like many publication these days the mag began to have a "point of view." I don't agree with it. I liked the magazine a lot back in the Shedenhelm era.
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The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Jun 4, 2014 21:35:57 GMT -5
You guys don't buy it for the JS GEMS ad? I'm shocked. Seriously, it is the only rock hound magazine left. I have copies of your ad all over my office and my room so I don't lose it.... I even compare it to the newer ads so I don't miss a change!! I wish it was news stand material around here, I'd have every issue with no problem!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 20:55:34 GMT -5
I wish it was news stand material around here, I'd have every issue with no problem!! Barnes & Noble is your friend. Or subscribe directly to support the small business that it is.
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Post by kk on Jun 6, 2014 8:15:39 GMT -5
Will be easier to get soon. It looks like they are going digital. We where given space and now featured through FB twice this year already. Looks like they are going to promote the paperless version heavily very soon.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2014 20:15:23 GMT -5
I don't personally subscribe to this magazine and have no opinions, but some of you maybe interested. I received this from my rock club today.
Tim
ALL, At the CFMS Breakfast with the Editors & Webmasters Sunday, June 1st we had an unexpected visitor. Lynn Varon, Managing Editor of ROCK & GEM Magazine visited us. It seems that a new group, Beckett Media, LLC 4635 McEwen Rd, Dallas Texas 75244 has bought Rock & Gem. Presently Lynn is a "contract person" and her future with the magazine is up in the air. I don't know about you, but personally I feel if these newbies let her go, it will abruptly end my relationship with the magazine. Lynn has been a rock for all of us. She's helped many of us over the years and now this new company has left her 'swing in the wind.' I'm asking each and everyone one of you to personally send an email in support of both Lynn Varon, current managing editor of Rock & Gem magazine and Bob Jones, Senior Consulting Editor. We are the magazine's subscription base; we should be heard. Please forward this to all editors, club presidents, everyone on your email list and ask for help on this. We can save Lynn and Bob, but we must be swift and get it done….don't wait. DIRECT YOUR EMAIL TO: Bill Dumas, Advertising and editorial director, at the address above, or bdumas@beckett.com My email list is on my old computer, and I don't have access to it for a couple of days yet. So I'm sending this to the people who count….please don't let me down. Rock and Gem magazine was voted by the AFMS as our official magazine….this could also change, if they think we don't care. As you can imagine, I am really mad about this and the way Lynn has been treated. She now works out of her home on a contract basis, so they can fire her at any time. Let them know it will be at a cost - RENEWAL OF OUR SUBSCRIPTIONS. Remind them, our bulletins and our writers for our bulletins eventually become their authors….and this could dry up. Thanks for listening, and let's get to work, Shirley Leeson
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Post by fishenman on Jun 10, 2014 12:19:36 GMT -5
Oops!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 12, 2014 9:13:16 GMT -5
Will be easier to get soon. It looks like they are going digital. We where given space and now featured through FB twice this year already. Looks like they are going to promote the paperless version heavily very soon. I dislike digital anything....Nothing better than to kick back with a magazine,Newspaper and (or) book and pass a few hours of reading...
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Post by 1dave on Jun 13, 2014 15:53:12 GMT -5
I needed a little spending money last year and decided to write 3 articles for them. I jumped through hoops, put my articles on a thumb drive and mailed it in. REJECTED. REJECTED. REJECTED.I had written the photo info on white space below the photos. I decided I didn't need the spending money.
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