April TUX Magazine

[Rick Tomaschuk]

I had a surprising amount of resistance, confusion, grief, repeating
stories ad nauseam from the order desk and supervisors concerning my
simple NUI ad for a non profit group in the classifieds. First and
foremost TC/Computer Paper later HUB were surprisingly unconcerned with
weather my ad was placed or not and the billing dept was more trouble to
deal with than was worth. If you'll notice they've dropped classifieds
all together...so make your own conclusion. As was pointed out 'rags'
make their $$ with advertising. I'm sure if I bought a whole page there
wouldn't have been a problem.
RickT
http://www.TorontoNUI.ca

On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 00:31 -0400, ted leslie wrote:
> 
> if you paid on no-sign credit card, just charge it back, i would've.
> 
> -tl
> 
> On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 22:29:29 -0400
> Rick Tomaschuk <rickl-ZACYGPecefkm4kRHVhTciCwD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> > I had attempted to advertise a Linux/NUI related promotion in their
> > classifieds sometime ago and they screwed up to placement even though I
> > was well before the deadline. They missed the issue for a time sensitive
> > ad and refused to credit me but rather ran the ad at a later time once
> > my event was over. If you'll notice they are 'Micro$oft centric'. Where
> > do you think all their revenue comes from? Monopoly power...from dealers
> > ads.
> > RickT
> > http://www.TorontoNUI.ca
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 11:07 -0400, Jason Spiro wrote:
> > > He writes for Hub Canada.
> > > 
> > > IIRC, Toronto Computes / The Computer Paper had been getting thinner
> > > and thinner over the years and finally decided some time ago to stop
> > > publishing tabloid-size newspapers and to put out a very thin,
> > > full-color magazine-size paper instead. The new format focuses much
> > > more on gadgets and less on computing.
> > > 
> > > Good publication, but IMO not enough Linux coverage. :)
> > > 
> > > Jason
> > > 
> > > 2006/4/2, Colin McGregor <colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>:
> > > > --- Jamon Camisso <jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > > > Just wanted to say good job to both Colin and Evan
> > > > > for their respective
> > > > > contributions to the April issue of TUX. Thanks
> > > > > guys!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the kind words.
> > > >
> > > > In looking through the issue I noticed the "Gadget
> > > > Guy" article is by a Sean Carruthers, who according to
> > > > the mini-biography is "a freelance technology
> > > > journalist from Toronto". This is not a name I am
> > > > familiar with, is he on the list here, and just been
> > > > keeping a LOW profile? Or is this someone we should
> > > > encourage to join the list? Or is the above note the
> > > > literal truth, but not the whole truth (i.e.: I could
> > > > say I am from Burlington, Ontario, even though I have
> > > > not lived there since age 8), and has no interest in
> > > > things in Toronto?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Colin McGregor
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