Anyone subscribe to Avengers or Hawkeye by mail?

[OctoberDaniels]

Hey all,

I subscribed to Avengers and Hawkeye shortly before Christmas through Marvel.com since I was buying every issue anyway and they seemed cheaper that way. Avengers # 3 and 4 and Hawkeye # 7 shipped the last two weeks, but I still haven't received either. I've since cancelled the subscription, but am wondering if I'll ever receive the comics. Anyone else have the same problem?

Thanks!

[zibeck]

I've had a direct Marvel subscription in the past, and the issues always came late. I now have a mail sub through Midtown Comics.com, though I'm not sure it's cost effective with only two titles.

[G-Man12]

I do my subscriptions from Things From Another World though they come a week late

[Methalius]

That's the bummer about direct subscriptions. The delay and lack of a predictable shipping schedule. That is a big reason as to why I drive out of my way to get books every week.

[Time_to_Zap]

I subscribe to Avengers Arena, and it usually gets here between two and three weeks after the official release.

[YouthofToday]

I would call and find out when your Sub started. Even though you subscribed before Christmas, it takes a few weeks for the order to be processed. There's a chance that your sub wasn't going to start with Ave #3, but I would think you'd at least start with HE #7 and Ave #4. If you check your account online, does it say that any have shipped? Even though you cancelled, you will still get them. Also, I think the cancellation process takes some time to go through as well. You may still get an additional issue before it really ends.

After having a horrendous 4-6 months when Midtown took over the service, its seemed to have gotten much better over the last month. I've pretty much been getting most of my issues within a week of release. Avengers #4 came out last week and I got yesterday. 6 days!

[zibeck]

Midtown has been pretty reliable for me, though things did slow down a bit around the holidays. I don't think I ever got my comics more than a week late, and I usually have them by Fri or Sat (2-3 days). Things have been better since they stop shipping through UPS.

[YouthofToday]

Midtown has been pretty reliable for me, though things did slow down a bit around the holidays. I don't think I ever got my comics more than a week late, and I usually have them by Fri or Sat (2-3 days). Things have been better since they stop shipping through UPS.

Are you subscribing directly through Midtown or through Marvel who uses Midtown was their provider?

[zibeck]

I subscribe at Midtown directly.

[Personamanx]

Direct Subscriptions from Marvel are almost always late. I subscribed to "Runaways" for several years and the earliest I ever got an issue was three weeks late. More often than not they were six weeks late. Twelve weeks at the latest.

[Time_to_Zap]

Direct Subscriptions from Marvel are almost always late. I subscribed to "Runaways" for several years and the earliest I ever got an issue was three weeks late. More often than not they were six weeks late. Twelve weeks at the latest.

I wish I knew why...is this just normal with comic subscriptions? Are DC's this late? Heck, are most "normal" magazines released on the newsstand weeks before they're directly shipped?

I get that it's the trade-off for the convenience of not having to go the the LCS, but still...

[zibeck]

I don't know about DC comics, but any magazine I have subscribed to usually arrive the same week they hit newstands.

[OctoberDaniels]

Hey everyone! I'm glad I cancelled, although I did end up receiving two of the three issues I was supposed to. One of them (Avengers #3) is apparently missing, because issue 4 arrived today!

Yeah, it's sad that the service is so slow/messy. All the issues were bent in half and put in my mailbox, although that's more of a stupid mailman problem.