[LeighP]

Sent them some feedback.....hopefully, they might listen if enough people send something.
Heres what I sent....
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Dear Mr Jewett,

I received my copy of your first issue of the combined "Enthusiast" magazine today. I would like to give you some feedback on the content and layout in the hope of contributing to a better publication.

1. I am, and most other people I know who read the Enthusiast series of magazines, into classic cars. Particularly Musclecars, but any interesting cars built before 1980 would be what I would like to see.
What I am not interested in reading, is article after article on late model cars and how to accessorise them.

2. I read Musclecar Enthusiast and Pontiac Enthusiast, the content of both of these two publications has not translated well to your new format. There was almost nothing in your magazine of any interest to me.

3. The layout of the magazine is not as easy to read as the previous Enthusiast magazines were, an example is the use of red text on a black background in the story starting on page 42. I'm 50, and using a dark colour text on a black background just makes for an annoying read.

4. The amount of advertising content in your magazine is staggering. It reads like a full colour catalogue with a few small articles scattered between the advertisements. This is not something that I would pay for if looking at a new subscription.

5. I'm saddened to see a return to the wasted pages of classified advertisements at the rear of the magazine. I've never used these ads to locate parts or cars when they used to appear in other magazines, I would simply skip past those pages. I was happy when they were dropped. Given the scope of the Internet, I research and source parts and services through forums, recommendations and on-line websites.

I understand from friends who have directly contacted your magazine, that you will not offer any refund of the remaining subscription from the cancelled magazine.
That raises an issue which I find to be approaching one almost of fraud in that there have been numerous people signed up at events during the summer when your company has been running big subscription drives for the original magazines, e.g. Pontiac Enthusiast. Some of these people never even received one issue of PE, instead their first issue is a magazine they did not want or subscribe to. I suggest that Amos Publications were well aware for some extended period that they would be closing these magazines and combining them into one publication. I consider it unconscionable behaviour to sell a product that you were fully aware you would not be able to deliver, then refuse reasonable requests for refunds.

Since I have only a few issues left before my subscription runs out, I'm am not going to ask for a refund.....I simply hope that feedback from your readers prompts a better magazine which is more targeted at the intended audience,

i.e....Classic (pre 1980) cars....not late models.