From: akuma@netcom.com (Steven E Barnes)
Subject: Re: Part of the real ANIMAG story
Summary: unofficial response
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 07:13:49 GMT




In article <9210021629.AA27113@atto.ee.cornell.edu>, bruce@ATTO.EE.CORNELL.EDU (Bruce M. Hahne) writes:
> I've recently begun my quest of trying to get my subscription to Animag
> continued and have received some information which may be of interest to
> others doing the same, so I'm reproducing it here.  Even if you don't
> find it useful, it makes for good gossip.  :)
> 
[letter from Pacific Rim deleted]

> Well, obviously this is exactly what he WANTS me to do; post this thing
> in a public forum, though I suppose I should at this point give the
> mandatory disclaimers that I'm not affiliated with Pacific Rim, Malibu,
> Animag, or any of that lot, except that I'm a (former) subscriber who
> has yet to receive copies of either of the Volume II issues. 
> 
> I'm left with the suspicion that new Amimag decided to dump its old
> subscribers as a way of footing the bills.  Sure, there was that post
> from Jeff Okamoto back in April, but asking old subscribers to track
> down the new address and send in a copy of the cancelled check you used
> to pay for the subscription is hardly what I'd call fair business
> practice.  I STILL don't have that address; could somebody post the one
> from Vol. II #2, which is hopefully the CORRECT Malibu address?

I've been waiting for Jeff or Albert to respond to this, since I wasn't
around when any of these events happened.  However, I'll make a quick
response now.

Like I said before, Pacific Rim handled the subscriptions.  Therefore,
they got the subscribers money.  Malibu is covering the cost of the
subscriptions out of pocket.  If Pacific Rim would hand over the
subscription list, then the canceled check would not be necessary.
> 
> Anyway, I'd welcome responses from anybody who knows more, especially if
> you're affiliated with Animag/Malibu.  And, if you guys are out there, I
> would in particular appreciate it if you'd send me my copies of Vol. II
> 1-2 and reset my subscription so it expires with issue #4 as it should. 
> Then MAYBE I could start to have some (small) amount of RESPECT for Animag. 

In another blatent attempt to win your sympathy, I would like 
to remind people that the Animag staff consists of anime fans, 
none of whom are professional business people.  No doubt the 
debacle with Pacific Rim was due to a business blunder on somebodies 
part.  However, none of the staffers are getting rich off 
of Animag, I can assure you.  As an example, the article I have
agreed to write for them will take me at least 60 hours of my time
(I'm a slow translator).  The reward for this will be aproximatly $90.

I'll make sure to bring this letter to the attention of the staff,
and get somebody to write an official response, which I'll post here,
along with the correct addresses.  In the mean time, here's the address
from vol 2, #2:

    Animag
    PO box 31492
    San Francisco, CA 94131

This might be the old post office box, in which case, make
sure your mail is addressed to Animag, or it won't get forewarded.
Also:

    Malibu Graphics
    5321 Sterling Center Drive
    Westlake Village, CA 91361

-steve