Event Coverage Lifetime Subscription to TRJ - $200!

It accomplished exactly what it was supposed to. It raised a butt load of money in a about an hour.

 

TRJ ought to print this out and tape it to their office wall:

 

And the sour grapes continue to be chewed on Next they will be making wine out of them and then the real whining will start once they start drinking it.

 

Man oh man. Some of this is just ridiculous!

TRJ did an awesome thing. Whether they wanted to raise some capital to pursue interests or just to celebrate 20 years (I've heard both), they could have offered the lifetime subscription without all the swag, or only made it a 6 year deal, or numerous of other limited ways.
When people got butthurt because they didn't get one of the first 500, they released another 400 more! Keep in mind, they could have NEVER done this in the first place, and nobody would be upset at all.

Instead, we now have 3 pages of complaining and bitching because of silly things like time zones and loyalty. Seriously?
Would it be fair for a subscriber who is only 20 years old to not have a shot, just because they weren't born when the magazine started? Hardly. Why isn't his cash as good as anyone else's?
What about a guy who works a morning shift and doesn't have computer access at his job. He missed out just as much as those half way around the world.

I guess we should divvy up remaining coupes and roadsters as well and give the old time hotrodders a first crack at them. Just to make sure that they get a pat on the back for building hotrods for 50 years... Because it wouldn't be fair if some young kid got a good coupe body...they haven't been loyal for long enough yet.

TRJ is the 32 Ford of hotrod and custom magazines, and it's unfortunate to see people complaining and crapping on them because they weren't 'fair enough' in the minds of those who missed out. I tried. I missed out. So did probably 5,000 others. And while I'm jealous of those who got one, I feel no ill will to TRJ about it.

 

I'm a little surprised this wasn't seen as what is was which is a lottery.

At 8 o'clock sharp I knew it'd be a crazy frenzy. I was online and knew something was wrong when the "countdown" would go backwards when the page was refreshed.

It was a nice gesture the first time, the second offer was generous almost to a fault. If ya didn't get one, that's a bummer, who wouldn't want to support this organization and get a perk like a lifetime subscription. And as much as there's a call for fairness I don't think Rodders Journal is going to search their roster to see who's "the best and most deserving customers", that's not really what it was about.

The haters are going to be the first to thank their lucky stars when Rodders Journal folds and we realize this was all an elaborate hobby magazine ponzi scheme...kidding of course...

 

Thanks for the opportunity to score.