sicklyman

if I take out an international subscription and have it shipped to my work PO Box, would it get here?

And if it doesn't, will I find heavily bearded men with handcuffs visiting my cubicle in the months to come?

OleJanx

A) Doubtful
B) Yes.

Beakersful

They really ought to do an online edition. But guess they think it'll get pirated.

Plus, the last parcel I had sent by normal mail took half a year to get here and was damaged

OleJanx

They do have a website, but it's a bit minimalist, for the reasons you state.
Probably best to get someone to scan it and e-mail it to you - but I didn't say that...

sicklyman

thanks guys...

Beakersful

In case he's got search spiders out:

Oi 'Islop!!! Do us Brits a favour in the GCC and sort it out fella! We've got withdrawal symptoms, 'Smiths don't stock your rag over 'ere.

scot47

It will arrive. I had a sub and it got through regularly.

Eeyore

I used to have a Private Eye subscription here in Dubai, and it arrived without fail. It came in a plain brown envelope, which probably helped, as is the fact that it's quite light - if it was heavier and more "magaziney" it would probably have been more likely to be stopped and opened.

I had a sub to Viz as well, and that used to arrive despite being in a transparent plastic cover and sometimes having "questionable" front-cover illustrations. I've since switched to their digital version.

sicklyman

think it's worth the risk of it not turning up... the plain brown envelope will help... if they still use it. But Dubai is NOT Saudi by any stretch of the imagination when it comes to things like this.