That was a rotten trick, can't believe that a quilter did this, I thought they were all good people. I would be embarrassed to ask anything for it, I would have offered it for free. (But then, I guess that's a lie, I don't get rid of quilting magazines/books, I go back to them too often.)

Getting the back issues would not have bothered me - I have all my F&P back issues saved. When we sell magazines at our quilt show, we sell them .25 each or 5 for $1 because we have so many. Yours is a case of buyer beware! They should have never accepted the issue with the pages out of it or they should have put it in the Free pile.

I agree with Teresa - it sounds like an organizer problem who did not insure "quality of the bargain". I am sorry this marred your otherwise fun day ~I would be upset as well.

The volume of "products" sold on the bargain tables was HUGE. I really can't fault the organizers. It would be an insurmountable task to go thru & quality check the items. The 2010 magazine looked fine & in good shape.... from the outside.

I agree... if it had been on a "FREE" table, I sure wouldn't have carped about missing pages. But even then, a sticky note on the outside would be helpful. Say if a person decided on taking the mag based on the cover's featured articles, only to later find they were missing.

I agree. Poor judgement. In our guild, we are not allowed to pass along magazines, free or otherwise, if pages are missing. Many of us recycle quilt mags and we are told to zerox anything we wish to keep out of them. Even old, our magazines are whole. Isn't that right, Bill?

Linda

Of course it's wrong to cut out part of a magazine and then sell the cover, whether it's for a dollar, a quarter, or a penny. It's not less of a lie because of buyer beware (blame the victim--make them feel careless) or because it was bargain (blame the victim--make them feel greedy.) Somebody somewhere cut out 16 pages and then put the magazine up for sale like it was whole. It's more comfortable to make up excuses how it could possibly be a mistake or an oversight, but I doubt it. Anybody who cut out half of something in January is going to remember that in March. It's a nasty little trick to pull on a people having a nice day, but don't let one mosquito spoil the whole picnic.

*off soapbox*

Thanks for your responses & support. I told my dh the story & even he agreed it was a cheap trick.