Computer Shopper Magazine Folds

The announcement of the closing of Computer Shopper is truly a sad day for those of us that worked for many years at Ziff Davis Publising...for a media icon; Bill Ziff. It is even sadder for me as I served for over 9 years as the Publisher of this incredible magazine. In it's hay day...we folio'd over 1100 pages an issue...sold more copies than Fortune, Forbes and Business Week combined on newstand and was the second most profitable ZD publication in the company's stable. I will always look back at those 9 years as an incredbile gift in my personal and professional life. We had an awesome team of professionals in the editorial, advertising and marketing depts. We set all kinds of publishing records and provided the pre internet world with the best comparison shopping experience in the world for computer products. We also saw the internet coming before most in the publishing world and built the pathway from print to online. Computershopper net buyer was its first incarnation...It eventually became Computershopper.com and then with a transaction...CNET shopper. We had hundreds of loyal customers. We made many of these companies...their first fortunes...ie..Dell, Gateway,etc..in the PC industry. We had a tremendous amount of fun and worked incredibly hard... The passing of Computer Shopper is a time to reflect on the publishing genius of a friend, colleague and mentor. Bill Ziff...we all miss you...and with the passing of Computer Shopper, we mourn your loss and the loss of an incredible powerhouse of a publication. May you both rest in peace. Al D

I'd love to know where Josh London is getting his traffic numbers from. ComputerShopper.com as measured by the Nielsen and comScore for Jan 09 Nielsen - 196,000 unique users comScore - 100,000 unique users Compete - 189,617 Quantcast - 338,000 None of these numbers are anywhere near 1 million

I have been a subsriber since the late 80's or early 90's and have never missed readding an issue. I am saddened to here of the closure but is also concerned. My subscription doesn't run out until 2017. My wife per my instuction would send in the renewal card every time it came. I never checked the expiration date, as long as I got my Computer Shopper fix I was a happy camper? When my wife called she was refered to a telephone # that never answered and you could leave a message. What now?

Computer Shopper was selling subscriptions into March, 2009. I haven't seen anything related to giving the money back. This fish stinks!

I was five issues into a subscription to Computer Shopper and have been trying since April to get a refund from them for issues due. It's now September and I've filed a complaint with the FTC as well as the New York Better Business Bureau, both to no effect. I keep getting emails from Computer Shopper thanking me for my "patience" and putting me off. It's obvious to me that they intent to rip off all of the people who had subscriptions with them when they ceased publication. What a bunch of crooks this makes them look like. Advertisers beware!