I WISH I could get mine only two weeks late--mine takes more like a month to get here after it hits the stands. In fact, my friend in Washington is usually TWO issues ahead of me because he reads it at the newsstand. I've been subscribing for 6 years now, and it's never been any different and I doubt it will ever change. I only get have the subscription because I hate missing issues.
And for all you guys out there requesting plastic--my last issue came in plastic and the plastic was in MINT condition, but the magazine cover was almost completely torn in half, the middle was separated from the cover and there were several more 1-2 inch tears inside. I just don't understand how the plastic wrap could be totally unaffected while the insides were tattered like that. That sounds more like a quality control problem where they ship it out than a problem with the USPS. I complained and they sent me a new copy in a manilla envelope which was great.