looking at the BNHA zine mess (hallowzine where the mods just up and left with people's money lol), I'm thinking now about how lucky I've been with buying zines. Everything I've ever ordered has come in mostly fine
there was that one FFXIV zine that came in looking rather banged up and also didn't come with the enamel pins because "issues with the manufacturer" but touch wood, I've never been scammed to date
thinking back now I have no idea what happened with the HQ Writer Zine either? Preorders went up, and I think people did receive their orders but nothing was really for sure either..
by the way, if you see doujins or zines you want, you can always ask me to get them for you and when we meet next year, I'll pass the whole stack to you hahaha