Exactly, and if you're planning a trip to what sometimes is the only store in the country that stocks a certain magazine, if you get the day wrong, that's your time and money wasted. So when someone says that a magazine is out in a specific region, I appreciate the mention, as I know exactly how many days to add on for my own.
Even something like UK Vogue can appear up to three days after everyone else has received it, and there are times when I've seen British magazines out in Dublin but nowhere to be had on the other side of the border.
And when you ask the newsagent to order something like Spanish Vogue, they'll tell you it's "not on the company's system" even though a branch miles down the road gets two copies in every month. In the end, it stops being worth it, to travel that distance and come away empty-handed.
