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Quote "I was just suggesting it was only fair for rmwebbers to point out there is much better value elsewhere. Honestly, why would any retail customer choose to pay up to 20 per cent more on commonly available products when so much is available at the touch of a keypad?"
Not every body is computer literate, has access to the web, or wants to spend all day sat in front of a computer trawling the net to save 20p. There is much more to life than that
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If anybody bothers to check Gaugemaster do discount the standard models stocked by other shops ie Bachmann and Hornby etc. They do not discount their own products in common with most other manufacturers . Have a look at Hornby`s site all RRP
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If Gaugemaster OR ANY RETAILER reduced their prices by 5%, there will be people moaning that they didnt drop them 10 %. Lower prices do not always guarantee more sales
How very very very true --- trust me
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9 hours ago, Dogmatix said:
I have ordered a Class 37, I am told it will be shipped from Dublin to me in Germany.
Generally, the EU import duty for model railway goods from UK is zero percent; but you still have to pay the VAT (levied on the price of the goods plus shipping), the merchant should not charge the UK VAT - unless the merchant is, like Hattons, registered in the EU meaning there is no more to pay upon receipt.
UK VAT does not come into it. both Germany and the Republic of Ireland [Dublin it`s capital} are in the EU . So no duties are applicable. If buying form the UK then that is a different ball game.
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3 hours ago, ardbealach said:
Funny you should mention Wolmar - This irrelevant piece of nonsense made it into the 'Letters to the Editor' in today's Times. The problem is that people believe what Wolmar puts into print. [Alisdair]
What were the couple doing to catch fire ???. Typical waffle from the go to "expert"
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A short set of coaches ex EMR ? on the way to Laira to help out. Should be arriving/arrived at Laira about now
Two short GWR 800s out today 800 006 800 009
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3 hours ago, AndrueC said:
If the only way you can get human contact is with a shop assistant (lockdown not withstanding when you shouldn't be having contact with them) then perhaps you need to get out more and widen your social circle
The issue of being reliant on technology is an interesting one but my experience is that it's plenty reliable enough. I never suffer internet or electrical outages. If things become bad enough to make using the web impractical then I suspect it'll be because of a complete collapse of UK infrastructure in which case I'll have better things to do than go to the Post Office anyway, lol.
Really ??
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18 minutes ago, AndrueC said:
Apparently it's a place you can go to to get bills paid, driver's licenses, passports and parcels sent.
Quite why anyone would choose to actually go somewhere to get that done escapes me.
Because a lot of people prefer to do it that way. i certainly prefer to get out when I can and not rely on technology ALL the time
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1 hour ago, jonny777 said:
No, but there is the *rail* over bridge, where the Skegness route passes under the GN&GE avoiding line, just north of Sleaford South Junction.
If that needed to be altered it might be rather expensive, and would necessitate temporary closure of both routes.
There is enough room to lower the line , as they did at Keynsham before the electrification to Bristol was cancelled/put on hold.
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1 hour ago, 62613 said:
It's clearance under overbridges which is the problem, though.
???? . The bridges referred to are road over rail, which would involve clearance checks.
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3 hours ago, great central said:
The joint line would make some sense as there's more freight using it now and it could already have the clearances since it was upgraded for freight use.
As you say though the Skegness line is not much more than a very long twig most of the time and would probably need a fair bit of work on bridge clearances.
It's still mostly manually signalled as well so not even that near any sort of modernisation, signalling alone is going to cost serious money.
Maybe the increased costs of running it after May will improve it's chances?
There are no road over rail bridges between Sleaford and Skegness that I can recall, and only 5 approx between Sleaford and Nottingham .
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47 minutes ago, JohnDMJ said:
So how did we manage before Ted Heath took us into this debacle in the early 70s?
Very well, it is the present incumbent that took us into the present shambles
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10 hours ago, burgundy said:
An old favourite, Bristol Rapid Transit, reappeared yesterday with an announcement that Bristol and WECA (the West of England Combined Authority) are working to put forward proposals for public consultation in the Summer and an outline business case to the Department for Transport.
I shall be fascinated to see the option for the line to Bristol Airport. Will it be underground with a huge escalator at the airport? Or will there be trams that can climb mountains? Or will it continue to be a bus?
Best wishes
Eric
A pipe dream I am afraid. If we can`t get the simple job of opening the Portbury branch, and the Hengrove loop done , then what hope is there for this. From what I understand there was an option to reopen the Portbury branch as a passenger branch when the line was re-opened for freight, but the cheaper option was chosen instead
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A sad loss to the hobby. Trainwest was always a show of good quality and variety. Condolences to his family and members of the Bentley Club
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On 29/01/2021 at 09:27, BR(S) said:
WH Smith are having a clearance sale. Plus spend £30 and get an extra £5 off, or £50 for an extra £10 off, with code BUYNOW. Free delivery when you spend £25 on eligible items:
https://www.whsmith.co.uk/clearance-offers/soc00001/
Only two railway books I could find:
https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/britains-lost-railways/john-minnis/hardback/9780711261624.html
If you look at the Books on Places in Old Photographs there are several railway books reduced
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On 11/01/2021 at 14:47, LimboBrit said:
I was considering buying some laser cut railings on eBay from scalemodelscenery who are VAT registered. They need to figure out how to deduct UK VAT for shipment to NL on the eBay checkout. It seems it is not as straight forward as one would hope. Mind you, I've just found out it would be cheaper anyway to buy from them directly instead of through eBay
Multiply the original cost by 100 and divide by 120 and the gives you the price excluding VAT.
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When a wholesaler notifies a shop of a price increase from a certain date, it means on ALL stock from that source. It does not mean that any stock supplied to the shop that was is stock BEFORE the price increase would be supplied at the old price, and any new stock supplied at the new and two separate invoices issued. Most sensible retailers will stock at the old wholesale price prior to the increase and sell at the new price. Standard business practice.
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For every one person that moans about a company the equal number praise them fact. It is just a case of oops I forgot something and I have fallen " foul" of their conditions
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36 minutes ago, D6975 said:
The short lived one on Gloucester Road was an outpost of Howes of Oxford, some kind of franchise IIRC. As you say. didn't last long. Nowadays only Antics remain with a very limited range of stock We do however have an excellent shop just a short bus ride away in Portishead. (bought quite a bit there)
Howes took over the Model Highways shop from the owner who brought it from Ivor Tozer who moved to Cheddar to open an ice cream and gift shop. the short lived shop on Gloucester Road was further up towards Horfield on the left on a corner. It did not last long a couple of years I think. Al`s Hobbies [ R/C ] was also briefly on Gloucester Road before moving to Filton Avenue. Also now closed.
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12 hours ago, JZ said:
That was Trains of Bristol. Visited there about 1985. The owner was very condescending. When I asked if he had any OO9, I was told that no one models or makes stuff for it and I was wasting my time and should try OO. I remember he had a big display of sweets. It closed a year or two later, but he still did shows, but it was mostly overpriced second-hand stuff. Oh, and sweets.
No Trains of Bristol was in West Street and closed in the early 2000`s. The original owner Derek Dashfield sold it and the guy who bought it changed the shop. Derek died in 2006/7. The shop on North Street was owned by somebody Rogers/Rodgers , i can`t remember his christian name. His [ex] wife owned the shop that eventually became Modelmania, the owners of which retired in 2018 after 33 years in business.
There were a number of other shops in the Bristol area that sold Hornby/Mianline/Airfix railways Martins, in Kingswood and Gloucester Road springs to mind as well as Dawsons in Clifton, Hardings in Bedminster as well as a cycle shop in the South of the city, Reps used to say Bristol was a two day job in the good old days.
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5 hours ago, JZ said:
I remember Bailey's Daleys, though I never went there under that name, only as Kemps. The Gloucester Rd shop was Model Highways. Their main trade was slot cars, I believe there was a big slot car club in North Bristol, but they had a wide range of model railway stuff, including 009, which was my area of modelling at the time. One of only two shops which stocked it, the other being Max Williams. The one I remember as the Bristol Model Centre was in Fairfax St, next to the Union St bridge. It was on two levels. That was the one that became Antics, then moved along Fairfax St to it's present site.
There was another one on Gloucester Road, the owner of which boasted " I am going to give every one a run for their money and some competition" --------- he did not last long.
Nobby`s Hobbies was the slot car specialist Model Highways was Model Railways and Kits. There was also one on North Street Bedminster who was mainly kits, the name of which escapes me
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3 hours ago, JZ said:
Bristol used to have a few. The much missed Max Williams near Lawrence Hill station, Model Highways on the Gloucester Road, one called Trains of Bristol in Bedminster. There was Modelmania along Clouds Hill road. A short lived one called Kemps in Brislington. There was also a Beatties in Broadmead and, I think it was, the Bristol Model Centre on the edge of Broadmead, which later became Antics and moved just along the road. Also Ian Harper Models in Hengrove, though mainly radio control models, did have a few bits. Up to seven were concurrent, I don't think Kemps and Beatties existed at the same time.
Antics is the only one left now.
The short lived one in Brislington was originally Baileys Daley`s I believe and was there a number of years before being taken over/merging with Kemps. I thought Bristol Model Centre was on Gloucester Road. There was one in Mangotsfield which closed around 1985/6, I seem to recall.
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I think the retailer has acted fairly and responsibly. He responded which one or two may not have done. So to say he should be named and shamed is wrong
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1 hour ago, 96701 said:
This makes me absolutley and totally convinced the TfW's plans for a Valley Metro are also a pipe dream.
Especially as it was supposed to be funded by the EU
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