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timward55

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  1. I was curious about them so sent them messages which they responded to. I am surprised that they have been granted supplier status by Hornby as they have no retail presence. Either they are a poorly executed diversification from a plumbing business or they are ‘borrowing’ a legitimate business identity. I nearly got stung once by the latter tactic. Personally I would be very careful until some track record is established.
  2. Ebay will be running a Black Friday promotion from 12-18 November. Sellers who have opted in will be offering a 20% discount. Hopefully will include model rail traders.
  3. I would like to stick up for the role of auction houses particularly for people who want to sell a collection and maybe are not sure of the value. The alternatives are: Sell it yourself on facebook or ebay etc. Fine if you have the time and enough knowledge to know what the collection is potentially worth. Sell to a shop, who will probably offer a smallish % of resale value (I was told about 40% by one shop). Sell to a trader - but without being 100% confident of not being ripped off. I know one dealer who bought a large Hornby Dublo collection from a widow for about £150. I bought it off him for £500 and still made a profit. At least with an auction house you will get a price based on what the market will pay and it is in the auctioneer's interest to maximise the sale price. I think a lot of people are better off selling through this route even with the auction fees.
  4. I think I know the answer - but will ask anyway. I have just joined and sent in an email request for a Warley ticket. Will this be instead of a complimentary ticket to a Warners Exhibition? Thanks Tim
  5. You could always ask the seller to agree to let you cancel the transaction. Some will do this.
  6. In a past life I observed a number of charitable companies go bust. Quite often this was preceded by a period of blind optimism that the problems could be resolved. Then there was a period of stress and near-panic as the optimism clashed with brutal reality. On a human level I could imagine there being a mixture of disappointment coupled with relief of not having the stress of being faced with insurmountable problems any more. With regard to the administrators, they don’t come cheap. There must be some doubt that pursuit of uncertain and complicated IP and tooling ownership issues will be of benefit to creditors if any funds raised are swallowed up by administration fees. I was was one of those who kept their APT deposit refund from PayPal and my sympathy is with those who may lose significant sums as a result of DJ models going into administration.
  7. Just wanted to say what a super service I had from Peter's spares. I normally use their website but wanted a couple of small bolts for two Hornby locos and couldn't find them on the website. I phoned them and they took time to research suitable alternatives for me. Considering it was a relatively small sale, I can't speak too highly of the attention they gave to my requirements.
  8. You will get told - quite rightly - that it is not the right thing to do. On the other hand, that is exactly what I did and I only have one or two little cracks :-)
  9. Thanks for your comments. I was very careful to make a general point, not about a particular supplier. I was responding to a question about getting a deposit refunded and making the point that the considered view is that consumer protection applies in this situation.
  10. If I recall correctly, the informed view on one of the discussions here was that consumer regulations applied to this type of transaction. The point was made by someone on the forum that labelling something as 'crowd-funded' did not override consumer protection. I am no lawyer but my understanding is that there is some redress if you have paid a deposit and the producer fails to deliver the product or service. Not sure what or when but that might be worth investigating further.
  11. Gosh! I am so glad that Paypal made him refund APT deposits. I kept my refund and what a good decision that turned out to be. Having looked at his accounts and seen this bizarre announcement I am so sorry for those with money tied up in 'crowd-funded' projects.
  12. At least he might try and spell it right ne'er-do-well :-)
  13. Yep - just bought items I don't need cos they are cheap :-) MRD have undercut Rails by £1 per item and their postage seems cheaper.
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