twommnewbie Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Rewind, a while back I wanted a Farish class 40 with the sound chip installed. It was a fairly limited release and hard to get hold of. After general searches on the internet proved unfruitful I started to visit various shop/dealer websites. This took nearly an hour of trawling...so how about a website listing all dealers like a directory and having the option to search their stock all in one place, thus saving considerable time, any one know of anything like this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 a list of stockists is on the Bachmann/Farish web site so why is a 2nd site needed ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) As for stock levels from all the shops on a web site who going to pay for the site & its updating ?? Edited February 21, 2019 by mozzer models typo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 What about UK Model Shops? http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/ As for having stock levels. Would you really want people to know your stock levels? Fine if you are a large shop which has a secure warehouse but for many shops it's a thieves paradise. "You have how many model locomotives costing £150 each? Right get in the van lads we'll clear that shop in minutes." Jason 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted February 21, 2019 Moderators Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 hours ago, twommnewbie said: Rewind, a while back I wanted a Farish class 40 with the sound chip installed. It was a fairly limited release and hard to get hold of. After general searches on the internet proved unfruitful I started to visit various shop/dealer websites. This took nearly an hour of trawling...so how about a website listing all dealers like a directory and having the option to search their stock all in one place, thus saving considerable time, any one know of anything like this? I fear you have no idea how much of a challenge would be for anyone to undertake, retailers would shy away from a race to the bottom in a comparethetrainset.com anyway. Sorry, you have to put in some mouse miles. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
twommnewbie Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 Morning all, many thanks for your replies, I didn`t know about the UK model shop directory looks like a useful resource, I guess I`ll have to put in the mouse miles! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 11 hours ago, twommnewbie said: Morning all, many thanks for your replies, I didn`t know about the UK model shop directory looks like a useful resource, I guess I`ll have to put in the mouse miles! The ukmodelshops directory is excellent and i always let Adrian know when I discover shops not on his site. many years ago pre Internet as a child I put my own note book together using adverts in magazines etc to list all the model shops I found for when I was on my travels! Sadly it it was a much longer list than nowadays. All the beatties stores for a start! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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