Big James Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Just got an email from Hornby apparently the collectors club H class is nearly here. Big james Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted May 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2019 I got one too. I'd rather have a snail mail with the loco itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Strange no e-mail for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 (edited) Nothing here either. Just checked and the last Hornby email was to announce that "New Wagons & Coaches have arrived!" on the 17th. I wonder if their email machine is prioritising Preorders placed by buyers who are still Club Members Preorders in order of date I know that if you were a member when the order was placed (as you had to be!), then the order is still valid even if membership has lapsed, but it wouldn't surprise me if continuing members were being prioritised! Edited May 23, 2019 by Hroth re-ordering criteria Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 57 minutes ago, Hroth said: Nothing here either. Just checked and the last Hornby email was to announce that "New Wagons & Coaches have arrived!" on the 17th. I wonder if their email machine is prioritising Preorders placed by buyers who are still Club Members Preorders in order of date I know that if you were a member when the order was placed (as you had to be!), then the order is still valid even if membership has lapsed, but it wouldn't surprise me if continuing members were being prioritised! I ordered right away but membership (set up the same day) has since expired. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiddles47 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Hroth said: Nothing here either. Just checked and the last Hornby email was to announce that "New Wagons & Coaches have arrived!" on the 17th. I wonder if their email machine is prioritising Preorders placed by buyers who are still Club Members Preorders in order of date I know that if you were a member when the order was placed (as you had to be!), then the order is still valid even if membership has lapsed, but it wouldn't surprise me if continuing members were being prioritised! That could be possible. When i joined up in Feb last year, I immediately pre-ordered the H at the same time. So they may well be emailing in pre-order order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 I preordered on 23/02/18. Email arrived 11am today. They'd better get their skates on if its due in the next 8 days! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frond Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Just for information I got the email yesterday evening and I have never been a member of the Collectors Club! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 (edited) I ordered on 23rd Feb 2018, but have let my membership lapse since then. I got the email yesterday afternoon Edited May 23, 2019 by G-BOAF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 14 hours ago, JSpencer said: Strange no e-mail for me. I'm not in the Collectors Club and I got one yesterday. Tempting though. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_lner Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 The H class may already be here and being packed as we speak. I've just been charged for the remaining cost. Happy days Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiddles47 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Yeah they have them. They taken payment for mine and now "processing". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Yep, payment was taken at 1pm, it'll be here beginning of next week, I suppose! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Me too. E-mail confirmation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 So much for being a club exclusive model! https://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/Hornby-loco-r3648-secr-wainwright-h-class-0-4-4t263-club-special/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_46k1Kqy4gIVxbTtCh0PbwcrEAQYBSABEgKW0vD_BwE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Most curious. But its not at the club price, though £116.99 is close to club price plus club membership. However you don't get a little badge, the free club loco and the club magazines. I think buying it through the club gets you out a fraction of an inch ahead of the game... Perhaps they haven't sold as many as they hoped to through the club and the rest are being sent into the retail channel at Class H RRP, rather than having them sitting about in storage, waiting for them to shift like some of the club models in the past. (White Cab Roof Flying Scotsman cough) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Jadlam though. I'm pretty sure that people have ordered "bargains" from them before and got the "out of stock" message about a week later. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 They do get rather over-excited sometimes... However Hattons have it listed too, though marked as "out of stock". Who knows? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 11 hours ago, Hroth said: They do get rather over-excited sometimes... However Hattons have it listed too, though marked as "out of stock". Who knows? A search on Hatton’s site doesn’t find it. Perhaps it has been removed; Hatton’s probably cannot afford to fall out with Hornby as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 1 hour ago, No Decorum said: A search on Hatton’s site doesn’t find it. Perhaps it has been removed; Hatton’s probably cannot afford to fall out with Hornby as well! I noticed it googling Hornby R3648 https://www.hattons.co.uk/338205/Hornby_R3648_SECR_Class_H_Wainwright_0_4_4T_263_in_South_Eastern_and_Chatham_Railway_lined_gr/StockDetail.aspx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riddles Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 15 minutes ago, Hroth said: I noticed it googling Hornby R3648 https://www.hattons.co.uk/338205/Hornby_R3648_SECR_Class_H_Wainwright_0_4_4T_263_in_South_Eastern_and_Chatham_Railway_lined_gr/StockDetail.aspx Possibly Hattons have created the page so that they have all the information they will need when second-hand/pre-owned models are inevitably offered to them sometime in the future. The page does invite readers to register their interest on their wishlists so they "will email you if a pre-owned one becomes available". Just a thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 It looks more like a standard new product display, rather than a second hand/preowned one. Its got the ordinary Hornby catalogue number and description rather than the Hattons stock numbering and preowned wording. The "will email you if a pre-owned one becomes available" line always pops up when new stock sells out. For example compare with the listing for the original SECR H class, R3538: https://www.hattons.co.uk/229854/hornby_r3538_secr_class_h_wainwright_0_4_4t_308_in_south_eastern_and_chatham_railway_lined_gr/stockdetail.aspx Another interesting thing is that Hattons don't currently have any preowned H class locos at all! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted May 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2019 (edited) So Ive not got the email, logged into Hornby's website and found my order has been cancelled. ive not been in the collectors club, since about a month after this model was announced, and this is my last remaining order with Hornby. I tried my Hornby account again, and saw I had now 2 separate orders or maybe they canceled one and processed another I just don't know, but it would appear they've cancelled it after trying to charge my card (which expired), I havent recieved any notification, but there was a message on the other online order page about updating my card before May 30th.. so I have done so, and today the status has changed to Despatched and I see a pdf invoice, so looks like I am now set. So if you've not heard anything login, check your card details as it seems they are canceling orders which aren't immediately processed and you only have a few days in which to update it. Edited May 24, 2019 by adb968008 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 3 hours ago, Hroth said: I noticed it googling Hornby R3648 https://www.hattons.co.uk/338205/Hornby_R3648_SECR_Class_H_Wainwright_0_4_4T_263_in_South_Eastern_and_Chatham_Railway_lined_gr/StockDetail.aspx Ah yes. Hatton’s seems to remove stuff front the “shopfront” part of its site when it is sold out. Nevertheless, there does seem to be a hidden archive where all sorts of stuff hide. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 2 hours ago, adb968008 said: ive not been in the collectors club, since about a month after this model was announced, and this is my last remaining order with Hornby. My membership expired this March, so whilst I knew that the preorder would go through (Hornby had emailed me to say it was being processed), I logged in for the first time in ages to check. I'm glad to say that it was despatched today, so probably a Tuesday arrival! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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