Bomag Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Hi all, Joel Bright, MD of Dapol has confirmed to me today that they (and their wholesalers) will not supply to any retailer advertising or supply at prices lower than 15% off the RRP. This includes honouring items pre-ordered at a lower price i.e. if an item rises from £90 to £100 RRP then then it has to be retailed at £85 or more, regardless of pre-orders placed at an earlier, lower price Cheers Dave So in that case cost goes up to whatever but for preorders heres £x for full and final compensation for breach of contract. Only a suggestion. While the GF max discount for 90 days probably does help local shops I don't see the benifit for Dapol products, they either don't produce enough in which case they are never seen in the shops or they produce to much in which case you migt as well wait for the Int N Gauge show where Dapol will masively undercut shops to shift thier stock (particularly stuff with livery errors!). Roll on the N gauge version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJennings Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Any information on how much the factory fitted sound versions of these will be in OO and when they will be available? Not seen a lot regarding pricing / availability on these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l_jones Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 (edited) So in that case cost goes up to whatever but for preorders heres £x for full and final compensation for breach of contract. Only a suggestion. While the GF max discount for 90 days probably does help local shops I don't see the benifit for Dapol products, they either don't produce enough in which case they are never seen in the shops or they produce to much in which case you migt as well wait for the Int N Gauge show where Dapol will masively undercut shops to shift thier stock (particularly stuff with livery errors!). Roll on the N gauge version This is exactly what happened with the HIA's, all the retailers had to put the prices up, irrespective of pre-order prices. The only option was to cancel your order... Edited May 14, 2016 by martin_l_jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bensanchez43310 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 weren't they nicknamed warskips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
159220 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Joel Bright, MD of Dapol has confirmed to me today that they (and their wholesalers) will not supply to any retailer advertising or supply at prices lower than 15% off the RRP. This includes honouring items pre-ordered at a lower price. I know Joel too. Shall have to wait and see won't we. I know I am not altering my loyalty. Last time I ordered with eHattons it took over a week to get my next day delivery order and several phone calls to encourage dispatch! Back to 68s, I wonder do we as customers prefer to see all developments and accept in that process there shall be errors - which through a professional conversation could help identify them and improve the development process. Or do we prefer to see when 'it is done' and the sample we see, is what we get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Back to 68s, I wonder do we as customers prefer to see all developments and accept in that process there shall be errors - which through a professional conversation could help identify them and improve the development process. Or do we prefer to see when 'it is done' and the sample we see, is what we get? I would have thought for both company and consumer that using a process that allows errors to be picked up on and corrected during development is preferable for better sales. I never understand why anyone would think differently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l_jones Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I presume the pre production models get passed around for review but the general public rarely get their hands on them or do they.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted May 17, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2016 I presume the pre production models get passed around for review but the general public rarely get their hands on them or do they.. If you ask nicely, yes. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/77952-Dapol-announce-rights-to-n-oo-gauge-class-68/page-11&do=findComment&comment=2211262 Cheers, Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l_jones Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) If you ask nicely, yes. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/77952-Dapol-announce-rights-to-n-oo-gauge-class-68/page-11&do=findComment&comment=2211262 Cheers, Mick It was a prompt Mick.... I've just realised I've pre-ordered eight loco's in the last month or so... Five 66's and three 68's... And the 59's are still to be pre-ordered, I'm going to need a bigger layout . Edited May 21, 2016 by martin_l_jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted May 21, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 21, 2016 Once again, is there any news about the N gauge version please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegleg90 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) Don't know how I ended up on the DRS shop website but they are advertising a 68001 model. No details if its Dapol it just says: "Coming Soon New Class 68001 Model! Might be new loco number 4 this year on top of 66434, 68002 & 68005! link Cheers Ali Edited May 26, 2016 by Pegleg90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickL2008 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Don't know how I ended up on the DRS shop website but they are advertising a 68001 model. No details if its Dapol it just says: "Coming Soon New Class 68001 Model! Might be new loco number 4 this year on top of 66434, 68002 & 68005! link Cheers Ali That looks to be a mock up of the real 68, so not the model, but looks like theyre bringing out 68001 in model form NL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted May 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2016 That looks to be a mock up of the real 68, so not the model, but looks like theyre bringing out 68001 in model form NL Yes, DRS have commissioned their own limited edition. Cheers, Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegleg90 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Yes, DRS have commissioned their own limited edition. Cheers, Mick Cool, thank you for the feed back, presume there not taking pre-orders yet! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted May 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2016 Cool, thank you for the feed back, presume there not taking pre-orders yet! Lol I think that makes seven listed for initial release. 001/002/005 in DRS, 006/7 in Scotrail and 010/014 in Chiltern (which are starting to acquire blue "Chiltern Railways" logos) Cheers, Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibuchan Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 010/014 in Chiltern (which are starting to acquire blue "Chiltern Railways" logos) Cheers, Mick 68015 got those for the SVR gala, they are not a permanent feature, they should be taken off at some stage. They are looking at something more permanent in the future, but as to when and what, it's still very much up in the air. Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bensanchez43310 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 I always went by the nickname of warskips for the 68's. Where is the DRS sample ive ordered 68005 defiant!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 I always went by the nickname of warskips for the 68's. Where is the DRS sample ive ordered 68005 defiant!!! If I'm not mistaken Dapol said they will post a whole bunch of updates this week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielson's shay no 3 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) If I'm not mistaken Dapol said they will post a whole bunch of updates this week. They need too I was told at Warley on the Dapol stand the Drs livery sample was only a few weeks away Edited June 1, 2016 by Danielson's shay no 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DRS Crewe On A Mission Posted June 1, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 1, 2016 Just my point of view. Yes we were supposed to see the DRS livery sample a few months ago but would you rather see a sample that isn't good enough, isn't what we want, isn't what Dapol want and for that to be printed onto the models and then them arrive in a poor condition and be paying £123 each. Or alternatively we can wait a few months longer, wait for the DRS livery sample to be correct and to everyone's desire and then be paying for models that are finished to a high standard. I think Dapol and all of us all agree that we want the 68s to be as good as possible and rushing them through the production process will just not achieve this. The main point is patience is a virtue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Patience is a virtue, Catch it if you can, Seldom found in woman, And never in a man railway modeller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Yes we were supposed to see the DRS livery sample a few months ago but would you rather see a sample that isn't good enough, isn't what we want, isn't what Dapol want and for that to be printed onto the models and then them arrive in a poor condition and be paying £123 each. I'll stress i've no "skin in the game" on these - but conversely it should be possible in this day and age for a media savvy company to show the samples (which lets folk know it's really happening and isn't vaporware) with the caveat that it is a pre-production version and that there are known changes that need to be made to it before the final production run is approved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2016 Got lucky and had a very quick glance at the factory paint samples of the DRS and Scotrail versions the other day. They looked pretty good, but apparently require a bit of tweaking. If it means a few more weeks to get it right, then that works for me. Cheers, Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike Posted June 7, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 7, 2016 Like Mick I had a quick look at the 68s at DEMU's Showcase exhibition at the weekend and they look great. As Mick says there are a few livery tweaks to correct particularly on the DRS version. Cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Any pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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