kevfisher Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) So being a loyal and patient customer continues to have no value as my Pre Order for 2 Genesis coach packs, an LMS and GWR one has been cancelled by Hattons... ... ORDERED February 2021 ......... Quote We have now received our finalised numbers for these models and due to the popularity of this project, I am afraid that we are having to cancel your order as we are unable to fulfill it. .. How is it they only say now - It does makes Hattons criticism about Hornby doing it to them have little value. Sorry - more than a little angry.... KevFisher Edited August 30, 2022 by kevfisher 1 3 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted August 30, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2022 That is stupid. Why can’t they increase the number? If you ordered that far back, they have had more than enough time to order enough be made. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEngineShed Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Just had a look and it seems that the mentioned sets have disappeared from Hattons website. You'd think they would still show and be marked as sold out. What were the numbers of the sets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted August 31, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2022 Wow, that's not a good sign at all. I can totally understand your dissapointment. Hattons aren't Hornby - well, I didn't think so anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishoutofwater Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Just had a squint at the Hattons website & there seem to be individual GWR carriages available to order. Says delivery from September 2022 (tomorrow!) but it may be a long September! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevfisher Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 The Cancelled sets were the GWR and LMS packages. H4-46Pack-101 - Pack of 4 coaches (4BT, 4T, 6C123, 6BT) in GWR chocolate and cream H4-46Pack-501 - Pack of 4 coaches (6BT, 4X6CL, 6T, 6T) in LMS Crimson Lake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR-fan Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 9 minutes ago, kevfisher said: The Cancelled sets were the GWR and LMS packages. H4-46Pack-101 - Pack of 4 coaches (4BT, 4T, 6C123, 6BT) in GWR chocolate and cream This was a pack that I also had ordered. Pre-ordered back in January 2021. Still showing as sold out on pre-order on my account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, TheEngineShed said: Just had a look and it seems that the mentioned sets have disappeared from Hattons website. You'd think they would still show and be marked as sold out. They are still there, marked as sold out. LMS pack GWR pack. Edited August 31, 2022 by Free At Last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted August 31, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31, 2022 The GWR coaches appear to be very popular, only a few individual items are still available to order. The disappointing Hornby effort may have helped here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSS MONACO Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 I assumed a fiasco earlier so didn't bother. Agreed they seem a bit ahead of the competition but it's a bit short change if you've only had instructions that they are unable to complete the order. Any update, do they invisage more stock in due course? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevfisher Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) Next of Coaches Batch seems to be December 2023 :-( .. I have to admit that the cynic in me says there is more profit in selling the coaches individually rather than in a set... Edited August 31, 2022 by kevfisher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 It is not a new phenomenon, and used to happen quite a bit in the US. I had pre-orders for Lifelike, Athearn and Atlas locos all cancelled when the manufacturers failed to make enough of the livery I wanted to supply the model shops I'd ordered from. This was one reason for me giving up on US outline a few years ago. Les 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HExpressD Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 It's almost like all manufacturers are subject to the same market pressures as each other, only some seemingly admitted it earlier than others! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 10 hours ago, HExpressD said: It's almost like all manufacturers are subject to the same market pressures as each other Some made a specific commitment to have their own factories, and not in the very competitive Guangzhou and Shenzhen area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 (edited) On 31/08/2022 at 02:50, kevfisher said: The Cancelled (or sold out?) sets were the GWR and LMS packages. H4-46Pack-101 - Pack of 4 coaches (4BT, 4T, 6C123, 6BT) in GWR chocolate and cream My addition in bold. Me too, along with the individual: H4-6CL-101 - 6 wheel composite lavatory (1st/3rd) 42 in GWR chocolate and cream Edited September 1, 2022 by Ozexpatriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 On 31/08/2022 at 03:15, Nile said: The GWR coaches appear to be very popular, only a few individual items are still available to order. The disappointing Hornby effort may have helped here. Doubtless there were people holding out in hope of a "better" model from Hattons. At this point I am glad to have purchased some Hornby ones - "disappointing" or otherwise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 On 30/08/2022 at 13:24, kevfisher said: So being a loyal and patient customer continues to have no value as my Pre Order for 2 Genesis coach packs, an LMS and GWR one has been cancelled by Hattons... ... ORDERED February 2021 ......... .. How is it they only say now - It does makes Hattons criticism about Hornby doing it to them have little value. Sorry - more than a little angry.... KevFisher So you come on here to vent your spleen. If you take your head out of the sand for a moment and stop being so selfish you might find out that there are far worse things happening in the world. In the current circumstances count your blessings that you are able to afford such non essential items. It might have escaped you but the world is in a bit of a mess and fast going down the pan. Bernard 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brittannia Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 17 minutes ago, Bernard Lamb said: So you come on here to vent your spleen. If you take your head out of the sand for a moment and stop being so selfish you might find out that there are far worse things happening in the world. In the current circumstances count your blessings that you are able to afford such non essential items. It might have escaped you but the world is in a bit of a mess and fast going down the pan. Bernard A bit harsh😮 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covkid Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 36 minutes ago, Bernard Lamb said: So you come on here to vent your spleen. If you take your head out of the sand for a moment and stop being so selfish you might find out that there are far worse things happening in the world. In the current circumstances count your blessings that you are able to afford such non essential items. It might have escaped you but the world is in a bit of a mess and fast going down the pan. Bernard 17 minutes ago, brittannia said: A bit harsh😮 I think Bernard is probably right, particularly when our toy trains are made from plastic, which my science from school was from oil. Admittedly oil prices have slipped a little this last couple of weeks. We are in for some very rough times ahead and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see more suspension / cancellation of announced stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Parker Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Hmmm. I think we'll lock this and let everyone have time to cool down. There's not really much more to say anyway. 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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