Post a Bargain! (no discussions / questions) (was Bargain Hunters)

[Banger Blue]

http://www.ehattons.com/stocklist/1000399/Heljan_/BargainByManufacturer.aspx

 

Most of the variants of the Heljan Class 128 Parcels Diesel Unit ranging from £52 - £69, amongst some other bargain price Heljan stuff.

[dasatcopthorne]

Warning.

 

Ian Allen Birmingham.

 

Don't waste your time trying to get models posted to you!

 

Called the shop to order a Bachmann Class 47, which they helpfully confirmed they had tweo of in stock at £60. When I asked if they could post one to me the helpful assistand put me through to the mail order section.

 

Here, the very unhelpful lady assistant told me they could not post models.

 

So, No sale.

 

What is the point of dealing with people like this?

 

Dave

[CovDriver]

to be fair Ian Allan have never posted out models from the Birmingham store and I personally find the staff all very helpful.

cheers

 

Colin

[sp1]

to be fair Ian Allan have never posted out models from the Birmingham store and I personally find the staff all very helpful.

cheers

 

Colin

So why put someone through to the 'mail order' department?

[ejstubbs]

Probably because they sell books by mail order.  You can even buy books from their web site.  But not models.

 

Either that, or they unwittingly employ people to sit around doing nothing.

 

Which do you think is most likely?

[Jenny Emily]

Probably because they sell books by mail order.  You can even buy books from their web site.  But not models.

 

Either that, or they unwittingly employ people to sit around doing nothing.

 

Which do you think is most likely?

You don't work for my company then? At one depot they suspended a driver on full pay pending an investigation, then forgot about them. Four months later the driver tentatively called to ask when his meeting was, and they had no record of the investigation, or the fact that he had been sat at home on full pay for all that time.

[Kelly]

Had an email from Invicta with some offers in today:

 

Bachmann 47s for £69

Farish 350 for £94 & J39 for £69 & CEP for £84

[haslam999]

Had an email from Invicta with some offers in today:

 

Bachmann 47s for £69

Farish 350 for £94 & J39 for £69 & CEP for £84

There's loads of references on these pages to Bachmann 47s at good prices, but they're all models of the latest version of the loco with the cut-away buffer beam. Anybody know bargain Baccy 47's anywhere with the original buffer beam cowling? Seems like Bachmann went long the wrong kind of 47's.

[rob D2]

Lots of cheap bachy 47s around - the RES, RFD and intercity ones...

I don't think the 90s is too popular period at present - the baby boomers model the steam / diesel transition, there's some interest in blue by a certain demographic and there's the youngsters who model the present.

 

 

Just a few of us who model the period when EWS was getting going...

[nightstar.train]

Lots of cheap bachy 47s around - the RES, RFD and intercity ones...

I don't think the 90s is too popular period at present - the baby boomers model the steam / diesel transition, there's some interest in blue by a certain demographic and there's the youngsters who model the present.

Just a few of us who model the period when EWS was getting going...

But oddly enough the Scotrail ones from the same batch are rare as hens teeth it seems. I put up a spare one I had on eBay at what I thought was a high Buy It Now price, sold in less than two hours at full price! Well chuffed with that, I can get an Intercity one now, and maybe a RES one too.

[melmerby]

Warning.

 

Ian Allen Birmingham.

 

Don't waste your time trying to get models posted to you!

 

Called the shop to order a Bachmann Class 47, which they helpfully confirmed they had tweo of in stock at £60. When I asked if they could post one to me the helpful assistand put me through to the mail order section.

 

Here, the very unhelpful lady assistant told me they could not post models.

 

So, No sale.

 

What is the point of dealing with people like this?

 

Dave

Ian Allan mail order is a book business

Ian Allan shops are just that, shops. They are bookshops that just happen to sell models as well.

(BTW Manchester closes 30th June 2016)

I'm surprised someone told you to order a model online as the staff I normally deal with would have known that they don't sell models online.

 

Why, if you were in the shop, did you not carry out the model?

 

Keith

[dasatcopthorne]

Ian Allan mail order is a book business

Ian Allan shops are just that, shops. They are bookshops that just happen to sell models as well.

(BTW Manchester closes 30th June 2016)

I'm surprised someone told you to order a model online as the staff I normally deal with would have known that they don't sell models online.

 

Why, if you were in the shop, did you not carry out the model?

 

Keith

Hi Keith.

 

Did you read my mail at all. Oh yes, you must have read some of it!

 

I won't trouble you to re-read it. This is what I wrote. "Called the shop". What do you think this means?

 

By the way, I think it is perfectly reasonable to expect a shop to be able to post you a model.

 

Happy modelling.

 

Dave

[Matt]

But oddly enough the Scotrail ones from the same batch are rare as hens teeth it seems. I put up a spare one I had on eBay at what I thought was a high Buy It Now price, sold in less than two hours at full price! Well chuffed with that, I can get an Intercity one now, and maybe a RES one too.

not sure scotrail was from same batch - think was earlier with nse 47/7. Oddly they hung around for ages and did get discounted to some degree but, as you say now command high prices. This has happened with a few Bachmann models such as 37/5s which went very cheap but now sell at quite high prices too. I do wonder if slow down in new releases is helping push up second hand prices. M

[cctransuk]

..... I think it is perfectly reasonable to expect a shop to be able to post you a model.....

 

 

It depends whether they advertise mail order or not.

 

Try asking Tesco to post you anything !!

 

Regards,

John Isherwood.

[cctransuk]

 

[melmerby]

Hi Keith.

 

Did you read my mail at all. Oh yes, you must have read some of it!

 

I won't trouble you to re-read it. This is what I wrote. "Called the shop". What do you think this means?

 

By the way, I think it is perfectly reasonable to expect a shop to be able to post you a model.

 

Happy modelling.

 

Dave

Sorry I took it differently., I read it as "called in the shop" rather than 'phoned the shop which is what I would probably have said.

It's easy to miss a word when reading from a screen and seeing something that isn't there.

 

And no, unless a shop advertises mail order I would not expect them to post to me.

Ian Allan Direct and the Book/Model shops are two different parts of the same group.

 

It is a pity someone directed you to their mail order section, they shouldn't have.

I 'phoned the mail order dept. once myself and was told they didn't do models and when I mentioned it in the shop It they confirmed that.

 

Cheers

 

Keith

[melmerby]

 

Try asking Tesco to post you anything !!

 

Regards,

John Isherwood.

You mean like this:

http://www.tesco.com/direct/

 

Sorry

 

Keith

[dasatcopthorne]

It depends whether they advertise mail order or not.

 

Try asking Tesco to post you anything !!

 

Regards,

John Isherwood.

Compare like for like, at least, John.

 

Let's have a small competition.

 

Find a shop selling model railways that doesn't want to sell you something and is not prepared to post it to you.

 

Dave

[tractionman]

Let's not have a small competition here, let's post some bargains!!

 

Cheers,

 

Keith

[leopardml2341]

Compare like for like, at least, John.

Let's have a small competition.

Find a shop selling model railways that doesn't want to sell you something and is not prepared to post it to you.

Dave

As long as it's a bargain

[rob D2]

Compare like for like, at least, John.

Let's have a small competition.

Find a shop selling model railways that doesn't want to sell you something and is not prepared to post it to you.

Dave

 

It's a crowded market, and they should be prepared to go the extra mile, how hard is it really ?

 

Inflexible !

[melmerby]

It's a crowded market,

Is it?

 

I get the impression that the market cannot support the number of shops selling model railways that we have at present. Many shops close with retirement of the current owners as no one is prepared to take them on.

You have to a bit of a specialist or a box shifter to make it in mail order/internet with model railways these days.

Ian Allan are neither and the trains are a small part of their business. It is primarily a book seller (online/mail order/shop)

 

Even WH Smith's Modelzone has a very limited amount of railway stuff available on line. (29 items in total, mainly basic Railroad)

 

Keith

[Andy Hayter]

If the market is so crowded, explain to me please (or better explain to the traders) why so many Ebay sellers will only sell to the UK and will not consider selling to France - even though I am happy to pay the additional postage charges.  Ditto for the independent sellers on Amazon.  It has taken six months or so for one particular book to appear second hand with a seller who would mail to France while several copies still reside with sellers who will only sell to the UK (unless these sellers have multiple copies).   

[FelixM]

Same applies to Germany.

[Coryton]

At the risk of going off-topic by posting a bargain, at the Bristol Model Railway Exhibition today, the Bachmann stall had anniversary sets of 3 vans going for £15 each. Not a bad price if you're prepared to re-paint.

 

I imagine there will be some left for anybody going tomorrow (they didn't seem to be selling like hot cakes)...and perhaps at whatever exhibition Bachmann are at next.

 

You get a nice limited edition certificate...and while some might consider it sacrilege to despoil a limited edition of only 504 sets, I look at it as increasing whatever value the remaining ones have (presumably not much if Bachmann are flogging them off so cheaply).