RMweb Premium Scottish-Exile Posted November 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2017 Reading the blurb again, it seems as if it will just be a information / display / pre-order type affair and not, an actual sales stand such as what Cheltenham Model Centre or other traders take to shows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 As a producer of trains now they have to attend really to show off their wares. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted November 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 21, 2017 On their weekly newsletters this week, Hattons say: We will be making a new product announcement on Thursday 23rd November at 10am. Stay tuned to the countdown on our website to be one of the first one to find out what it is! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Scottish-Exile Posted November 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2017 On their weekly newsletters this week, Hattons say: We will be making a new product announcement on Thursday 23rd November at 10am. Stay tuned to the countdown on our website to be one of the first one to find out what it is! Welcome to the Frothing Brigade http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/128219-new-announcement/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWsTrains Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 order accepted 10:31, processed 10:33; packed 12:46; collected by courier 5pm. nice not to be in a picking queue when you've paid for a courier, well done Hattons should have the goodies across the globe to me by Monday. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forester Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Hattons, always a desperately slow website, totally crashed today, Black Friday. Lots of offers, but who can get to see them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 The Offers are 20% off Pre-owned - not quite a John Lewis or Gap type sale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 08221 Posted November 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2017 Hattons, always a desperately slow website, totally crashed today, Black Friday. Lots of offers, but who can get to see them? Been down for hours - cunning plan I reckon!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) Hattons website was completely down when I looked about 9 this morning, I just went back in, got the main page and then the "Black Friday" info page. Clicked HERE to see all the items currently on sale, and it died. You can't navigate to any of the links off the home page, you just get server timeouts*. I'm surprised I got to the BF info page at all. WTF are they up to if they can't run a site at a busy period? * Just had a brief improvement, then it stiffed again. Edited November 24, 2017 by Hroth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I have had the same.....phoned them and was thanked for letting them know!! Recently got on to the chat section after a longish connection wait and was advised the IT Dept. are working on it. so I had to place order elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
classy52 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Yes me too and have tried all day to access their Black Friday deals but the web page just time out constantly, really poor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted November 24, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2017 Yes me too and have tried all day to access their Black Friday deals but the web page just time out constantly, really poor. Unfortunate. Maybe they'll have to have a Grey Saturday sale tomorrow instead. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamysandy Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 With fifty shades of grey! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 With fifty shades of grey! *shudder* Not that bad, surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Fifty Sheds Of Grey is better. Yes, it's a real book. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fifty-Sheds-Grey-Erotica-not-too-modern/dp/0752265458 Have a look in your local charity shop, don't spend good money on it. It's one of those books you buy granddad for Christmas as a joke. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forester Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Hattons website back up now. Truly astonishing number of unsold "pre-owned" items for sale. Yet many of them faulty, mostly overpriced, so maybe not so astonishing they have this vast backlog. With the Black Friday reductions some prices are now more realistic. I hope Hattons keeps the sale running as it can't be good for them to have this huge amount of unsold stock and they may shift some at the lower (hardly "bargain") sale prices. Don't understand Hattons any more. I don't want them to fail. They still try hard at times. But when they advertise a damaged item in their Preowned section at a price greater than the identical brand new item is offered in their Bargain section, well, words just fail. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Hattons website back up now. Truly astonishing number of unsold "pre-owned" items for sale. Yet many of them faulty, mostly overpriced, so maybe not so astonishing they have this vast backlog. With the Black Friday reductions some prices are now more realistic. I hope Hattons keeps the sale running as it can't be good for them to have this huge amount of unsold stock and they may shift some at the lower (hardly "bargain") sale prices. Don't understand Hattons any more. I don't want them to fail. They still try hard at times. But when they advertise a damaged item in their Preowned section at a price greater than the identical brand new item is offered in their Bargain section, well, words just fail. I have said this before re S/H pricing where Old is more expensive than 'New' I just don't get it, I wonder if its a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forester Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 How can they list a damaged pre-owned item (I quote): "Pre-owned - coal effect piece loose from tender - loco body loose from chassis underside detailing piece broken away from front of chassis - slightly worn box" and then quote a List Price to compare the "Bargain" price with..... ? I find it a bit sad more than anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted November 24, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2017 I have said this before re S/H pricing where Old is more expensive than 'New' I just don't get it, I wonder if its a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing? I would imagine so. But given that (last time I looked) locomotives and the like are indexed under the model number, you wouldn't think it would be hard to check the current price for new stock...or even build in something to the software that automatically flags when the price that's just been input is higher than the same thing new. (I'm assuming the prices are manually entered rather than being chosen by a malfunctioning AI...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
classy52 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Part of the Black Friday sale; Hornby R4414-LN02 Mk3 East Midlands Trains 1st Class FO - Pre-owned - Like new £72 Hornby R4414-LN04 Mk3 East Midlands Trains 1st Class FO - Pre-owned - Like new £72 I don't know whether to laugh or cry... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 The converse to all this which I must admit is very rare, I tend to look around for H0e items and a year back they advertised a ROCO 0-8-0+TT Loco in the pre used section, these are currently out of production and getting thin on the ground, the last RRP was not much short of £300, typical discount price around £240 to £250. Roco have occasionally issued special editions of the loco, so when one came up in the special edition series of 500 for around £150 I bought it fingers crossed, when it arrived it was obviously unused with all factory packing intact, and to cap it all it was one of a very small number which had been factory fitted with Digital sound, the most recent reference to a RRP I could locate was around Euros 480. So I did actually get a bargain. I have also had a couple of H0e locos Bemo & Roco which were returned as faulty within 24 hours!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forester Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Here's one: "missing chimney, one front buffer and both rear buffers - cracked cab roof - fron bogey loose from body, causes front of loco to derail - power cable between loco and tender overly long, can get caught in wheels - discoloured packaging on one end" and the List Price is....... That's worth a couple of pounds off, I'd say. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chamby Posted November 24, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2017 Historically I’ve spent about 80% of my model Railway expenditure with Hattons. In the last couple of months it has been closer to 20%. I don’t have a downer on them, but have found myself happy to spend a little more for the greater certainty of service elsewhere. It’s interesting what you find out about yourself when your normal circumstances are shaken up! Phil. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Part of the Black Friday sale; Hornby R4414-LN02 Mk3 East Midlands Trains 1st Class FO - Pre-owned - Like new £72 Hornby R4414-LN04 Mk3 East Midlands Trains 1st Class FO - Pre-owned - Like new £72 I don't know whether to laugh or cry... It may be worth getting in touch as it may be a typo. They were £27 each a couple of weeks ago. Click on the picture to see the price. http://www.hattons.co.uk/84253/Hornby_R4414_LN_Mk3_East_Midlands_Trains_1st_Class_FO_Pre_owned_Like_new/StockDetail.aspx Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) Historically I’ve spent about 80% of my model Railway expenditure with Hattons. In the last couple of months it has been closer to 20%. I don’t have a downer on them, but have found myself happy to spend a little more for the greater certainty of service elsewhere. It’s interesting what you find out about yourself when your normal circumstances are shaken up! Phil. I know exactly what you mean, I placed 43 orders with Hattons in 2016, this year it will be significantly less as I am dealing with other retailers more frequently who offer rapid trouble free service, and value for money prices without any problems, these tend to be much smaller companies, but the goods purchased is the same! I have placed but 1 Hattons order in the last couple or so months! Edited November 24, 2017 by Stevelewis 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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