DJ Dangerous

Prior to the Royal Mail IT crisis, I bought something from Hatton's, paid the VAT, and had it shipped to an Irish address. An Post stopped it and charged VAT and handling fees. Hatton's refiunded these fees to me on payment, and sending receipt of said payment to them, and said that they were having problems with An Post not reading the documentation, and subsequently charging fees where inappropriate. As an aside, I posted five parcels a month or two ago, three to Ireland, one to Lithuania and one to the UK. All were correctly declared as gifts, and valued very low. All three Irish parcels were stopped by An Post and had VAT and handling fees applied. The UK parcel did not, and the Lithuania parcel did not. It would appear that An Post are just a shower of bumbling incompetent morons. Even yesterday, somebody tried posting something from an An Post office to me, and the idiot behind the counter refused to attach a CN23. The sender had to return today to get the idiot's supervisor to attach the CN23. The incompetence of An Post knows no bounds. P.S.: Apologies for the typos in my posts, but the sand is playing havoc with my keyboard!

Sorry if I have misunderstood this, but are they all sold out, or are they still available to pre-order? Only one, the test coach twin pack, shows as being sold out here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/mark-2-coaches-1

What happened? An Post rejected the parcel within 33 minutes of receiving it???

OK, so I set up a third account with you guys, as my current Accurascale.eu account definitely doesn't work for Accurascale.com... And when I got the loco in my basket, ready to pay, I saw the dreaded message... Is that because of the Royal Mail IT issues? Or is it a Canarian thing? Hatton's usually use the "untracked international" option for here, and Royal Mail have not yet resumed that service. Here's hoping.

I've ordered some of these to fiddle around with. Regarding Irish-ish-ness, which suits what? I mean from the current / former RTR stable, the IRM NIR coaches and the probable Intercity and Enterprise ranges.

No waaaaaayyyy!

I'm betting on IRM 071's before the turn of the decade, with a special limited edition 319 Retales variant just for me!

Nice looking 2700 for €200. Includes DCC chip. Graham's Resprays seem to have been good. The lining in particular on this one is well done. There was a botched looking one for €300 a few weeks back. https://touch.adverts.ie/models/irish-model-railway-iarnrod-eireann-2700-dmu/29286004

Few interesting bits on eBay. IRM A Class A46 with sound, current bid €175 plus shipping: https://www.ebay.es/itm/385396869152 IRM A Class 056 with sound, current bid €140 plus shipping: https://www.ebay.es/itm/385396878718 I assume they're the two mentioned by @Fowler4f. Very cheap for sound-fitted A's! Silver Fox A Class 023, €110 plus shipping: https://www.ebay.es/itm/295515935174 Murphy Models 201 Class 8208, €300 plus shipping: https://www.ebay.es/itm/204220574208 (Described as a "reluctant runner" on testing) IRM Tara Mines wagons, €80 plus shipping: https://www.ebay.es/itm/266023236636 Seller used to be a bit of a gouger but that's a great price for some Taras.

Are you Chinese?

Nothing concrete but expect an IRM steam announcement soon. Wouldn't be surprised by a bus announcement this month, and a Bubble re-run announcement in the coming months. Boskonay said something last autumn about having several new "ranges" coming, which is super scary.

Royal Mail International Bulletin: https://www.royalmail.com/international-incident-bulletin Says that they have re-started a lot of their services but not all.

Sorry, one more question. Is an Accurascale.eu account invalid for Accurascale.com? Tried logging in using my Accurascale.eu account but it says that it doesn't exist. I know that my Accurascale account is distinct from my IRM account, that's not the issue, it's just to find out if I need two seperate Accurascale accounts.

Wow! That GWR green is something else! Are the Accurascale Exclusive ranges only available from the UK site, or will they be available on the European / global site? I only ask as the likes of the EWS Class 31's are UK only, not available on the European / global site.

D'oh, missed out again!

Not so cheap these days: https://www.ebay.es/itm/402686751554

Approaching 1200h on a Monday... Could this be your lucky day???

Not sure if this Murphy 143 sold or was withdrawn, but €170 wasn't a bad price - if you don't get hit for additional VAT: https://www.ebay.es/itm/255960304751

So all of those sole traders in their Transits are just villains!

Corgi Mk3 Ford Transit that somehow survived my childhood largely intact.

And at an outstanding price, too, less than €350! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/railcar-class-22000-icr/products/ie-22000-class-icr-3-car-in-2020-ir-livery-with-blue-doors-cycle-graphic

Do you search for Egyptian models often? I guess the amount of clothing would determine whether your searches are forum-friendly or not.

Makes sense I guess. Plus, the 170 looks a bit funky for a 22000. A GWR 800 with the pantographs removed would look better.

I see that this is also on Adverts.ie for a similar price - not bad considering what Chris charges for these when new: https://touch.adverts.ie/toy-cars-trains-boats-planes/irish-rail-model-railway-ie-22000-dmu-3-car-set/28910438 Says that it's unavailable. I assume that means that it was withdrawn? https://www.ebay.es/itm/354516529745

Pair of IRM Taras for €80, great price, sold-out at IRM and Marks Models: https://touch.adverts.ie/toy-cars-trains-boats-planes/model-railways-irish-railway-models-tara-mines-wagons-x-1packs-g/28777219 Pair of IRM Spoil wagons for €110, good price, specially for this particular seller, and a good way to get yourself some empty Flats for C-Rail containers: https://touch.adverts.ie/models/irish-railway-models-wagons/28361598 Whole model railway for sale, including stock, for €850: https://touch.adverts.ie/toy-cars-trains-boats-planes/model-railway/27123713