ttc0169 Posted October 11 Posted October 11 My one arrived yesterday-trials taking place later on…. 1 Quote
cudf Posted October 11 Posted October 11 I did email them earlier this week and they came straight back to say that it is taking them time, they have over 9,000 orders to process and had to set up a separate warehouse to deal with them. So to be fair, I'm sure they will all arrive eventually. 5 Quote
raymurph Posted October 11 Posted October 11 1 hour ago, ttc0169 said: My one arrived yesterday-trials taking place later on…. Did they notify you beforehand that they were in the post or did the package just show up? 2 Quote
Noel Posted October 11 Posted October 11 (edited) They emailed me to apologise as the size of the consignment was vast due massive demand, they promised it would shipped in the coming weeks. OO Works J15 with sound ready haul Edited October 11 by Noel 2 Quote
ttc0169 Posted October 11 Posted October 11 4 hours ago, raymurph said: Did they notify you beforehand that they were in the post or did the package just show up? Yes-notified on Monday-arrived yesterday. 2 1 Quote
BosKonay Posted October 11 Author Posted October 11 Over 14,000 coaches is a lot on top of ‘regular’ rails volumes. Quote
Colin R Posted October 11 Posted October 11 it is no wonder that it is taking a lot longer to get everything sent out 1 Quote
Crossley Posted October 11 Posted October 11 On 20/9/2024 at 12:27 PM, DJ Dangerous said: Invoice received today. Black and orange coaches definitely on invoice. Haven't had time to check that they combined all pre-orders correctly, but will do so tomorrow before paying. Looks correct at a glance. Great job, Rails! Where's that @Crossley fellow with an update on his order? Yes they arrived , Well done Rails of Sheffield , never did get the name of vessel , flag of convenience ect. Very impressed with the level of detail and livery application , and I have swapped out the T/L couplings for Kadee . Third coach in is not derailed it due to the Profi track point . 14 Quote
Edo Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Shipped and on the way - Yeaah! Cant wait based on pics above! 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Folks, can I ask a few questions, as I’m not getting any joy from Rails of S. I ordered one of everything, including the black’n’tan full brake but excluding the set of 4. Rails sent me invoices for the lot - but included the set of 4, but did not include the BnT one, which I particularly wanted. So I am mightily displeased. I’d be interested to know if anyone else had their orders messed up. But more particularly they want £34.95 per vehicle, which is €42. Not a huge bill for a vehicle of this type, but I’m sure I saw comments on here to the effect that people were paying €29 something (or maybe £29). Can anyone comment on this? An example of one of each results in a total bill of over £500 sterling. It’s not a small amount. Quote
Fowler4f Posted October 12 Posted October 12 (edited) £34.95 is the correct UK price including VAT. £29.13 is the price excluding VAT, which is the amount charged to EU customers, as VAT will be added before they are delivered to EU customers according to the rate applicable in their country. As regards messed up orders, mine came as ordered, so can’t comment on that. Edited October 12 by Fowler4f Quote
jhb171achill Posted October 12 Posted October 12 35 minutes ago, Fowler4f said: £34.95 is the correct UK price including VAT. £29.13 is the price excluding VAT, which is the amount charged to EU customers, as VAT will be added before they are delivered to EU customers according to the rate applicable in their country. As regards messed up orders, mine came as ordered, so can’t comment on that. Thank you, Fowler, that explains that bit! Anyone know what gets added on here if posted to Dublin? Quote
murphaph Posted October 12 Posted October 12 (edited) Irish VAT @23% and An Post's handling charge, which I believe is now €4.50 or so. Edit: I still haven't received a shipping notification. Paid 3 weeks ago to the day. They should be a lot more pro-active in reaching out to people with updates about their progress. They could send an email every 5 days with x orders of a total of y orders shipped or something. It would cost them nothing to keep people informed of rough progress. Edited October 12 by murphaph 1 Quote
Fowler4f Posted October 12 Posted October 12 A post on 21 September said Parcelforce £15, DHL £20, to Ireland. Quote
Mike 84C Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Meanwhile here on Big Island. Advised yesterday delivered today! 12/10/24 at lunch time. Very pleased with my five coaches the detail is first class and all the wheels go round and the middle ones also go side to side, excellent! Wish I had bought more!! 2 Quote
jhb171achill Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Got to the bottom of the pricing and delivery issues with my order. Paid for them today. Hattons, though, appear to have made a hames of my order before transferring it to Rails of S............ so I'm missing the all-important black'n'tan full brake. This is important, because of course a BnT full van never ran with the green six-wheelers! Separate issues. The few BnT ones which survived to get that livery were tagged onto the back of "modern" trains of laminates, Park Royals and eventually (for a short time) including Cravens. By the time those few received the BnT livery, all of the (green) passenger-carrying six-wheelers were finally withdrawn..... so I have a dark green full brake and a light green one to go with them, but I need a BnT one to go with mid-60s BnT bogies! 2 Quote
Westcorkrailway Posted October 12 Posted October 12 1 minute ago, jhb171achill said: Got to the bottom of the pricing and delivery issues with my order. Paid for them today. Hattons, though, appear to have made a hames of my order before transferring it to Rails of S............ so I'm missing the all-important black'n'tan full brake. This is important, because of course a BnT full van never ran with the green six-wheelers! Separate issues. The few BnT ones which survived to get that livery were tagged onto the back of "modern" trains of laminates, Park Royals and eventually (for a short time) including Cravens. By the time those few received the BnT livery, all of the (green) passenger-carrying six-wheelers were finally withdrawn..... so I have a dark green full brake and a light green one to go with them, but I need a BnT one to go with mid-60s BnT bogies! Your Black and Tan full brake will be in Albert quay until you manage to pin one down 2nd hand! 1 Quote
ttc0169 Posted October 12 Posted October 12 A39 on breakdown train duties complete with theree axle mess van-looks well with the loco 9 Quote
jhb171achill Posted October 12 Posted October 12 ttc; you've just given me an idea! A plain grey one with a 4xxA series number, and "PERMANENT WAY" stencilled on the side! 1 1 Quote
Colin R Posted October 12 Posted October 12 (edited) HI jhb. if you can wait awhile I have been told that some orders have been or are being cancelled not sure what the reason is or which models they are as yet. Also, I have been told that Rails may have had a few back due to damage. Again it is too early to find out exactly what the story is about or if those so affected have been compensated. Considering just how many have been shipped in this one consignment and having a few damaged models may just be acceptable Edited October 12 by Colin R 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted October 12 Posted October 12 32 minutes ago, Colin R said: HI jhb. if you can wait awhile I have been told that some orders have been or are being cancelled not sure what the reason is or which models they are as yet. Also, I have been told that Rails may have had a few back due to damage. Again it is too early to find out exactly what the story is about or if those so affected have been compensated. Considering just how many have been shipped in this one consignment and having a few damaged models may just be acceptable Thanks, Colin - if you hear of anything please do let me know! Apparently they've a waiting list. It's just a pity as I had ordered this from them long before they had even made public that they were doing the series at all! And they even rang me up to tell me that they were closing down, literally the day before they went public with it, and I confirmed that particular one with them at that point! Quote
meathdane Posted October 15 Posted October 15 Just had notification of shipping, happy days! 2 1 Quote
murphaph Posted October 15 Posted October 15 Nice one. Keep the updates coming folks. It reassures those of us that haven't heard anything, that things are still moving along 4 2 Quote
Flying Snail Posted October 16 Posted October 16 I've received my shipping notification this morning ..... <and breathe > 1 Quote
PaulM1974 Posted October 16 Posted October 16 Got my shipping notification yesterday and Parcelforce tracking number was on my order today... 2 Quote
Niles Posted October 16 Posted October 16 Received my shipping notice this morning. In fairness it's a mammoth order for all to get through on top of their regular sales I'm sure. 3 Quote
amdaley Posted October 16 Posted October 16 Just got notification that my order is on it's way. Everything comes to he who waits 1 Quote
murphaph Posted October 16 Posted October 16 5 minutes ago, amdaley said: Just got notification that my order is on it's way. Same. On the one hand I'm delighted of course but I was kind of hoping they'd get to me a bit later now as there will be nobody here to take delivery for the whole of next week and be bouncing around the local post office until I can collect them . Quote
Noel Posted October 16 Posted October 16 On 11/10/2024 at 7:51 PM, BosKonay said: Over 14,000 coaches is a lot on top of ‘regular’ rails volumes. Yes indeed that's a very big run and being sold out shows what surprising demand there was for old era stuff. Yet I suspect we might see these fetch big money on ebay in 10 years times as rare collectors items. Especially with the Hattons boxes. Me I just wanna throw away the box and play with them now It really is end of an Era with Hattons no more. Well done Hornby! My coaches arrived today, stunning, will play with them next week on Gort. Examining them today a few bits fell off, the negative side of hyper detailing perhaps, too hot to handle Delighted, I waited for these. Looking forward to receiving the IRM Park Royals when they are due to ship presume before end of 2024 3 Quote
Colin R Posted October 17 Posted October 17 7 hours ago, Noel said: Yes indeed that's a very big run and being sold out shows what surprising demand there was for old era stuff. Yet I suspect we might see these fetch big money on ebay in 10 years times as rare collectors items. Especially with the Hattons boxes. Me I just wanna throw away the box and play with them now It really is end of an Era with Hattons no more. Well done Hornby! My coaches arrived today, stunning, will play with them next week on Gort. Examining them today a few bits fell off, the negative side of hyper detailing perhaps, too hot to handle Delighted, I waited for these. Looking forward to receiving the IRM Park Royals when they are due to ship presume before end of 2024 I would like to think that before too long someone might decide to do a second run of these unless of course, the likes of Hornby make us all go to TT:120 before that happens. 1 1 Quote
Georgeconna Posted October 17 Posted October 17 4 hours ago, Colin R said: I would like to think that before too long someone might decide to do a second run of these unless of course, the likes of Hornby make us all go to TT:120 before that happens. If there is coin to be made from these I suspect there will. 1 Quote
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