steventrain Posted November 25, 2014 Posted November 25, 2014 From Mark Models Facebook. IRISH EYES ARE SMILING FOR BACHMANN’S RETAILER OF THE YEAR PRESS RELEASE For the first time a model railway dealer from outside the UK has been appointed Bachmann Retailer of the Year. The 2013 award was presented to Marks Models from the Republic of Ireland at the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition in November. Marks Models was founded in 1987 and now has three stores operating in Dublin, Greenogue and Cork. Marks are specialist model stores serving all aspects of the hobby including die-cast, plastic kits, radio control and model railways. Marks Models attends the major British model railway exhibitions in London, Glasgow and Warley each year. At other times they will be found in their home country and the UK attending agricultural shows, vehicle rallies, plastic kit conventions and local model railway exhibitions. Mark Cuffe, Managing Director of Marks Models said “We are delighted and privileged to have been presented with this prestigious award as recognition for the massive growth we have seen in Bachmann products over the past few years including the range of Scenecraft Irish structures which has enabled us to cater for the developing world wide interest in Irish railways as well as those of the UK”. The award was presented by David Haarhaus, Bachmann’s European Sales & Marketing Manager and David Bowker, Bachmann Sales Representative for the Midlands, Wales and Ireland. David Haarhaus, Bachmann’s European Sales & Marketing Manager said “We are very pleased to present Marks Models with this award. The store has been steadily growing its representation of our products over a great many years, and we have only ever received positive comment from our collectors who shop there. Mark supports our brands across the board in his stores and at exhibitions. I wish him all the best with his future plans and look forward to working with him for many years to come” Quote
RedRich Posted November 25, 2014 Posted November 25, 2014 Excellent, well done to the owner and all the staff. Rich, Quote
burnthebox Posted November 25, 2014 Posted November 25, 2014 Congratulations to one & all in Marks Models, all so very friendly & helpful, well done, Quote
josefstadt Posted November 25, 2014 Posted November 25, 2014 Congratulations Mark. Fair play to all concerned! Quote
ttc0169 Posted November 25, 2014 Posted November 25, 2014 Congrats and well done Mark and team. Quote
Tarabuses Posted November 25, 2014 Posted November 25, 2014 Well deserved for all your efforts. Quote
Glenderg Posted November 25, 2014 Posted November 25, 2014 Santy did visit regularly in the late eighties, dropping lima points, BR buffers from Marks', and such so they are heroes of mine. I despair at their delays of getting in Evergreen and Deluxe Materials - (heroic status slighly diminished) but fair dues to them. Not easy to get that accolade whilst up against the boxshifter brigade. Quote
leslie10646 Posted November 25, 2014 Posted November 25, 2014 Well done Mark and Co. Sorry I hadn't heard of this reward on Sunday, or I'd have congratulated you in person when we were chatting at Warley. One up on the Brits! (oops, I AM one of those!!!). Leslie Quote
DiveController Posted November 26, 2014 Posted November 26, 2014 From Mark Models Facebook.Mark Cuffe, Managing Director of Marks Models said “We are delighted and privileged to have been presented with this prestigious award as recognition for the massive growth we have seen in Bachmann products over the past few years including the range of Scenecraft Irish structures which has enabled us to cater for the developing world wide interest in Irish railways as well as those of the UK”. Congratulations to Marks Models. Well done to all! Is there any chance you might be able to request Bachmann to re-run the Scenecraft Irish Structures that were so popular while you are in such great standing? Quote
Noel Posted November 26, 2014 Posted November 26, 2014 Achieving the level of sales to win such an award is impressive, especially given the recession here. Congrats. Quote
steventrain Posted November 26, 2014 Author Posted November 26, 2014 Picture of award on Bachmann website http://bachmann.co.uk/details.php?id=220 Quote
fishplate7 Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 Congratulations to Mark and all the crew. Richly deserved! Quote
Blu Bianco Posted November 29, 2014 Posted November 29, 2014 Well done to you Marks. Good to see an Irish model shop being honoured and receive recognition like this. Bachmann produce great models and am always glad Marks stock them. Quote
Marks Models Posted November 29, 2014 Posted November 29, 2014 Hi Lads, Thanks for all the positive comments, we could not have done it without the support of our customers all over the world. So take a bow everybody. On another note don't forget to check out the Black Friday section of our website which includes some items of Irish Railway interest near the bottom of the page. Offers end 9m Monday and are only available online or by calling us on 01 4124829 tomorrow between 11am and 6pm http://www.marksmodels.com Quote
DiveController Posted November 29, 2014 Posted November 29, 2014 My Black Friday order going in shortly! Quote
richrua Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 Fair play marks models. It is an absolute delight to still be able to visit yous lads. As an ex dub I remember your shop upstairs in dolier St clearly. In Hawkins St I spent my pocket money and Christmas presents for many years. I have been back several times lately and it is soooooo comforting that some things stay the same. Many thanks. Quote
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