future new releases and payments

[mphoey]

a lot of people were giving out about sudden releases i must admit i did too but i suppose we had nearly 2 years warning on the 42 project with deliveries spread over the last year which was handier. the a class we have been able to pre purchase for the last year plus now. when you look the 121s have only been up a few months to buy and already 3 are sold out. Whatever IRM bring out new in the future if its a loco 6 months minimum from launch to availability is probably best to allow people pay for them over the 6 months. small items that cost under 20 are easy enough for instant notice. the same with freight and passenger sets we need a couple of months advance payment time . This also allows IRM to have capital in advance .The other option would be a return of the original top up gift card especially as you can only use 1 gift card per order and most people wouldnt have a 300 plus euro gift card off a freight set but may have 3 100 euro ones.no matter what IRM do I will always support them but anything they can do to increase sales by making them easier the better.

[Georgeconna]

Still hard enough to put the few bob away and I have not even order 1 A class yet! The joys of Multiple Interests is a killer!

 

[BosKonay]

We do offer flexible installments on preorders with Direct Debit as well as card and PayPal options. As Fran said in another thread the only ‘surprises’ were the accessory packs. Everything else is long announced. 
The catch 22 being that if we announce then it takes time to deliver (like A or 42) we get daily ‘are we there yet’ queries to deal with

What we’ve settled on is that we will share first samples. So the long tooling window (which can be over 60 working days) and the research and development window (usually at least 6 months) are complete, leaving room for feedback and adjustments and preorders with usually a window of 50-60 days for decorated samples and depending on the item and run between 3 and 6 months assembly time. 
This allows a window of opportunity for preorders between 6 and 9 months between launch and delivery. 

[Noel]

 

42 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

We do offer flexible installments on preorders with Direct Debit as well as card and PayPal options. As Fran said in another thread the only ‘surprises’ were the accessory packs. Everything else is long announced. 
The catch 22 being that if we announce then it takes time to deliver (like A or 42) we get daily ‘are we there yet’ queries to deal with

What we’ve settled on is that we will share first samples. So the long tooling window (which can be over 60 working days) and the research and development window (usually at least 6 months) are complete, leaving room for feedback and adjustments and preorders with usually a window of 50-60 days for decorated samples and depending on the item and run between 3 and 6 months assembly time. 
This allows a window of opportunity for preorders between 6 and 9 months between launch and delivery. 

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Edited September 1, 2020 by Noel

[Edo]

1 hour ago, BosKonay said:

We do offer flexible installments on preorders with Direct Debit as well as card and PayPal options. As Fran said in another thread the only ‘surprises’ were the accessory packs. Everything else is long announced. 
The catch 22 being that if we announce then it takes time to deliver (like A or 42) we get daily ‘are we there yet’ queries to deal with

What we’ve settled on is that we will share first samples. So the long tooling window (which can be over 60 working days) and the research and development window (usually at least 6 months) are complete, leaving room for feedback and adjustments and preorders with usually a window of 50-60 days for decorated samples and depending on the item and run between 3 and 6 months assembly time. 
This allows a window of opportunity for preorders between 6 and 9 months between launch and delivery. 

Thats a more than fair compromise all around - I can't think many will have a problem with any of that.

So....................whats the crack with the A's ?.................joking..............

 

[mphoey]

11 hours ago, BosKonay said:

We do offer flexible installments on preorders with Direct Debit as well as card and PayPal options. As Fran said in another thread the only ‘surprises’ were the accessory packs. Everything else is long announced. 
The catch 22 being that if we announce then it takes time to deliver (like A or 42) we get daily ‘are we there yet’ queries to deal with

What we’ve settled on is that we will share first samples. So the long tooling window (which can be over 60 working days) and the research and development window (usually at least 6 months) are complete, leaving room for feedback and adjustments and preorders with usually a window of 50-60 days for decorated samples and depending on the item and run between 3 and 6 months assembly time. 
This allows a window of opportunity for preorders between 6 and 9 months between launch and delivery. 

that is perfect especially if the preorder is 6 months to 9 months keeps us all happy