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Can anyone point me at a supplier who works mail order please? Peter A Montarlot On 22/01/2007 17:41, Sailor said, > Can anyone point me at a supplier who works mail order please? Branchlines. Start from http://branchlines.blogspot.com/  SignaturePaul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ > On 22/01/2007 17:41, Sailor said, > > Can anyone point me at a supplier who works mail order please? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Paul Boyd > http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ Thanks Paul - very useful. Peter A > On 22/01/2007 17:41, Sailor said, > > > Can anyone point me at a supplier who works mail order please? > Branchlines. Start fromhttp://branchlines.blogspot.com/ Don't expect online ordering! What a stupid idea for a retailers website! You even have to email and ask for PDF catalogues, FFS. MBQ manatbandq@hotmail.com said the following on 23/01/2007 20:22: > What a stupid idea for a retailers website! You even have to email and > ask for PDF catalogues, FFS. It isn't a retailer's website, it's a blog. Yes, I think it's a bit daft having to ask for the PDFs, but at least you can get them, and he answers emails promptly. The only (official) way prior to this blog was to write and ask for them enclosing payment. In fact, the PDFs have been available for some time, but he's only recently made that fact public. How many other one-man model railway suppliers are there that have absolutely no web presence, or ignore emails sent to their publicised email address? Quite a few - and not just one-man bands either. Both Comet and Mainly Trains are good suppliers though, and if on-line ordering is that important to you then by all means use them. I haven't used Comet for ages, but certainly the service you get from Dave Cleal is as good as from Andrew Mullins. SignaturePaul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ >> On 22/01/2007 17:41, Sailor said, >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > What a stupid idea for a retailers website! You even have to email and > ask for PDF catalogues, FFS. FFS, Branchlines a one man band who supplies model railway bits. Not a full time website developer. Andy Mullins answers email and phone calls promptly, despatches goods quickly. If you can't put up with that, go shop elsewhere. I guess tool and material suppliers such as Squires, or publishers like Wild Swan are completely unnacceptable to you as well. - Nigel (occaisional purchaser of stuff from Branchlines, Squires and Wild Swan). SignatureNigel Cliffe, Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/ > manatba...@hotmail.com wrote: > >> On 22/01/2007 17:41, Sailor said, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > What a stupid idea for a retailers website! You even have to email and > > ask for PDF catalogues, FFS. > FFS, Branchlines a one man band who supplies model railway bits. > Not a full time website developer. And so are plenty of other people who do manage to put together acceptable websites. If he can find the time to set up and maintain a blog then he ought to be able to put together a website, even if it's just a page of links to download the catalogues. No need to be a full time web developer, they usually produce the *worst* web sites. It obviously costs him time having to respond to e-mail requests for catalogues. > Andy Mullins answers email and phone calls promptly, despatches goods > quickly. If you can't put up with that, go shop elsewhere. Don't be silly. Of course I value reliable suppliers. What's at issue is a retailer using a blog to advertise goods and having to e-mail to ask for pdf catalogues. This is the 21st century, after all! > I guess tool and material suppliers such as Squires, or publishers like Wild > Swan are completely unnacceptable to you as well. Wild Swan I buy from a very good local stockist. Squires I usually see at an exhibition but also know that a large portion of their catalogue is a rip off of the Rapid Electronics catalogue (or at least use to be). With Squires it's usually their prices I object to, not their service or website, which is still "to come". How long has it been now? 3 years? MBQ >On 22/01/2007 17:41, Sailor said, >> Can anyone point me at a supplier who works mail order please? > >Branchlines. Start from http://branchlines.blogspot.com/ Try www.dckits-devideos.co.uk if you don't see what you want then E.Mail Charlie@dckits.co.uk with your requirements, I AM NORMALLY HELPFULL!!! > Can anyone point me at a supplier who works mail order please? > > Peter A > Montarlot Comet models have a proper website and online ordering: http://www.cometmodels.co.uk/index2.html MBQ >> Can anyone point me at a supplier who works mail order please? >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > MBQ One of the best suppliers with online ordering has got to be mainly trains. Top class delivery etc .... http://www.mainlytrains.co.uk/acatalog/index.html Cheers, Simon |
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