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Model Forum / General / Railroads / August 2007Hornby Collectors Club Discounts from Service Dealers ?
What experience have others got of the discounts made available to Hornby Collectors Club members from the Hornby Service Dealers ? Is the discount simply on service costs and / or purchases of new (?) Hornby items ? Is it worth compiling on list on the forum ? Chris > What experience have others got of the discounts made available to > Hornby Collectors Club members from the Hornby Service Dealers ? I don't see the tie-up between Collectors Club members and Service Dealers? We are service dealers and get virtually nothing for our pains except having the unpaid priviledge of effectively being Hornby's last (and possibly only) line of quality control. Collectors Club members pay Hornby for the 'honour' of purchasing full-price exlusive limited editions direct from the factory. The service dealer gets absolutely nothing. Collectors' Centres on the other hand get the occasional limited edition model for doing less than the SDs. Most retailers these days discount most of the stock on their shelves to all-comers - expecting them to discount further for a specific group is a joke. John. > I don't see the tie-up between Collectors Club members and Service Dealers? > We are service dealers and get virtually nothing for our pains except having > the unpaid priviledge of effectively being Hornby's last (and possibly only) > line of quality control. Sorry if I hit a raw nerve John ! I quote " Finally, your Club membership card is also enclosed. It may be used to obtain discount from the majority of Service Dealers. However, please contact them directly to confirm they are part of the scheme and the level of discount they are able to give. " If this is incorrect then I need to get back to Hornby and complain. :-( Collectors models R2498 & R2499 ( limited edition of 500 ) ?90 plus ?4 each loco p & p ! Last years Collectors Club loco R2597 QEII @ ?20 plus ?4 each loco p & p ! The 2002 Hornby Roadshow Wagon R6189 is better value @ ?4 but that's also plus p & p ! Chris On 26 Aug, 11:25, "John Turner" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote: > I don't see the tie-up between Collectors Club members and Service > Dealers? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > only) > line of quality control. Sorry if I hit a raw nerve John ! I quote " Finally, your Club membership card is also enclosed. It may be used to obtain discount from the majority of Service Dealers. However, please contact them directly to confirm they are part of the scheme and the level of discount they are able to give. " If this is incorrect then I need to get back to Hornby and complain. :-( Collectors models R2498 & R2499 ( limited edition of 500 ) £90 plus £4 each loco p & p ! Last years Collectors Club loco R2597 QEII @ £20 plus £4 each loco p & p ! If you don't already know Chris they send you one free with each year's subscription. Worth about £14-£15 on eBay. (kim) > Last years Collectors Club loco R2597 QEII @ ?20 plus ?4 each loco p & p ! > > If you don't already know Chris they send you one free with each year's > subscription. Worth about ?14-?15 on eBay. Yes I know Kim, just got this years model for my son. Just pointing out the 'value for money' ? aspect of club membership :-( Just checked :- Last years with DCC on board @ just over ?5 with another @ ?25 start price The 2001 edition @ ?9.99 start price and, as you said, last years model again @ ?14.99 start price. Still no service dealers prepared to answer my original question ? Just checked :- Last years with DCC on board @ just over £5 with another @ £25 start price The 2001 edition @ £9.99 start price and, as you said, last years model again @ £14.99 start price. ************************************************ Start prices that high would kill an auction stone dead. I think I put mine on at 99p plus postage and was very happy to finish at £14-£15. You should never start an auction at more than half of what you think an item will eventually fetch. (kim) |
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