Buy anything cool lately?

Well, I got a box, an empty one. Was supposed to be TIU and Controller. That makes for a very bad day.

WUUUUH??? You got scammed? that sucks Monkey.

Its an advertiser here, but I dont want to name drag. 

I actually had a good experience with a private person here. 

This is my first empty box ever. It's depressing, probably no more so than when you have a layout, but when its the control system to demo your first DCS locomotive that you got for Christmas... Well then, its a sad day. 

12 MONKEYS, that is awful. Does the box look like it was opened and resealed while in transit. Also did you contact who you bought it from to tell him about it. Did you pay by credit card......................Paul

I reward myself with this long wanted queen of the rails

12 monkeys posted:

Well, I got a box, an empty one. Was supposed to be TIU and Controller. That makes for a very bad day.

 

What kind of a mental case does something like that, actually goes through the effort of wrapping up and shipping something empty!? Maybe it was a very, very weird mental-lapse? I'm going to hope for the best and that you are eventually going to tell us that once you contacted him/her that they replied that it was a gross error and hurriedly re-shipped to you.

Otherwise, shouldn't you be telling us all here whom to be very, very wary of?

Moonson posted:

12 monkeys posted:

Well, I got a box, an empty one. Was supposed to be TIU and Controller. That makes for a very bad day.

 

What kind of a mental case does something like that, actually goes through the effort of wrapping up and shipping something empty!? Maybe it was a very, very weird mental-lapse? I'm going to hope for the best and that you are eventually going to tell us that once you contacted him/her that they replied that it was a gross error and hurriedly re-shipped to you.

Otherwise, shouldn't you be telling us all here whom to be very, very wary of?

I don't believe the Vendor is wholly at fault. I do a beef with the vendor which is paying insured with carrier X and having it shipped with carrier Y for 1/8th the Value. The actual box likely contained the product at some point. 

And since the vendor still has opportunity to deal with it ( this is from today) and I have not fully read my terms of posting on this website, I will not be naming names.

terry hudon posted:

I reward myself with this long wanted queen of the rails

That is COOL (and very on topic), what is it?

12 monkeys posted:

terry hudon posted:

I reward myself with this long wanted queen of the rails

That is COOL (and very on topic), what is it?

 

its a lionel standard gauge #42 make from approx. 1912 thur 1924 ,wanted one for ever,then said this is the year,boom !

terry hudon posted:

12 monkeys posted:

terry hudon posted:

I reward myself with this long wanted queen of the rails

That is COOL (and very on topic), what is it?

 

its a lionel standard gauge #42 make from approx. 1912 thur 1924 ,wanted one for ever,then said this is the year,boom !

Now that, is COOL.

12 monkeys posted:

Moonson posted:

12 monkeys posted:

Well, I got a box, an empty one. Was supposed to be TIU and Controller. That makes for a very bad day.

 

What kind of a mental case does something like that, actually goes through the effort of wrapping up and shipping something empty!? Maybe it was a very, very weird mental-lapse? I'm going to hope for the best and that you are eventually going to tell us that once you contacted him/her that they replied that it was a gross error and hurriedly re-shipped to you.

Otherwise, shouldn't you be telling us all here whom to be very, very wary of?

I don't believe the Vendor is wholly at fault. I do a beef with the vendor which is paying insured with carrier X and having it shipped with carrier Y for 1/8th the Value. The actual box likely contained the product at some point. 

And since the vendor still has opportunity to deal with it ( this is from today) and I have not fully read my terms of posting on this website, I will not be naming names.

 

 

Wow!  Hopefully the vendor will get it straightened out and send you another.  Still the disappointment on waiting and the hassle is really tough!

12 monkeys posted:

Moonson posted:

12 monkeys posted:

Well, I got a box, an empty one. Was supposed to be TIU and Controller. That makes for a very bad day.

... I'm going to hope for the best and that you are eventually going to tell us that once you contacted him/her that they replied that it was a gross error and hurriedly re-shipped to you.

Otherwise, shouldn't you be telling us all here whom to be very, very wary of?

I don't believe the Vendor is wholly at fault. I do a beef with the vendor which is paying insured with carrier X and having it shipped with carrier Y for 1/8th the Value. The actual box likely contained the product at some point. 

And since the vendor still has opportunity to deal with it ( this is from today) and I have not fully read my terms of posting on this website, I will not be naming names.

Well, what matters most is that you are satisfied. I truly hope it works out well for you.

FrankM

I am purely not satisified. The email back lacked any form of condolence. No form of any regret, only accusatuon. We are in dispute via the payment host. 15 years of transactions and this my only duapute.

The fact that I paid for FDX and received USPS agitates me to no end. I live in the FDX capital. While but a common man my ties to that company are immense.

NASSAU has a good rep here so i am sorely disappointed. Over the years i have done  a lot of business via forums, <and> well this has been the first issue <that I have had>. Oddly <enough> it's not another forum member but an actual vendor.

I didn't enter this as an all or none <dispute,> But Nassau has basically told me to kiss off. And so, now it is. They have proof they delivered a box. I have proof i paid for one service and received another. The product was never delivered. 

 I hate to bring drama here, its not my style, but I suppose, today is the day for me.

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I feel your pain. They cheaped out on shipping and you got left holding the bag.

Call Joey at Nicholas Smith, hes taken excellent care of me and never turned a blind eye to any issue

I would not put up with this. I would take to the BBB or your local news station that has a consumer advocate on board.

What was the weight on your package when it shipped? I would get the weights from MTH. 

 This would definitely cost them as it would leave a big question mark In anyone's mind as to what they were gonna get if they ordered ANYTHING. Wow!!  Wishing you much luck.

Joe

Yup, this repainted Lionel 520 is due Monday.

Chris Sheldon

I added some Woodland Scenics hobo figures to one of my boxcars.  Fairly inexpensive and easy to do, and looks pretty cool...

This morning I headed out to a S gauge snowbirds show in Parma Ohio. As I was going down the driveway I noticed my buildings flats were on the steps so I tossed them in the truck and headed out. Usually this show has nothing that peeks my interest but it just feels good to get out to a show after so long. But I was able to pick up a couple of city backdrops and two die cast trucks for the attic layout. So it was a good day............Pics .......Paul

paul 2 posted:

This morning I headed out to a S gauge snowbirds show in Parma Ohio. As I was going down the driveway I noticed my buildings flats were on the steps so I tossed them in the truck and headed out. Usually this show has nothing that peeks my interest but it just feels good to get out to a show after so long. But I was able to pick up a couple of city backdrops and two die cast trucks for the attic layout. So it was a good day............Pics .......Paul

Paul, I was there also. Being an S gauge sponsored show there was plenty of Flyer. Sadly for me, my list of postwar Lionel remained.