Quote from: Bazza on May 30, 2026, 04:50:46 PMHas anyone provided feedback to Rails about the huge amount of emails that include very little N gauge news and information about the primary interest of the potential customer? Perhaps they could structure the marketing output to include only specific news about particular scales/gauges chosen to prevent people being overwhelmed with information about scales and gauges that are of no interest.

Just did! It's a good idea.

Quote from: Bazza on May 30, 2026, 05:53:56 PM

Quote from: Newportnobby on May 30, 2026, 05:04:56 PM

Quote from: Bazza on May 30, 2026, 04:50:46 PMHas anyone provided feedback to Rails about the huge amount of emails that include very little N gauge news and information about the primary interest of the potential customer? Perhaps they could structure the marketing output to include only specific news about particular scales/gauges chosen to prevent people being overwhelmed with information about scales and gauges that are of no interest.

See reply#8653, Bazza

That post doesn't indicate that the suggestion I posed was actually made or what their reaction to the email was. It'd be nice to put some pressure on them about wanting only specific information about N gauge/scale.

Would have been a bit pointless me emailing them and not asking them to make them scale specific as that what we've been talking about
As it is they haven't replied but I don't expect them to. However, if enough people email them saying the same thing something might happen.

Quote from: Newportnobby on May 30, 2026, 05:04:56 PM

Quote from: Bazza on May 30, 2026, 04:50:46 PMHas anyone provided feedback to Rails about the huge amount of emails that include very little N gauge news and information about the primary interest of the potential customer? Perhaps they could structure the marketing output to include only specific news about particular scales/gauges chosen to prevent people being overwhelmed with information about scales and gauges that are of no interest.

See reply#8653, Bazza

That post doesn't indicate that the suggestion I posed was actually made or what their reaction to the email was. It'd be nice to put some pressure on them about wanting only specific information about N gauge/scale.

Quote from: Bazza on May 30, 2026, 04:50:46 PMHas anyone provided feedback to Rails about the huge amount of emails that include very little N gauge news and information about the primary interest of the potential customer? Perhaps they could structure the marketing output to include only specific news about particular scales/gauges chosen to prevent people being overwhelmed with information about scales and gauges that are of no interest.

See reply#8653, Bazza

Has anyone provided feedback to Rails about the huge amount of emails that include very little N gauge news and information about the primary interest of the potential customer? Perhaps they could structure the marketing output to include only specific news about particular scales/gauges chosen to prevent people being overwhelmed with information about scales and gauges that are of no interest.

Quote from: port perran on May 30, 2026, 04:19:48 PM

Quote from: Newportnobby on May 27, 2026, 10:42:21 PMAny N gauge news from Rails is usually found on the forum so I'll only resubscribe maybe before this year's Advent calendar kicks in

I don't easily get annoyed but like others Rails of Sheffield have become way too persistent with their marketing so I've unsubscribed from their emails.

Marketing is a tricky business to get right but RoS have very much got it wrong.
The emails, and website for that matter, are a mess and overloaded with offers and gimmicks which do nothing for me.

Sorry Rails but enough is enough.

Maybe I'm a spoiled American, but getting super-excited emails about "5% off!!!!!" Is almost offensive. 

You call that a sale? 

Quote from: Newportnobby on May 27, 2026, 10:42:21 PMAny N gauge news from Rails is usually found on the forum so I'll only resubscribe maybe before this year's Advent calendar kicks in

I don't easily get annoyed but like others Rails of Sheffield have become way too persistent with their marketing so I've unsubscribed from their emails.

Marketing is a tricky business to get right but RoS have very much got it wrong.
The emails, and website for that matter, are a mess and overloaded with offers and gimmicks which do nothing for me.

Sorry Rails but enough is enough.

I checked out the more popular tracks of 'The Durutti Column' and, while there was some interesting guitar work, I found them somewhat boring.

Maybe, but which Timothy Lea was it?

Sounds like that old movie "Confessions of a window cleaner"