Quote from: njee20 on July 14, 2025, 10:39:04 PMHence saying a holding page. "We are dealing with a high volume of messages at the moment, please feel free to email us on ... and we'll reply as soon as we can". This forum is not the internet, it's a very small subset, people posting intermittent messages here won't reach large numbers of your customers, prospective or otherwise.

That said, I admit I'm aware of your dealings overwhelmingly because of posts from Bob on here, that you have that conduit is great. Please take my comments as constructive, as that is how they are intended, but burying an update in "about us" which says it may take ages to reply isn't ideal - just stick it on the homepage. Should be trivial. People are understanding, we're playing with toy trains, and we all have lives, but people don't like the uncertainty, that's more damaging.

@njee20 again comments taken on board, it's not easy to ask a friend in his spare time to do X Y Z.

I know it's a discussion for the 3 of us to relaunch the BH website but trying to get everyone's personal diary's together is worse then work diaries I can tell you that.

I've been involved with BH since a little kid traveling all over the country with Mum / Dad and once driving myself with a certain Mr Tidbury Esc, and we my brother and I with Martins help are trying to keep the memory of dad going.

Regards to all
Brian
BHE

@cmason Colin - note the 3rd review down on this page

https://tinyurl.com/pa5bxzkw

Yes HELEN was the packing and dispatch dept for B H E and Ray used to get the orders together for her every night she then packed them and took them round to the post office ,
I used to go over sometimes on a Friday after work and if there were no shows I used to stay over and me and Ray used to pack  lable and price the kits  some of the parts were produced by several other cottage industries ,who had their own families and jobs to deal with .If we had a show coming up we often stayed up very late to get  things packed , then up very early and on the road to get to the show .
I agree that if they could a message on the website would be a good idea  but as Brian has said another friend deals with the website ,I really enjoyed helping and going to the shows and have met many friends that I still keep in contact with But I miss the face to face chats and meeting all our regular customers and friends .But I have to face facts at 78 with a bad  back and a 4 wheeled walker I am now unable to help ,
Finaly I can assure you all that Andrew ,Brian and Martin are doing the best that they can do to keep B H E trading but admittedly on a smaller scale Than when Helen,  Ray and even myself used to do .
Regards
Bob

I tend to think you'll draw a blank on this one Colin, but you never know!

On business in Singapore this week. As some may know I have a habit of searching out model shops when I travel and buying a small souvenir or two for myself. I have bought in US, Switzerland, Australia, Germany... However not here as yet.

And I do not expect things to be cheap here ( nothing is on this island ) however it does not need to be something expensive so if anyone knows of a shop selling N-gauge here please do let me know...

Cheers,

Colin.

Well, Sydney 2000 keeps producing, even all these years later. Aussie Grace Kim (b Sydney 2000) won the Evian women's golf major on the weekend after producing an amazing eagle at the 18th to make the playoff, then a chip in birdie at the 1st playoff at the 18th to stay in it, and followed up with another eagle 3 on the par 5 18th, being the 2nd playoff hole. I know what her favourite moments will be.
Played the 18th 3 times for an eagle, birdie, eagle.

Amazing, Grace. 

Quote from: Bob Tidbury on July 14, 2025, 08:26:27 AMWHY these so called female singers go on stage in their underwear

It's like the joke: to get a woman, you wine and dine, bring flowers, dress up in your finest, complement her, take her out to a show. To get a man, show up naked and bring food.

Quote from: njee20 on July 14, 2025, 09:16:42 PMBut you have a website, just a banner saying "please note that replies will be delayed". Or take the website down and just put a holding page in its place?

I don't doubt for a minute that your intentions are entirely noble, but again, people shouldn't need others on here to vouch for the fact you are still trading.

@njee20 we do appreciate your idea on the banner for delayed replies idea banner.

I'm sure if we were to take the website down the forum would be on fire ? BH not trading BH bust.

As the website was kindly put together by a family friend who like us have Fulltime jobs and family life it's not going to be a quick fix (happen overnight). We appreciate that people on the forum more in a day then we can in our day jobs.

Personally I feel an update on the about us section would be more suited.


Regards to all
Brian
BH Enterprises

I've always rated Ted and Martin Turner guitar wise but they can't sing to save their lives

Quote from: njee20 on July 14, 2025, 07:13:53 PMOf course it's good having people here who advocate for businesses like BHE, but if replies are genuinely likely to take weeks (or not at all until other platforms are used to chase) then surely a banner on the website, or auto reply on the mailbox is a minimum?

@njee20 appreciate comment, if we cast minds back 3 years ( dad is retired working at home ) and 12 years both Mum and Dad were main stays for BH. I'm sure Bob will back me up Helen (Mum) used to pick up the mailorder and phones.

The website is on the to do list with 100. And other things, but time is a killer.

Regards
Brian
B H Enterprises