Aussie's fault again. I know, I'm married to one     

eBay link to Daffy's eBay account, rather than trying to search for it:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/sheeps833

Frustrating as it is that's what they've chosen. You can ask, but "I shouldn't have to..." is a bit entitled. It may be that they don't want the aggro of dealing with international (or specifically Australian) orders, where returns get complicated etc. They are telling you the price, there is no requirement to make that equivalent to the face value of the postage even if they were only paying £12, and there's no obligation on you to buy.

Quote from: Newportnobby on October 21, 2026, 11:00:43 AMYeah, one BG won't weigh 2kgs unless they put it in a lead box topped up with lead shot

I've just weighed a few Dapol models and estimate that, allowing for packaging, an order of say 8 locomotives or 12 coaches would each weigh less than 2 kg. I have also checked on my order for six pullmans from Revolution, and they are charging just £18!
 

Quote from: cmason on October 21, 2026, 10:22:01 AM@Stuart Down Under

Hi Stuart,
just been e-mailing with Andrea@Dapol to make a small adjust to my order and questioning the shipping and the pricing:
"As we do not know the total weight yet we will say the order will probably come out with DHL as Royal Mail it has to be under 2kg"
So I think it would be worth you asking Dapol to ship to you with Royal Mail (which , for example, would be 13 quid if it were Rails),

Cheers, Colin.

thanks, Colin. Yes, I have been communicating with Andrea. Her response to me was "I am sorry but that is our standard rate to Australia per order (not item), most overseas customer do larger orders, just unfortunate that you have only ordered one N Gauge coach." No mention of DHL, but I will try again. I can go to plan B and have it posted to a UK relative, but I shouldn't need to do that.

 

Very nice indeed, Martin @port perran ! Sounds a bit like Clem Clempson (ex Coliseum).

Tim

Someone who has been around for a long time but has never really risen to the surface.
I rather like this though :

Hope the forum providers are on the ball

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/critical-security-issue-affecting-php

but if the forum vanishes for a while at least we'll know why.

A shame you need to offload the collection, but with more than a passing interest in Swiss stuff I will see if I can give any of it a good home!

Very sorry to know this, Mike
I only do UK stuff and don't do Facebook but, just in case, I'm after a Farish blue class 25 on the very off chance you have one surplus.