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Detailed Comment I bought a Class 66 Freightliner loco from Jamie on 17 Nov. When it arrived, in New Zealand, I had to email him with the following complaint on 25 Nov:

"The Class 66 is a different matter - it's a dog! In no particular order:

- it seems to run OK, if slowly, but then judging by the wear on the wheels revealing the underlying brass it's done a few miles so should be well run in;
- the snowplough attachment [?] fell off as I, gently, removed it from the packing;
- the coupling boxes have been removed from both bogies;
the replacement coupling screwed on under the 'B' end cab droops, is not at the right height and won't attached to any other sort of Farish or Dapol coupling;
- the lights don't work.

I think it would have been fair to have pointed out some of these shortcomings when you originally listed the loco on the NGF. Maybe you did but since you've edited the original posting I can't tell and I certainly don't recall them being mentioned.

Took three reminders to get a response which was on 29 Nov:

"Hi sorry i forgot to reply to your other email i'm not quite sure what to do that class 66 was brought on ebay in that conditon except it did not have a snow plough, i only brought it to try out the big mashima motor"

I replied on 29 Nov:

"Doesn't quite account for my difficulty in that I have a loco that i can't couple to anything else, with no lights and buffers. I would have thought that a return or some sort of financial recompense would be in order"

No response since sadly hence the negative feedback, only the second I have left on any site. Kiwi1941 aka Brian.

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Comment by: kiwi1941
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