Hi all, has anyone had experience of them recently?
I want to order some microtrains wheelsets from them but found they were very slow and often did not have stuff in stock. BTW last time I dealt with them was about 10 years ago.

I tried contacting them last year and am still waiting on a reply, yet a few years ago they were a top notch company to deal with. I don't know what has gone wrong with them 

cheers John.

try these guys instead of  M G Sharps (waste of space)

http://pandhmodels.com/  they didnt have what i wanted in stock, but they did add get it in for me on their next order...

Quote from: AndyGif on March 14, 2013, 03:26:56 PM
try these guys instead of  M G Sharps (waste of space)

http://pandhmodels.com/  they didnt have what i wanted in stock, but they did add get it in for me on their next order...

Hi

I would agree. I went to Sharps about a year ago and enquired about some Microtrain couplings none in stock, asked when they would be getting any more no idea can the reply.

Tried P and H models who actually had them in stock and from memory shipped the same day.

Cheers

Paul

M G Sharp, waste of space, I had some Microtrains couplers on order and after many emails and 6 months waiting just cancelled the order as they didn't seem to care whether I ordered or not.  I've since switched to MBM's much better.

Their website does contain a lot of useful reference information about Kato  - I haven't bought from them for all the reasons that have been given.

Cheers  all, have confirmed my suspicions.
Am actually after some multipacks of z gauge wheel  sets p/n 004 12 000 (950)  to use on Nn3.
Have been robbing wheels from the packs of trucks I had in stock. Now have lots of z gauge stock now without wheels and still have projects without wheels.

MG Sharp always charged top dollar (or Yen!).  Bill Eaglesham was famously grumpy, but service was quite good.  When he died, and his son started to run the business, it gradually began to slide - prices up still further, service and stock going down.  I haven't dealt with them for years - I'd rather buy from overseas.  Even if you end up paying VAT, PO handling charge, etc, stuff still usually works out cheaper than Sharp's prices.

Cheers,
Phil

Quote from: Phil Hendry on March 14, 2013, 05:16:19 PM
MG Sharp always charged top dollar (or Yen!).  Bill Eaglesham was famously grumpy, but service was quite good.  When he died, and his son started to run the business, it gradually began to slide - prices up still further, service and stock going down.  I haven't dealt with them for years - I'd rather buy from overseas.  Even if you end up paying VAT, PO handling charge, etc, stuff still usually works out cheaper than Sharp's prices.

Cheers,
Phil

Exactly

Quote from: Oldman on March 14, 2013, 04:19:31 PM
Cheers  all, have confirmed my suspicions.
Am actually after some multipacks of z gauge wheel  sets p/n 004 12 000 (950)  to use on Nn3.
Have been robbing wheels from the packs of trucks I had in stock. Now have lots of z gauge stock now without wheels and still have projects without wheels.

Got my last Z wheels from Ntasticshop - who now also stock the rather nice metal FullThrottle wheels - good for most stuff  (just don't try them with my etched NN3 wagon chassis as it'll short)

Thanks EP.
I knew of the ones Richard stocks but his website is currently only showing packs of 48 and sods law says I would mislay half of those before I need them.

Quote from: Oldman on March 15, 2013, 10:06:10 AM
Thanks EP.
I knew of the ones Richard stocks but his website is currently only showing packs of 48 and sods law says I would mislay half of those before I need them.

Why don't you contact Richard and ask if he will do a smaller quantity for you, after all a sale is a sale and the worst that can happen is he says no 

cheers John.

Hi  Mike,   

Forget MG Sharps as others have said  only thing  he  sold me  well  worth the money was  my NCE Pro   controller  when  i   was looking at  DCC 

Why not try ordering direct  if all  else fails    shipping  seems   around  $8.55   to the  U.K.  scroll  down  in the link  below   for your requirements 

http://www.micro-trains.com/pl-Parts.php

Quote from: upnick on March 15, 2013, 11:38:41 AM
Hi  Mike,   

Forget MG Sharps as others have said  only thing  he  sold me  well  worth the money was  my NCE Pro   controller  when  i   was looking at  DCC 

Why not try ordering direct  if all  else fails    shipping  seems   around  $8.55   to the  U.K.  scroll  down  in the link  below   for your requirements 

http://www.micro-trains.com/pl-Parts.php

tried that, they were not interested in direct sales and told me to contact my nearest dealer.

http://microtrains.corecommerce.com/Shipping-Return-Policy-1.html  (see end of section 1)

Two US shops I've had nothing but good service from, over the years, are MB Klein's and N Scale Supply.  Both seem to hold good stocks of a wide range of stuff, including things like couplers.

Phil