Unhappy Thread

[thebrighton]

Did some manly angle grinding yesterday wearing full safety gear, goggles etc and survived.
Got home, had a shower, washed a metal splinter out of my hair into my eye, A&E at 2am then back this morning to have the splinter removed with a follow up next week to remove the rust.
The moral of the story is don't wash!

[chrism]

Did some manly angle grinding yesterday wearing full safety gear, goggles etc and survived.
Got home, had a shower, washed a metal splinter out of my hair into my eye, A&E at 2am then back this morning to have the splinter removed with a follow up next week to remove the rust.
The moral of the story is don't wash!

Or keep the goggles on while doing so.

[Foxhound]

Did some manly angle grinding yesterday wearing full safety gear, goggles etc and survived.
Got home, had a shower, washed a metal splinter out of my hair into my eye, A&E at 2am then back this morning to have the splinter removed with a follow up next week to remove the rust.
The moral of the story is don't wash!

Or keep the goggles on while doing so.

Or go for a grade 1 all over.

[Newportnobby]

Parcel arrived for me today as promised by R. Mail but look what Bure Valley Models did



Now I'll await all those who say 'Standard box sizes saves money' blah blah

[Yet_Another]

Now I'll await all those who say 'Standard box sizes saves money' blah blah

I think you'll find it's your own fault for not buying enough to fill their boxes.

[PaulCheffus]

Parcel arrived for me today as promised by R. Mail but look what Bure Valley Models did



Now I'll await all those who say 'Standard box sizes saves money' blah blah

Hi

Indeed it does as you get quantity discounts (I work for a packaging manufacturer).

Cheers

Paul

[Graham]

It's my own fault, I procrastinated too long.
I quite fancied the Bachmann collectors club 37501 in British Steel livery, but kept putting it off.
This morning I awoke to an email from them advertising an extra 5 off the price, right straight onto the site and get one.

NOOOOOO, all sold out.

That will teach me.

[Bob G]

Today my love affair with Rails of Sheffield formally ended.

Before we went on a pre-Christmas cruise, I contacted all my suppliers and arranged with them to hold delivery on any pre-orders that might come in in the three weeks before Christmas until after Christmas. Now neither of us could tell if there were going to be any stuff arriving or not, so this was just a courtesy call so that parcels wouldn't be left on the doorstep (our neighbours one side are too old and ill to monitor for any deliveries, and the others are also on holiday).

About halfway through the cruise a flurry of emails started from Rails saying they had posted certain items, followed by Post Office emails saying they couldn't deliver, or that the parcel was in a safe place. Now we have a Ring doorbell, and the usual postie is kind and considerate, but he was on leave and the Christmas fill in one just left two parcels outside the front door, in the rain, while posting six red "we called but you were not in" notes between 10 December and 22 December. He could see the original parcels rotting on the doorstep and added to them.

Rails acknowledged that they had written instructions not to send, but they did anyway, and apologised. I'm still trying to figure if one of the items (a DCC sound enabled OO Class 33) is damaged or not, but it doesn't work very well on DC.

On the other hand, TMC operate a "Vault" type system like Hattons used to, and my TMC purchases were safely kept in Yorkshire until my return.

Because there is no future guarantee that Rails would do what they had agreed to do with pre-orders, I have moved all my pre-orders to TMC. It's over £2000 worth of BB/WC locos, Ivatts, Moguls, Manors, 33s and Peaks.

Sorry guys. But it's been a pain mopping up after your mistakes, and trying to figure which of five orders had been stolen, sent to the sorting office, returned to Rails, or was just left in the rain.

It doesn't mean that I won't use Rails for instant purchases, or exclusives, but the bulk of my shopping is by pre-order, and I can't tell when they are going to arrive. And expensive electronics doesn't like water or frost.

Bob