ONLINE SALES

[JulienW]

Not for my wallet!  :D

[The Sales Team]

After a pause (mainly because things have been busy recently with shows) another good selection of stock has been posted today.

Plenty of locos and rolling stock for both 009 and H0e enthusiasts: Peco, Liliput, Egger-bahn, Minitrains, Roco, Fourdees, Bachmann, Heljan and more.

The Sales Team.

[The Sales Team]

As members visiting the online shop will be aware, online sales have been suspended for a short period.

This is primarily to allow the team to focus on the Society's 50th Anniversary celebrations at Statfold, which is obviously a major operation for us. It will also allow time to resolve one or two outstanding technical issues with the website and, finally, it will allow an opportunity for any stock returning from Statfold which has not previously appeared online to be processed for future sale.

We look forward to resuming normal service as quickly as possible and will, of course, let members know when this will happen.

The Sales Team.

[JulienW]

::whosh::

Damn, that was my wallet running off into hiding!

[The Sales Team]

We're pleased to say that the online shop is now open again for business - many thanks to Iain Morrison for rescuing it when it crashed during the recent break and for resolving other issues with it. Hopefully it will be working well for everyone from now on.

With almost a hundred new items now in stock - including the 50th Anniversary commemorative van for those who were unable to buy one at Statfold- it will be worth a browse to see what's new on offer. (There are also a lot more new items in the pipeline for the near future...)

The Sales Team.

[Alan Pollock]

Hi Guys

As promised my order is in for the 50th anniversary wagon

Thanks
Alan

P.s hopefully I'm off the list now

[The Sales Team]

Another eighty-plus new stock items have gone on sale today - lots of 'regular' items but some rather special or rare ones as well, and they are already starting to disappear! In the next week about fifty other new items will also be going on sale so worth taking a look to see what's new.

We do try to provide as much useful information about stock as we can but if you do have a particular query about something - especially if it's rare or of high value - send us an email and we'll try to answer your query.

The Sales Team.

[The Sales Team]

More items just added to stock, including two rather special ones which are worth bringing to members' attention:


-  a very nice 'Puffing Billy' Baldwin 2-6-2T loco by Model Dockyard of Melbourne [3147]


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-  and a Windle-built 0-6-0 + 0-6-0 Garratt [3148]


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Either would make a great Christmas present for someone! Find them in the '009 locos' section. Feel free to email if you need to know more about these items.

Talking of Christmas, we always have a number of N scale locos in stock which are primarily sold as chassis, but if you have a youngster in the family who has - or might have - an N gauge layout you might find a bargain present in the 'Kits and Chassis' section of the online shop.

And finally, again in connection with the upcoming holidays, please note that the online shop will be CLOSED for the festive season and stock-taking
                                                                              from  19th December  to  9th January
so get your orders in before then.

The Sales Team

[garrywhiting]

Somebody is going to get a bargain --- the Model Dockyard Puffing Billy loco is at least ½ what it should be !

Garry

[JulienW]

As if I needed more temptation...

[clayliner]

Somebody is going to get a bargain --- the Model Dockyard Puffing Billy loco is at least ½ what it should be! Garry

Well, someone has got a bargain - but then 009 Sales are the Home of Bargains!

But you raise an interesting point about the value of items. The question as to what something is 'worth', or 'should be' priced at, has  a number of possible answers. The owner may put a high price on an item for sentimental reasons - that's what it's worth to him or her, but not necessarily to others (always a problem with complete layouts). One might look at historical prices - what was the price when it was new or first issued, or what did the last one sell for? As far as 009 Sales are concerned there is really only one answer which is relevant: what is a Society member likely to want to pay for it? You can put as high a price on an item as you like but if it doesn't sell at that price it's rather academic.

Sales will sometimes take advice on values from others with specialised knowledge, or look at what items have recently sold for on (for example) eBay or other online sites, but eventually a figure will have to be decided on which will be attractive - but not overly so - to members. Otherwise the Treasurer will understandably get anxious about Society capital tied up in unsold stock!

You yourself were probably aware of these issues but it may be helpful to others to understand a bit behind pricing policy.

David.

[MickT]

Well, someone has got a bargain - but then 009 Sales are the Home of Bargains!

I do hope so David, but I have to say I was rather confused when the loco was advertised in the sales stock as an 009 model!

My understanding of this Model Dockyard (Melbourne) model is that it was built as HO scale and advertised as an HOn3 model, which I also understand is 10.5mm gauge. So I can't get my head around why it was put in the 009 section rather than the other one which is listed as HOe, but I assume that also includes HOm and HOn30 and for the want of finding somewhere else to put it: HOn3 in the rare occasions that a model in this scale turns up for sales stock.

I hope that if it has now been sold, as it seems from what you said, that the new owner is aware that is isn't an 009 model and if it is HOn3, as stated on the Model Dockyard box in their old adverts that it won't run on 9mm gauge track (!), otherwise I imagine we'll be seeing it turn up in Sales again quite soon!

However on thinking about it, I know that Brian Guilmant had at least one of these, and it ran on 009 track, so Model Dockyard may have made HOn30 models as well as HOn3 and this may well have been one of those - but it is still 3½mm scale and not 4mm.

Mick

[garrywhiting]

Model Dockyard sold both HOn3 and HOn30 versions,  I already have two of the Hon30 versions.

Garry

[MickT]

Thanks Garry!

That's the major concern answered at least (assuming the sales one is/was HOn30 and not HOn3!). I still think it misleading however that it was advertised in the 009 section and not the HOe one as there is obviously a risk that a potential buyer might automatically assume that it is 4mm scale and not 3½mm if it was listed in the wrong section.

Mick

[The Sales Team]

The online shop is now open again after the winter break and we have a very special collection of locos to welcome you back at the start of the New Year.

Many members will be aware of Society member John Thorne whose layouts – like Purbeck, Bottle Kiln Lane and River Crane Mill - have been greatly admired on the exhibition circuit for many years. A master modeller not just of layouts but also of his own locos to run on them – mostly rather small, finely detailed and often of rare or unusual prototypes. We are pleased to offer a selection of thirty of these distinctive and finely-built locos to members. Being built for exhibitions they are all good runners (often with extra weight where space allows) and most are highly detailed with many of the appurtenances like buckets and chains so typical of narrow-gauge engines. All come complete with at least one crew.

All our locos (apart from the ones in kit form!) are, of course, 'ready to run', but unlike the ones we conventionally think of as RTR models these are all hand-built – mostly scratch-built, but sometimes from kits – and unique: you won't find an identical one on anyone else's layout!

A rare opportunity to treat yourself to something really special. You'll find them all in the '009 locos' section of the online shop – it's worth looking closely at the photographs to really appreciate the craftsmanship on offer.

The Sales Team.