50th Anniversary wagon

[JulienW]

As my 009 News has arrived I'll post some details about this on the forum.


Photo (C) Peco, used with permission,  and my thanks the team at PECO, notably Ed Busby and Max Brayne, for bringing this to life.)

These will be on sale from 10 am on Saturday 16th September at Statfold Barn to members for £18 thought the sales stand.

Any that are left will be available for sale on the Sunday through the Sales Stand again, where the price to non-members will be £20 (still £18 to members).

Any that are left after then will be made available to members through online sales.

We have had 511 of these from Peco so will be limiting them to one wagon per member (at least initially to allow more members to buy one).  However if there is sufficient interest from members we may consider ordering some more (but that's something the Committee will discuss after September 18th!)

[JulienW]

Just wanted to add that the pre-production sample has gone into the Heritage collection...

[Alan Pollock]

Hi Julien

Unfortunately I can't get to the 50th Anniversary far 2 far away and far 2 costly for me to get there however I'd be interested in purchasing a wagon for the society if they are available to order via the shop it's just unfortunate that a set amount wasn't made available for purchase online or an order would have been made today

Thanks
Alan

[JulienW]

Sorry to hear that you are unable to attend the event at Statfold Alan.

The main aim of the wagon was to commemorate the event at Statfold that celebrates our 50th Anniversary, hence why we are launching their sale at the event.

As we'd had quite a number of the blue Minitrains 40th anniversary vans left over after the event at Kegworth (again, these were launched at the Kegworth event and sold in the same was as we are doing for the 50th event) we tried to pick a number that would give a good number to sell as momentos of the event but would not tie up large amounts of Society funds in unsold stock.

On the basis of how sales of the 40th Anniversary van went it's not impossible that there will be stock remaining to be sold through the members sales online shop after the event.

(As an aside I don't know how many of the Minitrains vans we had initially, but I understand the Sales Team ended up clearing the stocks by stripping them for parts, selling the bogies and then spraying the bodies grey to use as 'grounded' vans.)

Equally, as I said in the last paragraph of my initial post, if there is sufficient interest from members we may ask Peco to do another run of these vans.

If you would like to register your interest please drop me an email - heritage@009society.com - and I'll make a start on a list, but bear in mind that we may need a deposit at some point as this has not been widely discussed by the Committee yet (we are a little busy at the moment...)

[Graeme Dunbar]

I'll register my interest too, as I don't think it is practical for me to travel.

It is a pity I missed the sales of surplus 40th anniversary wagons. I got one at the event itself and having seen a really nice conversion to a four wheeled version (with the 40th anniversary livery) I wished I'd got a second one at least. I have wondered if the rather quirky arrangement of a four-wheeled sized wagon on a bogie chassis affected interest in it.

Maybe not and maybe now it is just  so much more common to see special 'private owner' liveries on 009 wagons, and they are seen perhaps as being more 'collectable', so possibly these will go quickly.

Edit: email sent as requested.

[Alan Maynard]

Yes Please add me to the list as unfortunately we will be on holiday and cannot make it. I will email you Julian.

Best wishes
Alan

[JulienW]

To avoid further confusion I'll lock this topic (which was essentially the announcement about the van which it has done!) and ask any members who can't make Statfold and who would like a van to email me at my 'official' address (heritage@009society.com).

if there are any wagons left after Statfold I'll pass the list of names on in order I've received them to the sales team so that these 'orders' can be fulfilled. If we have run out the wagons then this list will form the basis of a second run at some point in the future, but that will depend on a number of factors so I'm not making any promises!

[JulienW]

Just unlocking this topic to add a little more information and as a reminder of the procedures.

First off I wanted to remind you all that sales of the vans will be limited to one per member. If you are unable to attend the event then by all means ask a friend to purchase one for you (if they are a member), but bear in mind that they will not then be able to purchase one for themselves.

Second, I have received a small number of 'orders' to my heritage@009society email address, and if you are unable to attend the 50th Anniversary event in person please contact me direct via email so I can add your name to the list. Please do not contact other committee members to place an order as that will only lead to confusion and delay.

Third, once I've had a chance to return to what passes for normality after the Statfold weekend, if there are any wagons left at the end of the weekend they will be allocated to people on this list on a 'first come, first served' basis.

Finally, if there are still any outstanding orders (or the wagons have all sold out) we will be placing a further order for a second batch of vans with Peco. To that end if we do sell out early at Statfold I'll be taking orders in person at the event (again limited to one per member, and if you have already purchased one you will not be permitted to order a second!).

I hope that is clear...

[JulienW]

Just to edit this post as the Statfold event has happened;

As there were plenty of vans left at the end of the day yesterday I have today (18th September) passed any 'advanced orders' I received for the vans prior to the event to the Sales Team.

There were only 12, and there seemed to be many more vans than that so there will be remaining stock to be sold via the members' shop once that is back up and running.

Julien Webb
Heritage Officer, 009 Society.

[JulienW]

Gosh, that was a somewhat busy weekend...

So, update time!

Whilst I don't have the exact numbers the sales team did have some vans left at the end of the weekend (at a guess I'd say 100 or so).

Please bear with us for a few days whilst we try to find things lost over the weekend (like my voice!), catch up with ourselves and try to work out what is 'normal' (we have been working on this event for a while so it would be nice to catch our breath).

I'll collate the list of orders I've received as soon as possible (I do have some 20+ memberships to process into the system first tomorrow) and pass them on to Lee Bryant.  He and the sales team will be sending invoices as soon as they can (probably Thursday at the earliest).

Once these have been fulfilled the remaining stocks should go on sale along with the usual stock.

So, I would ask that if you have emailed me to request a van please await an email from the sales team.

If you have not emailed me to ask for one please wait until they appear in the online shop - I'll try to add a notice that they have gone on sale either here or elsewhere on the forum - and buy one in the same  way you would anything else in the online members shop.

Many thanks for your understanding.

Julien

[JulienW]

Just to reiterate...

I am no longer taking any orders for the vans.


If you have not emailed me to ask for one please wait until they appear in the online shop - I'll try to add a notice that they have gone on sale either here or elsewhere on the forum - and buy one in the same  way you would anything else in the online members shop.

Thank you.

I'm now off to process the 22 new members picked up over the weekend...

EDIT

3 pm and I still haven't got to that yet (still sorting out the chaos that Publicity Officer Steve and I unloaded last night!) but the Sales Team tell me that it may be a bit later than Thursday as the bit of the website that handles the shop that was struggling at times with Statfold ticket sales (as some of you may have found out!) now seems to be having a 'major sulking fit' (my understanding of the technical terms) so will need a bit of tea and sympathy (not sure if that's the program or programmer?) before it can be coaxed to play ball again.

So we can only apologise for the delay and ask that due to the unprecedented circumstances to please bear with us.  Normal (or what passes for it) service will be resumed as soon as we can.