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A REAL Cyber Monday offer

General Discussion
#1

Discovered by GoogleAlert it came in a day late, but it certainly made for a good laugh first thing this morning.

http://www.facebook.com/notes/BlackFridayHotDeals/Black-Friday-Save-LGB-Rhatische-Bahn-Scale-sound/294943737206742

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000A7XLZ4?tag=2012-toysgames-40-20

Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Have we got a deal for you!

:slight_smile: :smiley: :lol:

#2

And then there are my friends at UPS at work Spokane, WA, United States 11/29/2011 2:38 Arrival Scan Richmond, BC, Canada 11/28/2011 4:55 Registered with clearing agency / Shipment submitted to clearing agency 11/28/2011 4:55 Registered with clearing agency Richmond, BC, Canada 11/25/2011 1:46 Package data processed by brokerage Waiting for clearance Maple Grove, MN, United States 11/22/2011 22:53 Departure Scan 11/22/2011 18:11 Origin Scan United States 11/22/2011 17:01 Order Processed: Ready for UPS The parcel from Only Trains gets to Richmond, BC … and then gets routed through Spokane, WA. :confused: :confused: Impressive.

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I will now return to my regularly scheduled program: finishing the large curved turnout.

#3

Sadly I missed that one. :smiley:

Only Trains is in my backyard, good people to deal with.

#4

$2,399.99 . I hope that was not the sale price and if it was please tell me your joking about it being a good deal. I just dont see it. You can get a nice live steamer for that.

#5

pay attention to the smiles Shawn. :slight_smile: :smiley: :lol:

#6
Mark V said:
........... Only Trains is in my backyard, good people to deal with.
Yep, very prompt service, reasonable prices.

It’s just UPS that does peculiar things, I wonder if they’re hung-over from Thanksgiving or already into the Christmas Cheer. :wink: :smiley:

#7
Shawn said:
$2,399.99 . I hope that was not the sale price and if it was please tell me your joking about it being a good deal. I just dont see it. You can get a nice live steamer for that.
Of course that was the sale price! That's why I had to laugh so hard! Then I went to the site of a Canadian dealer who sells that same item for $1800 - and he's not a discount house by any means! OTOH you could call it a collectors' item, afix a plaque that says "There's a sucker born every minute!" ;) :) ;)
#8

Since I don’t use charge cards – just wrap one up and mail it to the North Pole!

#9

I thought so but then you had the ups thing below and I thought you bought it. LOL

#10

Sadly with the way Marklin is running LGB thats exactly the price I expected to see. Look at the other stuff listed on there:

Look at this:

http://www.tandkhobby.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=32420&utm_source=amazonproductads&utm_medium=cpc_feed&utm_campaign=comparison_shopping_feeds

A Zillertall keg car, $219.98 LIST PRICE, Yours for a BARGAIN $175.95, Really? Seriously??? for a car thats been around for years and years? I paid $75 for mine NIB only 4 years ago. I should sell it and cash in.

#11

I found somehting about Amazon lately that intrigued me. They are running a “Wishlist” contest where you add items from websites other than Amazon to your Christmas Wishlist on Amazon. I add train items of course and found that while RLD has a good price on his website when it shows up on my “wishlist” on Amazon it is at full list. So I presume that RLD would see his normal selling price and Amazon would pocket the rest if a relative bought it thru them? Maybe that is why you are seeing the huge price disparity? Just a thought anyway…

Chas

#12

Yes, it is strictly for those who “just need to have that” and have too little savvy, too little patience or too much money.

“We live in dangerous times!” :lol: :lol:

#13

The difference between a “NEED” & a “WANT” can have a huge price difference.

Chas

#14

a rare uncatalogued brass loco’ by lgb ?? LOL

doug

p.s. HJ you use UPS ? don’t they add on to ‘deal’ costs with brokerage fees ! just received 2 large parcels from TW of NY via USPO-cbsa-CPO, no additional u.s. courier brokerage fees, but for the cdn handling & gst fees which . . . . i was just instructed this a.m. to request full refund via the appeals form ! just have to wordsmith the letter to send off to the cbsa addr. !

#15

Hi Doug,

If given a choice I don’t … but it happens sometimes. The last instances were OK as for as the customs routine went, which was a pleasant surprise (as I knock on wood).