Trussrod
Well-Known Member
Hello Forum members,
I'd like your reaction if this happened to you?
On 10-15-07, I posted a thread about some Model Poiwer 4-6-0 Casey Jones Loco's Walthers was having a clearance on or so they alleged for $39.99/ reg $79.99. A good deal and they looked very nice, at least to me, if you like Steam like I do!
At around 11:45 PM I ordered two of them from Walthers site and was given the option to have them delivered from one of their participating dealers, I live in Calif so I chose a dealer in Portland Oregon who was in turn suppose to contact me for my credit card # etc. I actually sent the dealer an email shortly thereafter myself to give them a heads-up about the order. I also was able to print out a receipt for the two loco's along with a couple of other items I had ordered through Walthers, I still have the receipt.
About thirty minutes later or 12:15 AM I figured a buddy of mine would like one of these too and went through the same process and ordered a third for him again choosing the same dealer to take delivery through and again aprised them of the additional Loco. Walthers later confirmed all this to me!
About two or three days go by and I get an email from the dealer that there were no more of these Loco's available!! WHAT?? I had the printed receipt from Walthers site stating I had purchased these Loco's how could that be? Doesn't Walthers keep tract of how many they are selling to individuals such as myself or are they just taking orders blindly not knowing whether they can fulfill them or not?? Doesn't sound logical to me.
*Now the very interesting part of all of this is that even after Walthers stated they no longer had these loco's available for the above sale price they did have them available at the full list price and the only difference was in the last digit of the part #6585 rather than the sale #6586, that last digit could be any slight difference such as with Kadee's rather than the Horn Hooks the sale one came with!?
So what would you guys and gals think if that happened to you and you were really planning on getting one of these loco's ?
I'd like your reaction if this happened to you?
On 10-15-07, I posted a thread about some Model Poiwer 4-6-0 Casey Jones Loco's Walthers was having a clearance on or so they alleged for $39.99/ reg $79.99. A good deal and they looked very nice, at least to me, if you like Steam like I do!
At around 11:45 PM I ordered two of them from Walthers site and was given the option to have them delivered from one of their participating dealers, I live in Calif so I chose a dealer in Portland Oregon who was in turn suppose to contact me for my credit card # etc. I actually sent the dealer an email shortly thereafter myself to give them a heads-up about the order. I also was able to print out a receipt for the two loco's along with a couple of other items I had ordered through Walthers, I still have the receipt.
About thirty minutes later or 12:15 AM I figured a buddy of mine would like one of these too and went through the same process and ordered a third for him again choosing the same dealer to take delivery through and again aprised them of the additional Loco. Walthers later confirmed all this to me!
About two or three days go by and I get an email from the dealer that there were no more of these Loco's available!! WHAT?? I had the printed receipt from Walthers site stating I had purchased these Loco's how could that be? Doesn't Walthers keep tract of how many they are selling to individuals such as myself or are they just taking orders blindly not knowing whether they can fulfill them or not?? Doesn't sound logical to me.
*Now the very interesting part of all of this is that even after Walthers stated they no longer had these loco's available for the above sale price they did have them available at the full list price and the only difference was in the last digit of the part #6585 rather than the sale #6586, that last digit could be any slight difference such as with Kadee's rather than the Horn Hooks the sale one came with!?
So what would you guys and gals think if that happened to you and you were really planning on getting one of these loco's ?