Dapol,
On your recently deprecated website, under the products section you had a 'Q and A' where someone had requested a further batch of CrossCountry mk3 2nd class.... Dapol had responded that they were 'on the cards' soon-ish - I think the comment and reply was dated circa September 2014.... anyway, on the strength of that I purchased the CrossCountry HST bookset & the additional 1st class coach.... and more recently the TGS....
.... however, i'm *STILL* waiting for the additional run of 2nd class coaches and I'm still several 2nd class coaches short of a full rake!!!
Now, as I see it Dapol, you are almost morally obligated to produce the additional run of 2nd class coaches in CrossCountry, having stated on your website that you were going to.
At best, you've created a black market on flea-bay where (if they get listed) said coaches sell for ~ £40 - about twice the RRP. But worst of all, there are plenty of people out there like me with incomplete rakes (the price on flea-bay illustrates that) and it annoys me that your 'Q and A' might have been leading me up the garden path and I parted with hard-earned money with no chance of completing a full rake.
As an aside, the same situation exists for the FGW mk3 buffet - that goes on flea-bay for £50 - £60 - that is more than two times the RRP....
It would be nice if you could clarify Dapol's official position on both the CrossCountry 2nd class coach and also the FGW buffet - thanks very much.
As I see it, there is market appetite for them - the black market price clearly indicates this....
Cheers, JR
On your recently deprecated website, under the products section you had a 'Q and A' where someone had requested a further batch of CrossCountry mk3 2nd class.... Dapol had responded that they were 'on the cards' soon-ish - I think the comment and reply was dated circa September 2014.... anyway, on the strength of that I purchased the CrossCountry HST bookset & the additional 1st class coach.... and more recently the TGS....
.... however, i'm *STILL* waiting for the additional run of 2nd class coaches and I'm still several 2nd class coaches short of a full rake!!!
Now, as I see it Dapol, you are almost morally obligated to produce the additional run of 2nd class coaches in CrossCountry, having stated on your website that you were going to.
At best, you've created a black market on flea-bay where (if they get listed) said coaches sell for ~ £40 - about twice the RRP. But worst of all, there are plenty of people out there like me with incomplete rakes (the price on flea-bay illustrates that) and it annoys me that your 'Q and A' might have been leading me up the garden path and I parted with hard-earned money with no chance of completing a full rake.
As an aside, the same situation exists for the FGW mk3 buffet - that goes on flea-bay for £50 - £60 - that is more than two times the RRP....
It would be nice if you could clarify Dapol's official position on both the CrossCountry 2nd class coach and also the FGW buffet - thanks very much.
As I see it, there is market appetite for them - the black market price clearly indicates this....
Cheers, JR
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