[modeleng] Re: Suppliers (again)
- From: Kenneth Swales <kenwillowbend@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:44:14 +0000 (GMT)
Hi
Barton House Railway have been waiting 18 months for a
boiler for their 7 1/4 gauge midge.
The suppliers are called frequently and when phoned at
the beginning of November were told that they were
starting it that day.
They are really gorging themselves on this one.
Cheers
Ken
--- alanjstepney
<alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For those in central-southern England, MJ
> Engineering has always been a
> useful resource.
> Their premises on the edge of Ringwood and just off
> the A31 / M27 made them
> easy to reach from most of the south.
>
> Today I popped in to buy something, and find the
> premises empty. A quick
> look in the phone book shows an address as "PO BOX
> ----- Salisbury Road.".
> Not very helpful.
> Their website shows the address as: "Salisbury
> Road, Blashford, Ringwood".
> Not as informative as it might be.
>
> A quick phone call got the information that they are
> 1/4 of a mile along the
> Salisbury / Fordingbridge road, "ON THE RIGHT".
>
> Drive up that road, diligently looking and there is
> no sign of them. Ask at
> the local petrol station and an adjacent business,
> neither of whom had heard
> of MJ Engineering.
> The local post office, had no idea where they were
> either!
>
> A second phone call got the information that they
> are IN a museum, which is
> on the LEFT HAND SIDE (going north)..
> There is no sign outside, the company name isnt
> shown anywhere, and it is
> only when you find the door to the shop that you
> might spot a postcard at
> waist level, giving the opening times, and their
> name.
>
> I tackled one of the owners about them "hiding their
> light under a bushel",
> only to get the response that "everyone knows where
> they are".
>
> Well, sorry, no. "Everyone" doesnt.
> I didnt.
> A pal who was with me didnt.
> I spoke to a member of Bournemouth Model Engineers
> this afternoon,. and he
> didnt.
>
> After all that, they were out of stock of silver
> solder so my effort was
> wasted!
>
> What with Tim's previous comments about suppiers, it
> makes me wonder if
> there people want business, or is it that they just
> enjoy playing with
> models and us customers are a b**** nuisance that
> stops them enjoying their
> hobby?
>
>
> For anyone who wishes to find them, turn off the A31
> heading north up the
> A338.
> After 1/3rd of a mile, on your LEFT is a rural
> museum, and MJ are inside the
> museum entrance, their door being on the left as
> you enter.
> Of course, I am sure this information is pointless
> as "everyone knows where
> they are" !!!!
>
> alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> www.alanstepney.info
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> technical pages.
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