Latest Acquisitions

[hellhippie]

killer POCH ig88 !!!!!

 

[steve obi wan]

Great IG88 ,

Good score

 

[db94]

That is ******* awful! :shock: Let us know how it goes with Hermes. There's no way that was done accidentally.

Well I've been emailing them everyday and sending them lots of pictures, so far this is where I'm at -

"The packaging of the toy is not covered " - I emailed back explaining that the toy was a mint in box 38 year old toy so the packaging is very relevant.

To which they replied -

"Sorry we have lost a piece of your delivery, can you send us a picture of the missing piece so we can start a depot search."

I took a good look at the brown paper that was on the outside of the parcel and there is what looks like a feint boot print on it so have advised them of that as well. Not looking good though.

 

[benny100]

Misb Chewy Strap, never owned one, looks pretty good in the acrylic case. Thanks to Iain for helping get it over from the States

 

[palitoyjunky]

Have always liked that :!:

Looks great in the acrylic case 8)

 

[x-pack]

That is ******* awful! :shock: Let us know how it goes with Hermes. There's no way that was done accidentally.

Well I've been emailing them everyday and sending them lots of pictures, so far this is where I'm at -

"The packaging of the toy is not covered " - I emailed back explaining that the toy was a mint in box 38 year old toy so the packaging is very relevant.

To which they replied -

"Sorry we have lost a piece of your delivery, can you send us a picture of the missing piece so we can start a depot search."

I took a good look at the brown paper that was on the outside of the parcel and there is what looks like a feint boot print on it so have advised them of that as well. Not looking good though.

You need to speak with someone higher up I would say. Only thing with these companies is that finding an actual person to speak with can be difficult. It's not brain surgery to understand that the value of this item lies in the packaging itself. What they are saying there is like saying 'the contents aren't covered'.

I would argue that the parcel has clearly been mistreated and that there IS a boot print on it. You wouldn't have used the service had you known the full contents were not covered against damage, right? I bloody wouldn't.

I hope you get this sorted. Personally I would go to war on them and never give up until I got my money back :evil:

 

[spoons]

that is awful db - I've just had a terrible experience with myHermes too

First a vintage action man boxed jeep arrive with what looked like a spear hole in it :shock:

Admittedly the seller's packing was **** but even so.

On the day they delivered the jeep they were meant to pick up another parcel which they didn't and then ignored my requests to come and get it. I ended up taking it to a shop and then them holding it until I paid an excess size fee.

The box was within their size limits so a real con - eventually they refunded me but only after a fight. The first offer was 10% off my next parcel. I'm never using them again.

Great buys otherwise and good to see some micro love - it all gets smaller from the ion canon

 

[stormcab]

Bloomin' awesome bandolier. Yes Iain is THE man.

 

[steve obi wan]

Nice bandolier !

Sweet purchase , yes Iain's a top bloke

 

[timbo72]

Sweet Bandolier

 

[kieatky]

Awesome Bandolier Strap, I'd be too tempted to open it to check the condition of the foam (knowing my luck it'd be in a million pieces ).

Got this original cinema poster in the post yesterday, looks so cool but it feels extremely delicate to touch, almost as if its about to disintegrate (just glad it survived it's journey in a padded envelope via Royal Mail :shock: ). I'm gonna look into getting it framed at some point, would love to have it restored but feel that'd take away its originality so gonna leave it as is

 

[steve obi wan]

Great piece ! :shock:

 

[RifleSmile]

Wow - amazing poster! Thats the one that I remember so well from childhood! Awesome!

 

[stormcab]

Wow never seen that poster, what was it used for, or come out of?

 

[skywalker]

@db94 - I feel for you mate Hermes is the SHITEST parcel delivery firm on the planet,, if I buy anything big I always contact the seller and ask them who they are going to post with and tell them not to use Hermes.

I always recommend UPS or even Parcelforce and I would rather pay double even treble what Hermes are charging to get my parcel in one piece.

This is no word of a lie I came home from work once and had a note from Hermes informing me they had left my parcel in my bush in my front garden..!! and it was pissing it down, since then I do what I mentioned above... **** Heremes.

 

[Clarkspie&chips]

Hermes are just known as herpes in our house because of their consistent crappy service but that box is atrocious even by their standards.
Hope you can get it sorted.

 

[JimboUK1979]

Gents, Just thought I'd share my latest Vectis additions which arrived yesterday immaculately packed.















Pulling the speeder bike out in its tray took me back to when I used to fly my speederbikes in and out of the dining room table and chair legs having them "explode". I would then have to get my mum to put it back together as I couldn't do it (patience of a saint that woman).

 

[steve obi wan]

Nice pick up from vectis

Good score

 

[MarkG]

Some great scores guys..

Here's my most recent from the last couple of months.

Top 2 from NYCC;
AFA 75 48bk AT AT Driver & 77bk R5
Bottom row from FB groups ;
77bk Wally, 41bk R2 & 45bk DSD.

 

[steve obi wan]

Nice one Mark

Great score at NYCC

 

[MarkG]

Nice one Mark

Great score at NYCC

Cheers Steve. Thanks for pointing that stall out.. must have walked past it half a dozen times. Great to meet up too..

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

No matter how many times I see an R2 on an ESB card I fail to tire of it. Absolutely brilliant MOC, Mark. The other's aren't too shabby either.

My latest acquisition is from Vectis. It is also a tragedy. I had two, huge boxes arrive yesterday and the only SW item in it was my lovely little bargain Yoda Tri-logo MOC. It was the very last thing to be unpacked. Vectis tend to pack things brilliantly, I find, and as I reached the final, inner cardboard box which contained a bubble wrapped, tissue paper wrapped, Star Case, I was singing their praises in my head whilst thinking "I don't remember if they pack inside of the Star Case, too? I hope so as it would be terrible if......"

It was my only SW buy from the Frank Beeches' shop (so far). Absolutely gutted. Look at the condition of the card! And this hammered at £110. Another MOC lost for good.

I've e-mailed them and I'm just hoping they have another one in an upcoming sale. Bet they don't. I am surprised they allowed this to happen again, though; I know of a buyer in Aus who had the exact same issue with the exact same MOC.

On a more positive note, I did get a couple of these! I know not SW but they are Palitoy and seeing as I'm so upset about my lil green fella I hoped this may be allowed. They're brand new and unused although the tape had dried and fallen off, so they are opened. I need to flatten out the unused sticker sheets which have curled up over time. Never heard of them before and can't find previous sales, but they are bloody amazing I have two identical ones as they were lotted as a pair.

 

[Joe]

Oh no Poor Yoda! Sorry Simon, that really looked like a great card too!

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

Oh no Poor Yoda! Sorry Simon, that really looked like a great card too!

It was, Joe The smiling little bugger managed to smash through his bubble whilst still holding onto his cane! That's the power of the Force for you, I guess.

He does look happy about being free, though!

 

[edd_jedi]

Always a shame to see an escapee, especially a trilogo! Was it one of the miscard bubbles? These really shouldn't be posted IMO, they're just too delicate. All the packing in the world won't help, the bubbles are usually too deformed to add any kind of protection.

 

[peekaygee73]

Mark: Gorgeous ESB R2 MOC - still on my list of wants! Is it a 41 back a/b/c by any chance?
SLNH: Absolutely gutted for you about the Yoda.

 

[MarkG]

Mark: Gorgeous ESB R2 MOC - still on my list of wants! Is it a 41 back a/b/c by any chance?

It's a 41B.

 

[steve obi wan]

No problem Mark ,

Already thinking about going next year .

Bloody shame about the tri Yoda , nice looking card . Love the tracer racers :shock:

 

[edd_jedi]

Very pleased to add this chap to my trilogo run, have been looking for one for ages. Big thanks to our resident detective Joe for the heads up

 

[steve obi wan]

Nice ugly bugger ! :lol: