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Coopercraft
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:17 pm
by JMORG
Has anyone heard any news from Coopercraft? They've had that "machine issue" sign up on the website for ages now...
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 1:13 pm
by Big Jim
I rang them a couple of days ago to ask about slate wagons. I got quite a curtain reply that basically said they have no running gear left and no idea when it will be available.
Bit of a nuisance as I wanted to buy a load
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 1:34 pm
by JMORG
There are a few people in the Gloucester group that want more; the slaters ones are beautiful but expensive when you want 10+ waggons...
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 2:00 pm
by SimonWood
I'd love some more Coopercraft slate wagons, only got one, but have more or less given up hope at this point...
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:04 pm
by Dannypenguin
We've been in contact with them recently in regard to stocking their items, and the machine issue is indeed ongoing.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 8:27 pm
by JMORG
Judging by the apparent number of products/ranges affected by this issue; a fair amount of revenue is being lost here?
Surely from a purely economic point of view it is a no brainer to resolve this issue; I cannot believe that there is insufficient demand for them...
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:02 pm
by MikeD
The last slate wagons I had from them (bought direct, 3 years ago) the wheels and coupling hooks were completely unusable. I ended up using Binnie ones instead. The bodies were fine, so they still worked out cheaper than anything comparable, but previous ones had been perfectly OK
Mike D
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 6:20 pm
by ikcdab
MikeD:120568 wrote:The last slate wagons I had from them (bought direct, 3 years ago) the wheels and coupling hooks were completely unusable. I ended up using Binnie ones instead. The bodies were fine, so they still worked out cheaper than anything comparable, but previous ones had been perfectly OK
Mike D
I agree with this. I bought 3 of the quarry wagons. Bodies were great but tge c wheels were totally full of flash and took ages to file out. I wouldn't buy anymore.