[PRR-talk] Manufacturers' responses - support for ARKits and others

[Bruce Smith]

On Jan 3, 2008, at 10:54 AM, RyanHoov at aol.com wrote:

> Manufacturers like AR kits are to be commended for offering models  
> that mainstream manufacturers would consider uneconomical to  
> produce. THose modeling Pennsy are fairly well off because the  
> railroad has many followers. Another pre-announcement debacle was  
> Rail Classics' brass N&W H2-H2a-H3 hopper project announced in  
> 2002-2003; cars were to be available in single and two-piece side  
> configurations.  I reserved over $900 worth of these in N&W early  
> and late, PRR, B&O and Wabash schemes through Caboose Hobbies.  
> Three years later the project was cancelled and I lost my  
> reservation deposit.

This is not only unethical, but illegal.  If a project is cancelled,  
you have the right to expect any deposit to be refunded completely.   
If it is not, you should pursue legal action, including contacting  
the attorney general of the state in which the company was that took  
the deposit.  In addition, federal law protects you in that goods  
must be delivered within 30 (IIRC) days of when you check is cashed.   
Several resin builders have gotten into trouble over this.  Finally,  
you may have trouble getting 100% back if the company went bankrupt,  
but then you should be listed as one of the creditors and should  
receive at least some of your money... and perhaps the satisfaction  
of seeing someone go to jail if they spent your deposit.

Regards
Bruce

Bruce F. Smith
Auburn, AL
http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/bruce_f._smith2

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