Gary Needham Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) PHEW....! The first of my two en-route kits has just been placed in my hands (literally 2 mins ago) and the outer box appears to be fine with no signs of any "interesting" handling or route diversions whilst en-route. Just waiting now for the second one to arrive. Just mentioned to hopefully reassure UK buyers still waiting for theirs given the absence of any meaningful parcel tracking information. Gary Edited February 14 by Gary Needham Scotsman and Bill Cross 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 2 hours ago, Gary Needham said: Just mentioned to hopefully reassure UK buyers still waiting for theirs given the absence of any meaningful parcel tracking information. The same actually here in the Colonies: it just showed up one day with no real notice. Sometimes that's the nicest thing in a day. Gary Needham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 It's Well I've just about recovered from the shock of seeing that my one has finally arrived in the UK and should be with me by the weekend , It's taken from the 19th Jan to to-day 14th of Feb to make it from Turkey to the UK , ah well my first retirement build becons Gary Needham and Bill Cross 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaker Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Mines just arrived this morning. Scotsman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 Mine finally turned up last week, after it was delivered to the wrong address - ho hum , at least it finally turned up And damm it goes together beautifully! Christoffer Lindelav, Fanes and Bill Cross 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Looks like BNA is carrying Jetmads. They have the AJ in stock. https://www.bnamodelworld.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=160587 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 31 minutes ago, BloorwestSiR said: Looks like BNA is carrying Jetmads. They have the AJ in stock. https://www.bnamodelworld.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=160587 didnt see that coming.. but at twice the price.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 29 minutes ago, Zola25 said: ... but at twice the price.. Supply and demand for a sold-out run. Tell it to Uber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Bill Cross said: Supply and demand for a sold-out run. Tell it to Uber. I think we all know how capitalism works but are you saying that if I had bought 5 of these kits and sold them on this forum, for twice the price, that it would not be met by just a little distain? As far as I know there was a waiting list for this particular kit.. if they picked up the kits that did not sell directly I see no problem but if they hoarded them just in order to sell them at inflated prices, yeah, I do have a problem with that.. Edited March 12 by Zola25 Phantom2, RicardoD, Landrotten Highlander and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violator1991 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 It may also be possible that BNA is one of their retailers. And this is what retailers do: sell at double prices. I'm glad Jetmads sells to modelers directly and we do not have to deal with this. Zola25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoD Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 2 hours ago, Violator1991 said: It may also be possible that BNA is one of their retailers. And this is what retailers do: sell at double prices. I'm glad Jetmads sells to modelers directly and we do not have to deal with this. The price may be double but that does not suggest they double their investment. Kit plus shipment during the preorders was $344, meaning it seems they have a profit margin of 30%, which sounds reasonable. Gary Needham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Just remember that the BNA price is likely in Australian dollars (722.50 of them to be exact), and the exchange rates to the USD, GBP, and Euro are not great. For example, that figure currently equates to about 477 USD - though I honestly don't remember the original price, and that still seems very high to me. I had to pass on the Draaken for that very reason. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 (edited) 22 hours ago, Zola25 said: I think we all know how capitalism works but are you saying that if I had bought 5 of these kits and sold them on this forum, for twice the price, that it would not be met by just a little distain? As far as I know there was a waiting list for this particular kit.. if they picked up the kits that did not sell directly I see no problem but if they hoarded them just in order to sell them at inflated prices, yeah, I do have a problem with that.. Do we know how capitalism works? Do we? It seems someone is always bellyaching about price gouging for one thing or another. Then when a manufacturer or retailer goes out of business, we shed tears. If you had the spare cash to invest in 5 kits and did so, then I would not object to you selling them for whatever the market would bear. But you might buy five kits and find no takers at that price. Not every sold-out kit is a windfall. In the interest of full disclosure, I sold my last two WNW's kits for much more than I paid for them. Good for me. Others are doing the same. Good for them. That may offend you, but no one here owes anyone else a discounted price because we hang out on the Internet. I apologize if that sounds harsh, but what you're saying seems naive. Edited March 13 by Bill Cross clarity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allbann Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 I think the BNA price is fair, there has been way more ridiculous pricing on ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 I came across a Jetmads Learjet on US Ebay for $999, eek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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