Forum-1211528 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 HORNBY are great to deal with in britain they have been doing it sixty years since they started as TRIANG! However in the USA some Manufactures are TOFFEE NOSED SNOBS they can be pushy, rude, and abusive the worst two are CONCOR and BOWSER its typical trying to deal with them they have no uk distributor anymore and expect you to order direct as you wont get stuff elsewhere! The best are ATHEARN and MODEL POWER they are very kind and more than helpful i wish if Manufactures wish to sell direct to customers they are helpful and kind and dont be offensive well they must wake up people wont put up with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 It is unfair and against the forum rules, I think, to criticise other manufacturers as they do not have the opportunity to reply. Many producers of many things in other countries do not have outlets in the UK, you have to directly deal with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrumDave Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Impossible to deal with Model Power they ceased trading over a year ago, after modelling British OO and American HO scale railroads for about 10 years I have found all manufacturers to be polite and helpful, in the USA they have a massive market and go out of their way to help modellers including exPat Brits living in Oz like myself, personally I find that one of the attactions of model railways as a hobby, not only do manufacturers and retailers help where possible forums like this have been a great help to many newby and not so new modellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Never heard of Bowser, but have dealt often with Concor, who are tiny in comparison with others, and require everything by email.Never had a problem with them or their service. john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobblinwheel Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 What is a "Toffee Nose"?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrumDave Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Someone that acts like a snob, in laymans terms "they are on themselves" or they think they are "better than everybody else", hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Thats a bit close to home. john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right Lines Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Should that be "Taffy - of the salted variety"?Look - all of you! just be a bit grateful for what you have now, some of us old chaps can remember a "Princess" with plunger contacts and plastic wheels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 What is a "Toffee Nose"?? Upper crust twit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Does anyone know the derivation? Clearly different to a sticky beak, even if it would have that effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 This from English Language and Usage: It is widely agreed amongst etymologists that 'toff' was a corruption of 'tuft', which has a clear aristocratic pedigree, being the ornamental tassel on an academic cap. Specifically, a tuft was the gold tassel originally worn on academic caps at Oxford University by the sons of those peers who had a vote in the House of Lords. They were worn on the celebratory 'Gaudy Days', i.e. the university's twice-yearly feast days (which sound a good deal more fun than 'Dress-down Fridays'). The wearers of the prestigious tufts became known as tufts themselves, even having their own sycophantic crowd of wannabees, known as the 'tufthunters'.Tufts were variously called tofts, tuffs and, by 1851 at least, toffs. They were already a well-established breed before 'toffee-nosed' began to be used. That didn't emerge until the early 20th century, as in this definition from Fraser and Gibbons' Soldier and Sailor Words, 1925 R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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