I chatted by phone with someone from Paypal. There were 62 other people that paid this guy money before Ebay pulled the plug. They say they have procedures and rules for this sort of thing. They have to give him the benefit of the doubt, and present his side of the story. If he does not by the 14th of this month, or if he admits the error of his ways before then, I get my money back. There is always the (slim) chance I might get the item I paid for, but it's a long way from Texas, where the stuff was supposed to be, to China, where my money went.If Paypal doesn't refund your money, even God should smell the stink in his nostrils. Their reputation for safety will be in shreds (if this hasn't already done that)
Toot,
Whatcha doin under her duress??
I chatted by phone with someone from Paypal. There were 62 other people that paid this guy money before Ebay pulled the plug. They say they have procedures and rules for this sort of thing. They have to give him the benefit of the doubt, and present his side of the story. If he does not by the 14th of this month, or if he admits the error of his ways before then, I get my money back. There is always the (slim) chance I might get the item I paid for, but it's a long way from Texas, where the stuff was supposed to be, to China, where my money went.
[David- I am just getting into scripted ops, but in the past I have set cars out at different sidings and dropped off and picked up as I come to different industries. Factoring in the engine preparation (coal, water, or diesel) and the time to put away the engine at the end, you can very easily spend a couple hours in a typical non-scripted ops session.
WJLI26- I'm sorry, but I have looked at the NMRA and PECO sites and could not find the degree radius of the diverging part of the turnout. I could of sworn I have seen it on the NMRA site before, but today I was unsuccessful.
Eric - OK, OK, now. Here's a couple, the first is one of the grain elevators without any signage. This is a Walthers grain elevator kit with extra bins from both Walthers and Rix. The second is a bakery. It is a slightly modified Walthers kit.
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As I said in an earlier post, scenery is sporadic. Lots of plywood.
Willie
I resolve not to get caught up in the pre-order frenzy any more...case in Point, Walthers Capitol Limited Train. Announced, August 2014, still not complete in January 2016. The Pullman Dome and Pullman Observation are now due the end of March, Not so much the cost, my supplier (Trainworld) is honoring the pre order price, but the loss of interest in the project over time.
Second model railroad resolution, is to stick to the plan, and finish the job, one segment at a time, instead of putting the cart before the horse.
Third model railroad resolution, is to avoid sound equipped locos, such as they are. Listening to others having their issues with electronics (BLI L1 for example), is a lesson learned. We never really had these issues when running DC, did we? It's kind of dumb, to spend on average, an extra hundred bucks to buy features I end up turning off.
I do not make traditional resolutions, as I'm not keeping them any way.
Joe: I'm not sure if I've seen what your referring too but wouldn't a small section of flex track and some cork road bed serfice?
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Joe .... I suppose it is not a big problem waiting for the Capitol Limited if you are still building the layout on which it will run.... I certainly agree with your approach of completing one section at a time. That is how I do it. .... I have a few sound equipped locomotives. It has been a learning curve for me, but I am happy with several of them. .... My pair of SD24's are an example of ones I am pleased with. They sound authentic to me. They are equipped with Soundtraxx early EMD turbo sound. I have some MRC sound decoders which work well (Steam loco, EMD 567 in an F7, and EMD dual 567's in an E8) ... My pair of BLI E7's have factory equipped sound, and they sound good and have been trouble free. ... I have not been as happy with Digitrax Soundbug decoders which have generic sounds and are not realistic sounding in my opinion. ... I am still a very long way from being a DCC sound expert, but I get by with help from a friend who understands it more than I do.
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