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« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2017, 09:32:24 » |
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Perhaps they could market an MD voodoo doll you could stick pins in when your train is late/cancelled/ lost/vanished/ broken down/ broken up etc etc. etc On the day when they wouldn't be able to find any such dolls,there would be a lot of out of stock excuses.
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« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2017, 09:42:30 » |
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....I genuinely thought this was a spoof when I first saw it but I now realise that it's actually a real website!!!
Apparently there's an issue with the "Top Trumps" cards - more than usual of them are torn and in need of repair, and even fewer are available to be used at the weekend.
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« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2017, 09:48:15 » |
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Oh dear I must have been sucked in. I ordered a couple of bits - and before the 10% discount was advertised!
Still one of the items was a mug!
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« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2017, 09:55:59 » |
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Apparently there's an issue with the "Top Trumps" cards - more than usual of them are torn and in need of repair, and even fewer are available to be used at the weekend.
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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« Reply #19 on: November 11, 2017, 16:46:40 » |
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....I genuinely thought this was a spoof when I first saw it but I now realise that it's actually a real website
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« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2017, 08:30:32 » |
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Carriage (P&P, rather than simple 'P', is VATable, and if it isn't being discounted, how can a simple 10% off the final figure work?
So it has to be dome this way, unless you increase the P&P costs such that when discounted, that cost returns to the amount they want to charge.
But then the wingers would complain that the pre-discounted P&P costs were unrealistic....
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« Reply #21 on: November 13, 2017, 15:40:01 » |
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« Reply #22 on: November 20, 2017, 19:23:49 » |
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You couldn’t make it up. I must confess I was slightly warey after clicking the link that this site was actually genuine and that GWR▸ have branched out into branded items but it appears they have.
I have yet to have been privileged enough to have received my email from Mr Hopwood. I take it he personally endorses these products if he’s signed the email? Are First not making enough profit from GWR?
I can see many of GWR’s long suffering commuters queuing up to purchase that little something to remind them of their daily commute. Taplow Green I particularly thought of you when browsing through the many and varied items on offer.
I remember Wessex Trains doing something similar when they existed. I’m not aware of other TOCs▸ selling things like this. If you know any that do please do share with us.
Actually on looking at it more closely the GWR Souvenir shop I run by a company called BTC Souvenirs, and most of the product on sale have either been given to staff or as part of goodie bags at local shows (Royal Cornwall, Devon County) so its not as bad as it looks. |
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« Reply #23 on: November 20, 2017, 19:31:56 » |
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I suspect also that BTC are taking the risk, and the production of these souvenirs, and any profit, simply licensing each product from GWR▸ .
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« Reply #24 on: November 20, 2017, 19:44:17 » |
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I suspect also that BTC are taking the risk, and the production of these souvenirs, and any profit, simply licensing each product from GWR▸ .
I would think its more likely GWR have looked around and chosen them to run a souvenir shop on their behalf, each taking a cut of any profits made. Its not a bad idea, its just a shame some of the products are so expensive, but then so are British Airways, Vauxhall's & Jaguars. |
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« Reply #25 on: December 23, 2017, 08:10:09 » |
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Oh dear I must have been sucked in. I ordered a couple of bits - and before the 10% discount was advertised!
Still one of the items was a mug!
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« Reply #26 on: December 23, 2017, 08:46:00 » |
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Typical GWR▸ - they even put the handle on the wrong side!  |
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« Reply #27 on: December 23, 2017, 10:09:25 » |
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A left-handed mug - what a clever idea!
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« Reply #28 on: January 30, 2018, 23:31:51 » |
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Was about to buy the GWR▸ bag, got to the postage bit, and the cheeky devils don't tell you it costs £3.95 for delivery!  Yet if I bought something for Jaguar, its free but takes about 5 working day(on paper, can sometimes be quicker) Ill wait for a bit until I want to get some other bits, not paying £7 for branded bag lol |
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