Pieter, I knew better not to do that on a public forum like this.
Thanks for explaining that to me about the casting, as that could be possible. Yes, I agree, about the 13 years, as yes, he did have some trucks left, as those trucks are no longer used in the engine that again is still on the market with many roadnames. The thing that got me the most was his denial that the item was from his or her company. As I gave them the road number that is on the cab that is still used on the cab today. No big deal I guess, as I have spent 1,000s like many of you on trains, the layout, collectable AF, if I can say that here, so what is another 60. I will tell you that L L Bean still has a lifetime warranty on everything they sell and we have used that. Not train related but I thought I would let you know. By the way, I am pretty much to the S world, especially with the doings of the NASG and the background. I see you, Ed L. Rolland M., I hope I got your name spelled right Rolland, and some others on this list have allot to do with the NASG past. I had no idea. I think I missed a few of you too who are on the list. Thanks for keeping S alive with the work you all have done with the NASG in promoting S gauge no matter, scale or hi rail. I know there are a couple of major “players” with NASG on the list, as your names slip my mind right now. William Fraley and Dick Karnes? Forgive on this. THANKS! Thanks for the great work. Mike From: Pieter Roos Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 3:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Quality Problems...... Hi Mike; Well, thank you for NOT naming the vendor. If cast metal in a part was deteriorated, it may have been the common Zamac failure, which often occurs years after manufacture. It has been discussed here before, or google "zinc pest" to find articles about it. More generally, do you think a manufacturer of any other appliance or tool would honor the warranty after 13 years if you simply left the object in a box for all that time waiting until you "needed" it? Even Craftsman Tools dropped the "lifetime" warranty some years ago. You are fortunate that the manufacturer was still in business, and had parts. Pieter E. Roos --- On Fri, 2/4/11, Michael & Linda Marmer <mailto:mlmarmer%40verizon.net> wrote: > I have had real good experiences and > then really bad experiences with S suppliers, as I am not > sure I should mention the run around I got for a engine I > brought in 1993 to be used on a future layout that did not > happen until 2007, the making of the layout.. > <SNIP> > I have no idea why the metal in the truck went bad as it > probably was that way from the beginning. > > I learned my lesson, as yes maybe it was my fault for not > running it around a circle of track in 1993. > > Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
