CAT SX from new shop in UK
 

Just a question for you guys in the UK, anybody know anything about this shop-- http://www.stormrc.com/schumacher-ca...-kit-240-p.asp

Cheap price, but it's been almost two weeks, and I don't have a car yet. They said they sent it Royal Mail intl, and that it should be delivered this week, but don't have a tracking number for me. Just wondering if anybody knows anything about them. Luckily, it was a paypal transaction.

Never heard of them before, but that is cheap. Might be worth asking this in the NE section of this forum as that is where the shop is located. Also an email to Schumacher to see if they have heard of the shop (as they would have sent them the kit they have sold to you if they are genuine)

I hope you get the kit sorted. If you don't, try www.jespares.com :thumbsup:

Not wrong there Chris.....

Hopefully they are genuine, a few good signs, such as stuff about finding local clubs, having a full postal address on their website, phone number etc, so fingers crossed for you!

i came across this site a few days ago and was surprised by the price of the S1's @ £214.99 :thumbsup:
there address looks to be a residential property and not commercial, maybe they're taking orders before they've got the stock, and are waiting on deliveries themselves, whatevers happened slow/non delivery is a pain in the arse:thumbdown:, at least you should be protected by paypal:thumbsup:

The address brings up a Residential street by the looks of things so they may be trading from home ?? on website is says Office 14 ??

Like you say if its paypal you should be protected for no delivery especially if they cant provide tracking / proof of postage.

Sorry to be negative but too many bad people about at the moment :thumbdown:

Hope all turns out ok ;)

J_woody beat me to it lmao

Just a quick point.. as woody says they maybe taking orders before submitting there order to Schumacher..

Schumacher are currently out of stock on the Standard Lipo and the S1 Lipo Kits so that could be the hold up.

Fingers crossed for ya. :)

Panch

Thanks for the help, everyone! Well, they did say delivery this week, so I shall wait, see, and report back. If it does, it will have only been 2 weeks, which wouldn't be bad shipping to the US, that's for sure. Crosses fingers...

20 years removed from this sport, and I'm chomping at the bit getting up and running, and shaking the rust off my driving. :lol: Have the SP LFP 2.0, SP 6.5 motor, Core LiPO, and Futaba gear already waiting to go in!

They supposedly shipped last Thursday... the email I got was an autoresponse type email, saying dispatched... we shall see.

If im right in saying, for attention to models shops.
Some distributors are now supplying to ppl who just sell online.
They dont have to own shop or anything like that......

I know Mirage was looking to do this in the past so perhaps other dist have been doing it too.

I know of shops who sell other things, but aint actual model shop.

They have account with certain dist, sell online or through the shop as just ikle etc cash in thier wallet.

If some of the model shops who are always competing online do site thier on the web searching see who are cheaper than them & drop the price by few pence, just to try beat them.
This is when you get price wars etc etc.................

This guy is probably new & doenst have first idea what he is doing.
But if the parcel has been sent recorded it can take up to 14working days, it has been bank holiday too.
If i was you buddy, take it through paypal mate.
You will hopefully get better response that way :thumbsup:

Good Luck buddy

Thanks for the advice. The shop advises "delivery any day now" as of today. Famous last words... but they have been decent about getting back to me so far, so I will wait until Monday. After which, I will ask for a tracking number, proof of delivery, proof that the CAT was ever even shipped, or a refund.

I have the same problem. Ordered this car: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=220384326674
From a shop called Selections Hardware and Model Shop.
I received a mail at 30.03.09 that it was dispatched.
But have not received anything yet.
Let's just hope it is the easter that is slowing things down!
I live in Norway, so i guess it would take at least 10 days
no matter what time of year.

Selections has a lot of positive feedback, so I'm think you're ok.

Used that shop loads of times mate always no problems, i get them the next day:thumbsup:

To be fair they do have alot of pos feedback, but I bought two touring body shells of them earlier this year and they took over three weeks to arrive...A friend who also ordered one cancelled after nearly a month..

I think just keep chasing them and if no luck soon, ask ebay to get involved and paypal and im sure that it will turn up.

Well, all the positive feedback in the world doesn't make up for personal experience-- and 3 weeks is pretty slow! :thumbdown: A little trend that I'm seeing that I don't like-- ebay auctions where they don't actually have the item in stock, they have it drop shipped from the manufacturer. Especially if the item is on backorder/has high demand, it's not a good way to do business.

Let's hope easter is the reason for this.. Just checked my mailbox, and no car! Like I said, I got a mail from them saying that the car was dispatched on 30.03. But then again, that mail was from Selections, not Royal mail. I'll let you know when I get mine!

Any luck with your CAT? Apparently, mine was lost in shipping, and I should get a refund "in the next few days." We'll see, already opened a dispute with Paypal, just to be sure.

Seems like the same was the deal with mine. But yesterday Parcelforce seemed to find out that my car is at my local post office. The problem is that some guy down there did not register it like he should. So that I never got any message about its arrival. By the time they found out yesterday, the office was closed. So I will go down there soon, and see if they can find my car. Will keep you posted!

I finally got my car now! The retards down at the post office had a hard time to find it, but after 30min, they did. The problem was that one of the guys down there did not register the car when it came to the office. So that I never got any note that it had arrived, and they did not know where it was. It was just somwhere down there! Impressive.. Hope you will get yours soon, or your cash back. Never underestimate the "retardness" of the guys working in the mail system. This is not my first time with problems caused by people who don't do their job in the post system. Wish you the best of luck! :)

"If " they have sent it Special delivery Royal mail they should be able to give you tracking number.If then it gets lost (very unlikely) the refund goes to the poster and not the recipient. The shop should send you another or refund immediately.
sounds dodgy to me

Congrats man, let me know how the build goes. Make sure to take some pics! :thumbsup:

Thanks! I will, about halfway in the build now. It is a very nice kit. Will take some pictures tomorrow and further during the process for you :)

Keep in mind, I'm in the US, they probably pass it on to US Postal or whatnot, which would break their tracking. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for the time being... and if they give me a quick refund like they promised, I will be satisfied.

My car was sent by Parcelforce, a english company. In Norway they had a deal with the company gls logistics, who on their hand again had a deal with the norwegian post system. So my car went through three couriers, not sure if that is the right word, bu you get my point? There is a lot of things that can go wrong with such an amount of couriers involved.. And the tracking number was changed on my car when it went from Gls, to the norwegian post system. Bit confusing.. No wonder things sometimes go wrong.
Will post some pictures tomorrow :)

Starting to lose my patience... still no refund. :thumbdown: Storm RC says that I should have it today or tomorrow. I will keep everyone posted on this new shop. Their prices on the CAT are extremely low, so they should be generating a lot of interest, we'll see how they do business.

Refunds sometimes take a few days.. How are you getting your money back? Directly to your bank account, paypal, or anything else?

I can see that Schumacher themselves have cat sx in stock now. They have fairly good prices there. £304 for the sx lipo if you are outside of the UK. And they ship with ups, both fast an reliable. I would have ordered directly from Schumacher next time if i were you.

My Cat starts to get pretty expensive now, as the first thing i did was to blow a novak esc. Forgot to attach the sensorcable, the first time I was going to test the car. Just got a new one and mounted it this evening. Everything seems ok. Will post some pictures for you later :)

It was a paypal transaction, they supposedly waiting on the funds to clear from their bank. Although, I would say that they got my payment instantly with a transfer from my bank account through paypal...

Sorry to hear about your ESC man, remember that sensor wire!

For me, I'll be buying a S1, and hopefully (if Storm RC ever pays me), another for parts.

Must admit in my case I paid a little over the odds to a reputable model shop in the UK, who also gave a good discount.

If you purchased via paypal and used a credit card for the funding you can 'Chargeback' the transaction.

Talk to the bank that provided the funds...

Hope it work out for you, it is a great car!

Oooh, I didn't know that. Ok, will get on the bank tommorrow for that.

Thanks a lot!

I'm buying my S1 from Schumacher USA, btw. I got my SP 2.0 6.5, LPF 2.0 ESC, and other parts from them in two days, regular US mail. :thumbsup:

Going to hold my fire about this for the time being, as Storm seems to be attempting to make this situation right.

Money refunded by my bank, took less than a week to resolve. Cheers on the tip, onto getting my first car in twenty years set up now! :thumbsup:

Great News :thumbsup:

I look forward to seeing a picture of your new S1 on the pictures thread!

Yeah, there's pictures. Unfortunately, as quick as I got the car, I'm selling it, on for sale thread at rctech. Hope the new owner gets to race it more than it appears I will. Not enough 1/10 offroad in my area, and basically everything is on buggy busting eighth scale tracks-- 20 years ago, that wasn't so. :thumbdown: If you can't beat 'em, go eighth electric and try to spank them with silence, or a little whining, I should say. Quite a deal, take a peek, I would consider shipping to Europe for cost.

Pm'd

Pm'd back.

CAT relisted on rctech. Splitting items up, will ship to the UK at shipper's cost. Pretty darned cheap for a car that was never run. :thumbsup:

hi,

anyone know a good shop for schumacher spares, with low prices?
thanks

Try DMS Racing usually has plenty of stock.