Hello all,
I need 20 passenger road cars and 10 trucks (H0) for my first project. Here are my requirements

- Should be less expensive (less than 5 dollars per piece)
- I'm not so keen on precision and and fine details.

Could you suggest any online shop URLs from Europe or USA or India meeting my requirements?

Regards,
Mahdu

Note: Passenger road cars as in Volvo, Ford, Chevy etc etc.

Edited by user 07 April 2015 11:47:03(UTC)  | Reason: Gave the clear definition of Passenger Cars

I'm not so particular on any the era. I'll be happy if they are from era 4 and 5. If I get older ones, I'm perfectly okay with them too.
Regards,
Madhu

Hello Ray,

Sorry for the confusion. I meant passenger ROAD cars and trucks. The ones that run on roads and not on our tracks.

Regards,
Madhu

Sorry, I guess I made some assumptions!

Hello AK,

I wish I was in Germany for a short duration;) The shipping cost+insurance was 42 euroes which I don't know for sure, is more or less. But the prices are pretty less. Thank you for suggesting this link.
I'm furthermore excited of the fact that I'm receiving a package from Miniature Wunderland!!

Following is the list of vehicles that will be added to my layout traffic soon:) And this is my first automobiles buy!

Name : Quantity

1. Schuco 25580 Q7 THW 2
   Schuco 26939-03 H0 LKW THW 1
   Schuco 26008 H0 VW T2a Bus "ASB" 2
   Wiking H0 VW Passat silber Variant Sammlermodell 1
   Adventsangebot 15.12.2012 : 7 Schuco cars on a Tin-Plate Card (1:87) 1
   Schuco 25725 Beetle Fire department 2
   Schuco 26057 H0 VW Käfer "DRK Präsidium" 2
   Kibri 18468 H0 MB SK THW "Sondhofen" 1
   Welly H0 73142 Porsche Panamera blau 2
   Welly H0 73144 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG silber 2
   Schuco 25847 H0 Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse T-Modell silber 2
   Wiking H0 VW Golf plus silber VW-Sondermodell 2

Will update the pics once I receive the post.

Regards,
Madhu

AK, I did not disappoint you by not selecting 7 Schuco cars :)

I will have to pay some more.... Brutal import tax! I thought the shipping and packing cost was all that I had to pay. It will be reaching me via DHL.

G'day Madhu,

I also received my shipment of Schuco vehicles yesterday and am wondering what your postage costs were?

I was charged €35.29 for 14 items (the box was smaller than yours and it was not well packed, very loose with some paper placed over the top of the items) in my initial account (the German VAT was also not deducted). I had paid by paypal.

On the box it stated that the actual cost of postage was €12.28. Hard to believe that the packaging cost were over €20

I was charged nearly three times as much. Kind of negates the 'cheap' prices of their on-line shop.

I was going to order some more items - Schuco, Kibri and Wiking cars, along with some Vollmer houses, the order coming to just over €200. The postage I was going to be charged was €87, that's over 40% of the total cost of goods.....Yikes .

I deal a lot with MSL and their internet ordering, postage and payment systems beats this store hands down.

Needles to say, they really don't want overseas customers , and I will not be shopping with them

And one more thing, as the quantity and price of the commodities increase, their shipping and packaging will also increase. While checking out my cart, I noticed that addition of couple of more articles increased the Shipping and Handling charges by 15 Euros (from 42 euroes to 57). Looks like they have prefixed handling charges slab.

Time for me to eat humble pie .

I replied to their initial verification of order email and explained that I was not impressed that I was charged nearly three times as much postage and that I would like a refund of €20. I also complained that I wanted to purchase over €200 worth of items and was not happy with the €87 postage. I also offered to email them my order and they could then email me the actual cost of postage and I would gladly pay with paypal once I got their account details.

I also wrote in the email the same message in German (English first, then translate with Google Translate to German, then that German text back to English, to see if it makes sense...and after a few minor changes, it did )

Still am waiting for a reply to the email postge question

Well, to my pleasant surprise, I received an email back showing the order details with a credit memo....they refunded €20 to my paypal account (and paypal verified it).


Dunno, might have been the last line I wrote - 'Do you not want customers from overseas????'

Perhaps they do want overseas customers that order large amounts .

So Madhu, write them an email complaining about their postage and ask for the amount of actual postage to what you paid. Hopefully you will receive a refund of €30

Tom, I realise that it was postage and insurance, but when I order from MSL I get postage, insurance and a notification advising the shipment number and it is still a better cost than this dealer on even larger and heavier packages.

I will now attempt (again) to write to them and see if they will refund postage on my next order when I am overcharged postage

In conclusion I am very impressed with their quick returned service.....well done

Sure is

BUT, what I did was to use the email they sent me confirming the order by replying, as in the heading it had the order number. So therefore there was all the information they required to do the refund. Hopefully you have that email

Hello Dusan,
I got a mail from Miniatur Wunderland and got 20 Euroes refund through PayPal. I'm changing the status of this query to solved
Regards
Madhu

When I purchase from overseas, I always make sure before buying what the postage is and it can vary quite a bit. the cheapest I've found although a friend of mine buys more items than me and he doesn't charge me postage, its free but the amount he pays is not more than Euro 35.00, arrives here between 10-14 days and I think there is a weight limit up to 5 kg.

on a few occasions I have queried the postage and have received a refund but it shouldn't be the case for the customer has to lodge a refund or spending time to sort out irregularities.

John

Hello Shamu,
Better late than never:) Thank you for the information! I would consider this as one of the options when I shop online next time.
Best Regards
Madhu