Don't the chinese confuse "l" with "r"? [}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)]

And how about the BR89 with the wrong number? That was made in Germany....

Just goes to Show Modern Education is not what it should be.
We were always taut to spel rite.
N

Never mind, Damon
As with stamps - this wrongly printed booklet will make you a fortune in the future

Hi: You should take heart, for if Maerklin decides to correct the packaging, you will have packaging that will have a certain scarcity, which may or may not translate into more value to the collector!!--MM

12-14 times already?! Damn, I've been wanting to go for years, but never had the money. Now that I do, I have no one to go with, and going on holiday that far away by yourself doesn't sound very inviting ;) Nor money-efficient for that matter, most reasonable hotels don't have single rooms anymore...

Just a little comment on the Japanese English..
Having worked as a flight instructor for Japanese students for quite some time, I've often come across the 'language divide'. At first I was very perplexed as to why they seemed to handle written English so well, but could hardly speak a word of it. Until I found out that in their English education in school they only learn /written/ English! No oral English is taught at all. Go figure.

I took over a Japanese student, Baba (Who was /excellent/ when it came to flying the airplane, but had to give up after a couple of months because of the language difficulty) after he had flown with someone else for a few lessons. He comes back from doing the pre-flight before our first lesson;
Me: "How many gallons do we have?" (Referring to fuel.)
Baba: Staring back at me as the biggest living question mark I've ever seen.
Me: "Gasoline.. How many gallons?" (All the time using hands to try to help visualize.)
Baba: ?
Me: "Petrol.. Flying.. How long?"
Baba: ?

And it went on for quite a while, before I gave up and we went to check together. Now imagine trying to sit in a cramped cockpit with the biggest noisemaker whirling in front of you, trying to teach someone to fly an aircraft safely with a language gap as big as this between you... Oi!
(Worst part was, our flight school offered an English class at 1/5th the price of a flying lesson to help bridge the gap, but every single Japanese student opted in stead to spend up to 50 hours extra in the cockpit, because of said gap..)

Anyway, that's neither here nor there pertaining to the subject, I was just reminded of this reading Virago's post. :)

Cheers,
Helge

BAck to topic M Quality control Sucks.
N

EDIT Sometimes.

Hi David,

That is why I bought an ECoS recently.

I must say until now I'm very pleased with my ECoS. Although the background of both systems are the same I prefer the ECoS.
Of coarse I can't make a good ("objective") comparison as I don't have a CS.

Frank

Nev In view of the delays you have every right to be annoyed about this. Be interesting to see just what M will do regarding postal charges and if as Adrian said some recompense is made.
Meanwhile relax and enjoy a cold beer while using your MS.

David

Fully agree with the above. But cant see M sending a new machine which is a pity because it is what should happen.

David

Let us all wait and see what happens next week.
Thanks for the words of Cheer and Encouragement.
Maybe they will give me the difference in Cost of the 37184 between Local and Europe.

Watch it!! The Pigs are flying again.
N