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fatboy69

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9,424 posts

211 months

Sunday 16th September 2012
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Anyone bought any models from them?

Have seen a couple that take my fancy however as buying over t'internet thingy direct from the USA, sight unseen, I'm unsure as to the logistics involved.

They sell in US dollars, obviously, so. Assume that m bank account will be debited with the equivalent in pounds. Will it not?

As for postage etc anyone know exactly how they are packaged & how long delivery takes because the website does not give info regarding that side of the sale.

They have got some cracking deals on Group C & Group 5 cars - just need to be certain in my own mind that I get a good deal if I decide to take the plunge.

So far I have, in my virtual mind, spanked $1500 on models.....

In reality I would probably be spending no more than $200 on a couple of models I like the look of - namely a Group 5 Porsche 935K3 & a Group C Jaguar XJR9 LM which, thankfully, comes complete with full Silk Cut livery!!

dr_gn

16,768 posts

208 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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fatboy69 said:
Anyone bought any models from them?

Have seen a couple that take my fancy however as buying over t'internet thingy direct from the USA, sight unseen, I'm unsure as to the logistics involved.

They sell in US dollars, obviously, so. Assume that m bank account will be debited with the equivalent in pounds. Will it not?

As for postage etc anyone know exactly how they are packaged & how long delivery takes because the website does not give info regarding that side of the sale.

They have got some cracking deals on Group C & Group 5 cars - just need to be certain in my own mind that I get a good deal if I decide to take the plunge.

So far I have, in my virtual mind, spanked $1500 on models.....

In reality I would probably be spending no more than $200 on a couple of models I like the look of - namely a Group 5 Porsche 935K3 & a Group C Jaguar XJR9 LM which, thankfully, comes complete with full Silk Cut livery!!
I looked at photos of the Exoto XJR9-LM when I was building mine - it does look a nice model.

fatboy69

Original Poster:

9,424 posts

211 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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For less than $100, & 1/18 scale, i think its a bargain. Just not sure of the logistics of getting it from the USA.

Want it - particularly because it retains full Silk Cut livery.

BTW - have you seen the Sauber C9 set that they are offering at the moment - $3500 for an exquisite pair of C9's!

You get a fully constructed car & a fully detailed rolling chassis.

Way out of my price bracket however it looks stunning.

Nicholas Blair

4,111 posts

308 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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No issues from Exoto at all. Bought loads over the years and superb smile

Stu G

160 posts

206 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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I've got a number of Exoto's in my collection including a few 935's. Kouros Merc C9, #2 Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-9 and Nissan R89C. The detail is fantastic on these models/diecasts, deffo worth picking up.

AMD87

2,004 posts

226 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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Exoto models are great but cs is terrible

I bought a daytona set and the 999 in the space of a week the 999 arrived in the uk within 5 days the daytonas took more than a month which involved 5 emails all of which i was on the phone to them and they said they had got the emails but then just ignored it and 3 phone calls to them to find out the system didnt authorise the daytona order but did with the 999 order.

The 999 arrived damaged then it went missing when i was returning it back to them which again was another phone call to exoto which they were then asking me where it was as they said a ups man had turn up at their office to pick it up (how????) and then a chat to ups turned out they had abandoned it in the uk without it leaving the uk and just claimed the money for the model of ups.