Online shopping

[Anonymous]

Wow these folks are quick. I ordered my expansions yesterday and they are already here today. I have a small luxury in that i work for UPS so I can see my stuff coming and grab it ahead of time.

[Anonymous]

As noted in my earlier post, I was expecting an order (MTH "War Bonds" Trolley) from Trainworld to arrive today.

It showed up right on time.  Ordered late Saturday afternoon; delivered to Southwest Virginia the following Wednesday morning.  Doesn't get much better than that!

Virtually all of my buying is by mail order these days, since I don't have access to a local hobby shop.  I only buy from established dealers that I have dealt with for a long time though, and do not do eBay.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like they are a good place, and you gave me some other great links to look into. I'll give them a shot when I'm ready for one of the expansion sets, which will hopefully be by Christmas.

[Anonymous]

I've done quite a bit of online train buying here are my favorites:

http://www.grandcentralltd.com/ - They may be from Nebraska, but they have their act together - great to work with and INCREDIBLE response to emails

http://www.islandtrains.com/ - Pleasure doing business with these folks - not everyone in New Jersey is cranky!!!

http://www.charlesro.com/ - Gotta Love a train store with a Whistle blowing on their mainpage!

http://www.traincity.com/ - Been a number of years, but back then the owner was very nice to deal with and a great help getting setup and running

Haven't purchased anything from these guys, but their prices are very competitive!
http://www.hobbystation.net/

Just incase you were wondering, yes I do work during the day! :)

 Brent

[Dr. John]

I have ordered from Train World and experienced no problems.

[3railguy]

Huge inventory along with fast, efficient order processing and shipping. Watch their blow out ads. Same goes for Toy Train Heaven.

[Deputy]

I made a few large purchases from them back in the early 80s. Never had a problem and fast shipping. Their online listings seem to be pretty far behind what they have in stock. Use a train magazine to get a better idea of their inventory.

Dep

[Anonymous]

I have purchased from them many times--O gauge, On30, and Large Scale.  About the best prices around and very prompt service/delivery.  Expecting my latest order to arrive tomorrow, in fact, and will then be calling them to place yet another order (Large Scale).

If you call their toll-free order line (as distinguished from their info line) just make sure you know what you are going to order, including stock number, and have your credit card and address info at hand.  They don't mess around on their order line, so you need to have all the info ready to go.

[thor]

I live fairly close to them and have done so, on and off, for years. So I thoroughly reommend them but I have no experience with them via the 'net or purchasing by mail.  As far as I'm concerned it has been, for the last thirty years, all the train store I ever needed!  They may not always have the lowest prices on items but they have a lot of sales and specials and if you wait long enough you'll get what you want at a competitive price. The only caveat I have is that they sell a lot of the old stuff in what seems to be pretty rough condition for what I consider rather high prices but I'm not a collector and it may be that this is what that stuff fetches.

[otftch]

I've ordered from them a lot.No problems.I've always got my pre-orders from them,something I can"t say for any one else.

                            Ed

[Anonymous]

Whats the numba please! Train world was a pleasure to deal with. fast shipping with items in stock.

[pbjwilson]

Check out Justrains. Big sale on K-line, Weaver, etc.

www.justrains.com

[Roger Bielen]

Same as palallin, though its been a couple of years since I last dealt with them.

[palallin]

2 or 3 purchases, all satisfactory.  The shipping was reasonable and timely.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone ever purchased anything from Trainworld? https://trainworldonline.reachlocal.net/default.php

Their prices seem good, although I dont know what they charge for shipping. If anyone has any experience with them please pass it along. Thank you,

Skullie