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07/05/2023 3:24 pm
Greedy government fees, taxes and regulations ...... why, that's unbelievable ! (not)
Karl Schnelle reacted
07/05/2023 7:38 pm
@kenspear Taxes are helping to kill the hobby. Ebay has been forced to charge sales tax on every sale, even those from Chinese sellers. Recently I bought three old Dinkies from a US auction house. Bidder fees, packing, shipping, and sales taxes all added about 50% to the total sale. I was prepared for the final value fees but the taxes were a surprise.
I am assuming the taxes were a state sales tax which varies from 0 to about 9.5% in California. I also wonder if it was a good business model for Brooklin to abandon their stockists here in the USA and rely on only direct sales. Shipping in bulk to stockists in the USA might have reduced per model shipping costs but maybe eaten up by the markup a stockist would have applied to each model sold.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
John Kuvakas reacted
08/05/2023 10:37 am
@john-quilter I put in for the YT also on the BCC Facebook page! The only YT I am aware of was the Dave Gilbert (DG Models) Dinky-style white metal handbuilt from about 40 years ago.
Karl Schnelle reacted
09/05/2023 1:36 pm
@john-quilter I put in for the YT also on the BCC Facebook page! The only YT I am aware of was the Dave Gilbert (DG Models) Dinky-style white metal handbuilt from about 40 years ago.
Is this the Y saloon? https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/catalog_items/dinky-inspired-1948-mg-2-1-4-litre
Harv Goranson reacted
09/05/2023 4:26 pm
@chris-sweetman Thanks. I am angling for the MGY saloon for a conversion into a tourer and an Austin Gypsy. Any idea when these will be launched?
@john-quilter Hi John
Unfortunately, I don't know but here is Promod's contact details
E-mail: sales@promod-diecast.co.uk
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
09/05/2023 7:39 pm
@chris-sweetman Thanks. I am angling for the MGY saloon for a conversion into a tourer and an Austin Gypsy. Any idea when these will be launched?
@john-quilter Hi John
Unfortunately, I don't know but here is Promod's contact details
E-mail: sales@promod-diecast.co.uk
Thanks, Chris, I have just emailed them.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
Chris Sweetman reacted
10/05/2023 12:31 pm
@john-quilter I put in for the YT also on the BCC Facebook page! The only YT I am aware of was the Dave Gilbert (DG Models) Dinky-style white metal handbuilt from about 40 years ago.
Is this the Y saloon? https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/catalog_items/dinky-inspired-1948-mg-2-1-4-litre
Yes. Here is a shot of both the saloon and tourer.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
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