Has any of you good folks ever -forgotten- they bought a tank? #AskingForAFriend
Okay, so about two months ago I was browsing Banggood, for all kinds of stuff, and yes, tanks. I came across this listing for a Heng Long Panzer III. "Version TK.6.0, Basic version with metal barrel", so the generic version with the plastic tracks, sprockets, idlers and whatnot. The listing said around €195 euros, shipped from China. I was "kinda" in the market for a Panzer III for doing something like a Hummel or the like. What caught my eye was the "CZ" *(for Czechoslovakia) shipping option. With the new tariff and import laws from outside the EU it is nice to have an European option for shipping, so I clicked that option.
...and the price changed to €65...
"Aha," I thought to myself. "...that old trick. I will probably be paying through the nose for the shipping..."
"Free shipping"...
I think I clicked on "Buy Now" so fast I could have broken my mouse. Went to the check-out, and the price stayed the same. And still free shipping. So I clicked the Paypal link and paid. Never hurts to have Paypal at your side... Payment went through as expected, without any hick-ups.
And then it started. For the first two weeks, no shipping movement whatsoever. Then I got a message from Banggood. "No stock, would I like to A) Cancel my order and get a refund, or B) Wait for new stock."
So I went for option B. And waited for movement. Two weeks later another message; "New stock could take a long time, would I like to A) Cancel my order and get a refund, or B) Wait for new stock."
Again I chose B. And waited some more, every once in a while checking to see if there was any shipping update. And I kinda forgot about it. I did set a reminder in my Paypal app to request a refund within 120 days just to make sure...
This morning my DHL-app pinged at me; "We will be at your door between 1400 and 1800 hours with a package from Flytwin Import Export". Nothing came to mind. I checked the tracking number with the stuff I was expecting, but nothing. Checked Banggood...
And there it was. Shipped 3 days ago. From Czechoslovakia. Could it really be..?
And it was... daaaaaamn....
It's all there... No sprue for the fiddly bits, but they are all there in a zip-lock bag. No screwdriver. No Allen key. No smoker liquid... and I seem to be missing a part of the armour plating at the front?
...but not V6.0 either. It's V7.0. And it all works! And for €65 I ain't complaining.
Did they mess up the listing and figured out too late? DKDC... Oh and yes... #19...
This is kinda embarrasing... AND AWESOME!!! (#19...)
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This is kinda embarrasing... AND AWESOME!!! (#19...)
Sherman M4A3/Stug III/Panzer III/Panzer IV/Tiger/King Tiger/KV-1/T34-85/Leopard 2A6/Abrams M1A2/Walker Bulldog/Pantiger
Under construction; Sherman Firefly IC - M3 Grant - Sherman BARV
... No, I do not have a problem....
Under construction; Sherman Firefly IC - M3 Grant - Sherman BARV
... No, I do not have a problem....
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Re: This is kinda embarrasing... AND AWESOME!!! (#19...)
Hmm... Your budget Pz 111 (yes, that was cheap, and great news for amnesiacs )- how, pray tell, Rob, does it sound as a futuristic turbo-diesel, or a gas turbine runner?
"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please"- Mark Twain.
Re: This is kinda embarrasing... AND AWESOME!!! (#19...)
For now I will let it be the little Panzer that could, and sound like a modern diesel. But when I'm done, it'll sound a lot better. I already have plans... I put some Winterketten on my StuGIII, so I have metal tracks left over from that. Bought a box of assorted second-hand bits with those Winterketten, and it had metal Panzer III sprockets and idlers among the detritus...43rdRecceReg wrote:Hmm... Your budget Pz 111 (yes, that was cheap, and great news for amnesiacs )- how, pray tell, Rob, does it sound as a futuristic diesel, or gas turbine runner?
So after some selective surgery the TK7.0 can go into my cheap Abrams, and I have a couple of TK6.0s receivers waiting in the wings...
Sherman M4A3/Stug III/Panzer III/Panzer IV/Tiger/King Tiger/KV-1/T34-85/Leopard 2A6/Abrams M1A2/Walker Bulldog/Pantiger
Under construction; Sherman Firefly IC - M3 Grant - Sherman BARV
... No, I do not have a problem....
Under construction; Sherman Firefly IC - M3 Grant - Sherman BARV
... No, I do not have a problem....