How Accurate Is MTH Shipping Dates?

About as accurate as shooting a 38 revolver at the moon.

Dale H

If the shipping date says June and the group gift is going to be presented next Christmas, you should be in decent shape.

Yes, PS3 is the next step up from PS2 (no more battery to worry about, plus other neat features). Legacy will not operate it.

As a beyond-patient customer awaiting the long-lost Brute passenger cars,
I believe MTH is doing their best to "reign-in" their Chinese factories to speed-up production!

But....I am NOT holding my breathe!

I have been waiting since the vol.2 2009 catalog for the GE Hybrid set and they just announced it will be here in February of this year. I'll hope for the best.

Dave

They are about as accurate as any of the manufacturer's estimates on shipping dates, which is don't plan on it being close, they are more like wish dates.

whatever date that MTH puts on their shipping schedule, add an extra 12 months (1 year) to that date.............rogerw.

My RK Imperial Norther Pacific 4-8-4, went from Jan order date for Sept delivery to Jan delivery to TBD. But it will be PS-3 and wireless tether so I can wait and MTH has announced why things are being pushed back and why no US steam in the last catalog. I think they underestimate the resources for the HO and European Market, then they fessed up and then Tsunami's, floods and what ever have hit their supply areas and they are affected just like automotive and electronics plants. You may have to order what dealers have to make the gift date.

Terrible. I wouldn't trust their dates at all from my experience. Lionel does a better job of at least updating the schedule on a regular basis; MTH can go a long time w/o updating.

How accurate are MTH Shipping dates?
OMG, what a joke. MTH and Lionel are less accurate than our gubberment with the truth!
If the railroads were as accurate with their time tables as the toy train manufacturers are with their delivery dates, the railroads would have disappeared a hundred years ago.
There are no dates more ficticious than the toy train shipping dates!!!

Sorry for the rant, this is a pet peeve of mine.

Honestly, take the date, add 12 to 18 months and you might be in the ballpark!!!

Shipping dates are as accurate as the government's inflation reports.

Not very.

quote:

Originally posted by Allan Miller:
If the shipping date says June and the group gift is going to be presented next Christmas, you should be in decent shape.

Yes, PS3 is the next step up from PS2 (no more battery to worry about, plus other neat features). Legacy will not operate it.

Unless they cancel it in October 2013