Pet Peeves...

They could at least play some good music like classic rock maybe? If we could listen to Led Zeppelin or The Eagles while on hold, that might put us in a better mood. I don't understand why they don't run the locomotives around a test loop before sending them out. I recall a picture in Model Railroader back in the early seventies of the stereotypical blond German young woman testing Marklin Locomotives on a loop before they were shipped. Even though my experience with modern trains has been mostly positive, I have gotten a lemon or two in the past that could have been avoided.

Mike Wyatt posted:

These are a few of my LEAST FAVORITE things related to our hobby:

- Short-lived posts.  I understand- a forum like this one cannot show hundreds of post topics on page 1.   But sometimes my posted threads are gone in 6 hours!  MY stuff is brilliant- it should stay up there for a long time

 

Thanks for giving us a Monday morning chuckle Mike!! 

To which I'll add...

• Folks/businesses who don't respond to emails....sent to the address they requested inquiries be directed to!!  ("Yeah, we gotta fix that someday......we haven't used that email address for a couple years now.")
• Auction sites with a "Contact Seller" option...which ends up with a notification that the seller has no contact arrangement set up!!
• Phone calls met with "Leave your phone number and a message.....we'll get right back to you!".....which never happens.   (Why don't they be more honest....and just play a 'toilet flush' recording at the end of the message?)
• Zinc Pest......and no accountability/solution to the damage therefrom.

But, hey.....a cup of Joe, glass of Merlot, stein of Leinie, .....a hug from the spouse....tomorrow's another day.

KD

I have a collection of model cars. When searching eBay, I always type 1/43 first (as in 1/43 or 1:43 1955 Ford wagon). I think many sellers are not trying to deceive...they just don't know about scale differences.

Forum-wise (any forum I'm on). Someone answers a question, and the person that asked it never replies with a "got it" or "thank you" etc. 

Pet peeve?  All these pet peeve threads.

Mike Wyatt posted:

These are a few of my LEAST FAVORITE things related to our hobby:

- Scales listing on the Bay- I hate it when a listing does not show the scale.  I bought a "lot" of 1950's car models- guess what- 1/18th.  They looked out of place on my O Gauge layout.  So I gave the "lot" away.

- ditto on ANY auction site

-  Hijacked posts.  An originator on this or another forum starts a thread and somebody takes the thread in an entirely different direction.

- Short-lived posts.  I understand- a forum like this one cannot show hundreds of post topics on page 1.   But sometimes my posted threads are gone in 6 hours!  MY stuff is brilliant- it should stay up there for a long time

-  New stuff that is defective.  You spend $hundreds$ on a new O scale or gauge engine, and the X?& thing doesn't work, or (in one case for me) shorts out the track when you try and run it. I am about 50% "perfect" (meaning half of what I buy, NEW, has something wrong with it.)  I am on a first-name basis with service centers.  Doesn't SOMEBODY try this stuff out before they package it?    It is at best a small consolation that the companies "stand behind" their stuff- but far better to make it right the first time!!

-  Waiting 30 or more minutes for a service center to pick up the phone- I call it "bad music time".   Sometimes, (I am so old that) I forget why I called or who I am trying to talk to!  Again $hundreds$ of dollars for a product should get you a person more quickly.  And- I HOPE that the manufacturers NEVER take their service calls "offshore" where people cannot even pronounce my name. (I liked Tombstone AZ, where not once did I have to spell "Wyatt")

 

How 'bout you?? Pet Peeves??

You forgot when kids walk on the lawn!

Bossman284 posted:

You forgot when kids walk on the lawn!

Post Pictures of how your building your train room and you get all these suggestion on what you need to do, without even considering the poster may already know what he has to do. When you don't even ask for it, You just wanted to show what you were doing.

Manufacturers not keeping an inventory of parts so that when your $1500 engine breaks down it's a paperweight.

davidbross posted:

Manufacturers not keeping an inventory of parts so that when your $1500 engine breaks down it's a paperweight.

Must be talking about an Allegheny!

Mike Wyatt posted:

 

- Short-lived posts.  I understand- a forum like this one cannot show hundreds of post topics on page 1.   But sometimes my posted threads are gone in 6 hours!  MY stuff is brilliant- it should stay up there for a long time

 

I know the feeling, LOL!!!

Hang in there Mike! 

When the cat sits on the layout; , even Godzilla on Tokyo was gentler.

They make ceilings perfectly level but a floor it's not even close....at least not in my basement!

And folks who ruin a perfectly serious hobby with whimsical stuff on 3-rails.  You know...stuff like this:

I'M JOKING!!  

Which brings me to another pet peeve - folks who don't have a sense of humor.

-Greg

Joe Hohmann posted:

I have a collection of model cars. When searching eBay, I always type 1/43 first (as in 1/43 or 1:43 1955 Ford wagon). I think many sellers are not trying to deceive...they just don't know about scale differences.

Forum-wise (any forum I'm on). Someone answers a question, and the person that asked it never replies with a "got it" or "thank you" etc. 

The "43" is irritating in and of itself.

Has anyone actually looked at this thing?

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Most municipalities now do not allow peeves to be kept as pets, especially if imported.

Greg Houser posted:

And folks who ruin a perfectly serious hobby with whimsical stuff on 3-rails.  You know...stuff like this:

 

 

Yeah, look at that carpet.  What ya tryin' to pull here Greg!! 

BobbyD posted:

Greg Houser posted:

And folks who ruin a perfectly serious hobby with whimsical stuff on 3-rails.  You know...stuff like this:

 

 

Yeah, look at that carpet.  What ya tryin' to pull here Greg!! 

This actually exists and is very cool!  Gunrunner John made it and I've seen it in person several times!

https://ogrforum.com/...r-mayer-wienermobile

-Greg

Don't be disparaging my wiener!  

I would never!

-Greg

Oh boy, lots of good jest here... something I really miss on the forum! My pet peeves:

1) Buying something from the on line auction and getting the wrong item

2) It says quilling whistle... but you have to buy the Wifi stuff to actually make it work... I just cannot work it on that wheel!

3) Those *#$#$* little engine to tender connectors and draw bars!!!! ARGH!!!

4) Unboxing a long awaited locomotive and the dang thing is PINK!

5) Couplers that do not work and others you have to smash together at lighting speed.

6) the Dreaded 3 flashing cab lights

7) Waiting for my RA number.

8) Having to turn the sounds down after 10:00 pm

9) selling something on the Bay and it cost 80 dollars to ship! But it only sold for 30! AND NO BOX will fit it.

10) Taking an Engine apart to root cause why the sound is not working and it was just turned down on the remote...

11) Looking at the new prices in the catalogs, with all of the Rehash and its doubled in price... cause ?!!

12) Getting your new locomotive from your LHS and the delivery people played drop kick the package with it.

13) Buying an expensive locomotive, and then another and you are tapped out, then the engine you have been waiting for appears for sale

15) All my Ordered Items coming in 2 weeks before Christmas... ALL OF IT!

16) Selling some track and switches and realizing you need that switch a week later for the layout expansion

17) The Wife saying you have another package with a disdainful look

18) Saving for York and the Hot water Heater goes

19) Coming up from the underside of the layout from wiring and  you left you phone under there... somewhere...

20) And last but not least! Mixing a great big batch of plaster and finding out that you forgot to put the retarder in it...

ENJOY THOSE TRAINS !!!

Crash couplers! I know it doesn't have to be this way because the electrocouplers on both of my MTH PS3 SW1500s couple and uncouple as smooth as silk. ALL Lionel-style couplers could and should do likewise.

/petpeeveoff

Lew

JDaddy,

What's number 14?

Charlie

Feigning ignorance on auction sites means it doesn't run.

I had a pet peeve once, he ran off, I guess he grew annoyed with me.

Chris S.

Seeing a trainshow advertisement including the hours of 9-3 only to be charged a door fee and vendors are packing up at noon!!!! Then those same "early packers" go on the web at night saying the show sucked!

J Daddy posted:

Oh boy, lots of good jest here... something I really miss on the forum! My pet peeves:

1) Buying something from the on line auction and getting the wrong item

2) It says quilling whistle... but you have to buy the Wifi stuff to actually make it work... I just cannot work it on that wheel!

3) Those *#$#$* little engine to tender connectors and draw bars!!!! ARGH!!!

4) Unboxing a long awaited locomotive and the dang thing is PINK!

5) Couplers that do not work and others you have to smash together at lighting speed.

6) the Dreaded 3 flashing cab lights

7) Waiting for my RA number.

8) Having to turn the sounds down after 10:00 pm

9) selling something on the Bay and it cost 80 dollars to ship! But it only sold for 30! AND NO BOX will fit it.

10) Taking an Engine apart to root cause why the sound is not working and it was just turned down on the remote...

11) Looking at the new prices in the catalogs, with all of the Rehash and its doubled in price... cause ?!!

12) Getting your new locomotive from your LHS and the delivery people played drop kick the package with it.

13) Buying an expensive locomotive, and then another and you are tapped out, then the engine you have been waiting for appears for sale

15) All my Ordered Items coming in 2 weeks before Christmas... ALL OF IT!

16) Selling some track and switches and realizing you need that switch a week later for the layout expansion

17) The Wife saying you have another package with a disdainful look

18) Saving for York and the Hot water Heater goes

19) Coming up from the underside of the layout from wiring and  you left you phone under there... somewhere...

20) And last but not least! Mixing a great big batch of plaster and finding out that you forgot to put the retarder in it...

 

ENJOY THOSE TRAINS !!!

I had #13 and # 18 happen Saturday.....18 caused 13....I wish 13 caused 13......😢.........Pat

How about all those non-believers who say there is no such thing as "Semi-Scale!!!???" 

Tom 

MY PET PEEV

Sending an E-Mail to Lionel's "TALK TO US" and not receiving a reply!!  Why do they (DEAN) tell you to send an E-MAIL to them requesting information and when you do, they never reply!!! I think that is one of the most rudeness things they do as a Company. I  guess I worked too long (43 Years) for a Communication Co. (AT&T)!!!

FREDSTRAINS

cpowell posted:

JDaddy,

What's number 14?

Charlie

14) The Hidden fees of 20 percent added to your auction price. Sorry it was hidden...

Threads about pet peeves?

MNCW posted:

How about all those non-believers who say there is no such thing as "Semi-Scale!!!???" 

LOL! That’s like being “semi-pregnant.” 

Either it’s scale or it isn’t.

After making the best trade in my train collecting history the wife, looking down from the deck, as I haul trains into the basement says,"The trains go or I go !"    j                                                          

tncentrr posted:

They could at least play some good music like classic rock maybe? If we could listen to Led Zeppelin or The Eagles while on hold, that might put us in a better mood. I don't understand why they don't run the locomotives around a test loop before sending them out. I recall a picture in Model Railroader back in the early seventies of the stereotypical blond German young woman testing Marklin Locomotives on a loop before they were shipped. Even though my experience with modern trains has been mostly positive, I have gotten a lemon or two in the past that could have been avoided.

What I hate is on the phone is."Your call is very important to us.Then the numbers start.Press number 1 then press 2 and for this department press then.Press 0 to speak to some one.You wait such and such is not in.Leave a your name and number and we will get back to you."

1. Reading about all you blokes picking up good deals at shows when I'm 12,000 miles away with no hope of ever going to one.

I suppose I could add....

2. Being at the mercy of ebay sellers hoping their description is right. (most of the time they are!)

I don't have any.  I'm retired, happy, and I have new knees, new hips, and replacement corneas.  I can walk fairly well without pain, and can see pretty good, and I like trains and other stuff, and little things don't bother me.  It's the BIG things that scare me.  So, I'll ignore them and run my trains with smoke and noise (sounds).

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Don't be disparaging my wiener!  

Not the grossly oversized Weiner Mobile John, the out of scale carpet! 

When the wife tells you that you spend too much money on trains,  the automatic response should be "but it's cheaper than a mistress. "

QUALITY  CONTROL  !  

ANY COMPANY THAT MAKES STUFF IN CHINA !  SHOULD BE INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE ! THEN RAN TO MAKE SURE IT RUNS !  

PLAIN & SIMPLE !   

YES ! I am yelling !   I am tired of getting broken stuff right from the companies !  LIONEL, MTH, ATHEARN, WALTHERS & others ! 

I have been buying far less because of this !  

My most recent purchase was tested at store before I bought it !  (LIONEL TRAIN SET ) 

JohnActon posted:

After making the best trade in my train collecting history the wife, looking down from the deck, as I haul trains into the basement says,"The trains go or I go !"    j                                                         

Are you going to miss her?

rtraincollector posted:

Post Pictures of how your building your train room and you get all these suggestion on what you need to do, without even considering the poster may already know what he has to do. When you don't even ask for it, You just wanted to show what you were doing.

Well......I think you should paint your walls sky blue! Wait...you have walls, right!?