Right now many items on-line have mail in rebates on them as well.
Pretty clear to me that they are not redeemable except physically at a store. I have ordered a lot more from Menards, both train and non-train, were it otherwise. I quote from the Menards acknowledgement email:
"Please note: Rebates are provided in the form of a Menards® Merchandise Credit Check valid towards purchases at any Menards® retail store. Not valid for purchases on MENARDS.COM®. By submitting this rebate form, you agree to resolve any disputes related to rebate redemption by binding arbitration and you waive any right to file or participate in a class action. Terms and conditions available at www.rebateinternational.com®"
After showing us a rather limited structure last time they come up with a winner. Thanks.
Hi RJR, I agree with you 200% concerning the Menards rebate issue policy. I disagree 200% with the Menards rebate policy. That all I will say or write. I am very leary, the LOD will will not allow me bite the hand that feed them.
My best regards to EVERYONE.
Tommy
I certainly don't intend to blast Menard's. Their prices are excellent and what we have bought from them has always been good quality. When Mrs. RJR & I drive over to Kansas to visit our son & his family, we always stop by their stores and leave "a few+" dollars. But I see nothing wrong in pointing out to Menards a fact that tends to reduce their sales.
I did order a PigglyWiggly, and have bought other structures and RR cars in the past, but would have bought more if the 11% savings had been effective.
All these neat items Menards keep churning out!! Wish I had the layout real estate to get and display these. Menards just goes and does the items while MTH and Lionel think about it, do market research, wait for pre orders etc then decide yeah maybe we ought to work up drawings and release this in 2022.
Here's a video! How cool is this?
Have a great weekend!
Mark the Menards Train Guy
The signage is great!
Thanks to Menards I need to try to Piggly Wiggly some more room on my layout. 
My Piggly Wiggly store and truck are on the way. I point out to you-- my receipt contains the mail in rebate form for which I will receive an in store credit to use on whatever I want-- just like previous times. Why does this upset you????
And a glass to welcome home the new Menards addition!
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We were speaking of not being able to use it for on-line orders. There are no Menards stores in most of the USA. If you can't get to a store, it's essentially useless.
I guess I really think their offerings are VERY fairly priced and pay whatever the price is for the items I want. Getting the discounts is nice but not the reason I buy -- lot of times I forget to send them in but I am still happy I got the item.
Yea, i think this is a must have.
My wife got me the Mustang Sally Resto shop and the classic COW UFO ABDUCTION for christmas... these were my first menards buildings and love them...
Piggly Wiggly is a must have... it looks GREAT! Thanks Menards!
It was funny Last night I was trying to order 6 items from Menards online The total was 362.00 dollas and then when I went to checkout they wanted 344.00 dollars shipping I was like WTF Cancelled the order Today I tried again and it was 24.00 shipping Good thing
Not to take from this great item, but I did notice something missing thou. Where are the check outs? No cashiers or registers.
This is a modern PW. As you take something off the shelf, it's charged immediately to your credit card.
Red Owl box truck?
Hiawatha98 posted:Red Owl box truck?
Add me to the list for that idea.
Well Piggly Wiggled onto my layout today. Very nice, and the sign action makes it stand out. As was pointed out above, there are no check-out stands. What is ironic is that according to Wikipedia, P-W was the first grocery store to have check-outs and grocery carts. Like Grandpa's House, built very solid.
Mark:
Menards needs to correct their packaging. This photo shows the bottom of the package shredded that the Piggly Wiggly came in. The Piggly Wiggly is fine and unbroken. My American Materials Plant #2 arrived with many of the parts loose in the box that I had to reattach. The American Materials Plant arrived with a crack in one wing of the base that I had to glue. All the outer shipping cartons showed no damage.
Neal Jeter
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The lighting load of the PW must be considerable. I tested it with a 1.4 amp output wallwart, and the inside lights dimmed when the sign flashed. I don't use the Menards wart because I don't want 120 volts running around my layout. I'll be using AC/DC buck converters hooked to my 18-volt accessory feed and outputting 4.3 volts.
Menards ought to have such as alternate power sources.
Got my Piggly Wiggly store and truck !! Makes me wonder if I need to have a Red Owl store too !! One thing--does anyone know if the flashing letters can be made to be steady on ??
When hooked up to a 4.3-volt buck converter, there is no dimming of inside lights when sign flashes.
Hadt the same problem of flickering/dimming with Menards wall wart--tried with two separate wall warts. Thanks to RJR suggestion above no problem with buck converter. Anyone have an explanation? Appears to be problem with Menards wall wart or Piggly Wiggle--disappointing
Guys-- you misunderstand my question. My lights are fine -- I would like them not to be on chase mode but steady on.
Dewman51 posted:Guys-- you misunderstand my question. My lights are fine -- I would like them not to be on chase mode but steady on.
Thinking not as the description has no mention of options. "The electric signage looks great. It highlights each letter of the store’s name in sequence, and then flashes the name with all letters illuminated."
As opposed to this from the maintenance shed: "A 2-3/8" x 1-3/4" lighted "The Milwaukee Road" sign that features several different patterns of lighting effects that you control with a switch."
Though you may be able to modify or replace the controller.
New Menards Buildings Available in California!
A little background:
Per California’s “Proposition 65” law, items sold in the state of California must be labeled with a specific warning that adheres to the “Proposition 65” guidelines. Selling a single item without this warning label would result in a fine of $2,500 per item. Obviously, the risk was too high to continue to sell in California. These are after all, unique one-off, limited edition, hand-crafted buildings.
The whole situation is pretty unfortunate but we are now labeling and testing our new items as they are produced. And, in case you haven’t noticed our five newest buildings are now available for sale in California!
- Gamer & Thrones
- Piggly Wiggly
- American Materials Plant #2
- County Inn Hotel
- Sprecher Brewery
Still bummed you can’t get all of our buildings in California? Luckily, there are tons of resellers on "the bay" (or even on this forum) who will sell our buildings directly to you!
As an aside: While investigating this, it struck me that buying our buildings and reselling on “the bay” sure looks like a great business to me. Some of our current buildings are selling for upwards of 2.5 times the value and our out-of-production buildings are going for 3 times the value! For example, The Vetter Sash & Door (which is still in stock on Menards.com) is selling for $250 (plus $35 shipping) and the American Power & Light (out of production) is selling for $279 (plus $29.98 shipping).
Those return are better than the stock market!
Have a great day!
Mark the Menards Train Guy
I sincerely hope that Menards is recovering the cost by adding a surcharge to California sales, rather than seeking to have the rest of us bear the costs of testing & labeling.
Great job Mark- Thanks for taking the initiative to make the new products available to California residents.
Do these buildings cause cancer in California?
Glad to see Menards change labeling for the O gauges in California. It’s a shame you had to, though. The regulations out their are as crazy as those running the state.
Menards posted:New Menards Buildings Available in California!
A little background:
Per California’s “Proposition 65” law, items sold in the state of California must be labeled with a specific warning that adheres to the “Proposition 65” guidelines. Selling a single item without this warning label would result in a fine of $2,500 per item. Obviously, the risk was too high to continue to sell in California. These are after all, unique one-off, limited edition, hand-crafted buildings.The whole situation is pretty unfortunate but we are now labeling and testing our new items as they are produced. And, in case you haven’t noticed our five newest buildings are now available for sale in California!
Cool! Well done Menards!
Mark, I'm curious, does California require the testing? Or is Menards going above and beyond the labeling requirement?
Menards posted:As an aside: While investigating this, it struck me that buying our buildings and reselling on “the bay” sure looks like a great business to me. Some of our current buildings are selling for upwards of 2.5 times the value and our out-of-production buildings are going for 3 times the value! For example, The Vetter Sash & Door (which is still in stock on Menards.com) is selling for $250 (plus $35 shipping) and the American Power & Light (out of production) is selling for $279 (plus $29.98 shipping).
Those return are better than the stock market!
I can understand it if they're reselling a sold-out item, but if they're inflating the price of an in-stock item, then they are trying to take advantage of someone's unfamiliarity with the market. It may be the way the world is, but still it is unkind and disreputable. And of course, the buyer isn't protected by Menards' great customer service. Hopefully those items don't sell.
It's been said before, but well done Menards for providing affordable, good-looking, fun train products. Keep up the good work!
—Matt
Matt_GNo27 posted:
I can understand it if they're reselling a sold-out item, but if they're inflating the price of an in-stock item, then they are trying to take advantage of someone's unfamiliarity with the market. It may be the way the world is, but still it is unkind and disreputable. And of course, the buyer isn't protected by Menards' great customer service. Hopefully those items don't sell.
It's been said before, but well done Menards for providing affordable, good-looking, fun train products. Keep up the good work!—Matt
I've seen books on the "bay" for twice list price that are still available new with a normal discount.
It looks like if you want to own your own home and your own O Gauge home, California is the toughest state to live. Thank God for common sense in the Midwest. Maybe we ought to rent O Gauge buildings to the folks out there.
