It’s about time, don’t you think?

[King O' Fools]

Yeah, it would be nice to hear from AT's Customer Service too.

[digger]

Yeah, it would be nice to hear from AT's Customer Service too.

Not sure what you mean - Jason just posted. Do you mean CS related to a purchase?

[olifant]

Thanks Jason. Remember that we have not had a new 1/18 release since the Hellcat and many of us have dollars waiting to be spent. If we don't see something soon we may have to spend half of it on chicks and booze then squander the rest!

[Jason of Admiral Toys]

Yeah, it would be nice to hear from AT's Customer Service too.

King O Fools, I am sorry that our customer service has not responded. Please resend your request with a "Jason said Priority" in the subject line. I will be gone on business for the rest of the week, and most of the month; however, they "should" take care of your request. Admiral Toys is serious about their customer service. PM my account if they do not respond. (Please do not take this as an open invitation for the rest of you. I respect this board and want to be as helpful as possible, but...)

Digger, how is work? Res ipsa my friend, res ipsa.

Sabrefan, you are one of my best friends on this site. I will give you as much information as I can in the next couple of weeks. I respect your opinion.

olifant, I like where your mind is! However, you should save some money. There is a post on this site about a model. We have not mentioned anything about it, but this forum has hit the nail on the head and i think that you will want to buy one. Therefore, save some cash. I will buy you a drink. Ask Birddog, I am willing to buy a tab or two!

MOAB, look at the MTS website. They set the price, Admiral Toys will give a recommendation. I can tell you that their retail price is a lot lower then what we recommended! Great deal if you ask me.

I will return to the forum when I return from China. I hope to have a lot to discuss. If anything, I will give you one of those post where I discuss the models we are working feverishly to complete.

Regards,
Jason

[King O' Fools]

Yeah, it would be nice to hear from AT's Customer Service too.

Not sure what you mean - Jason just posted. Do you mean CS related to a purchase?

Yup. It's related to a Jolley Roger I bought from Aikens Airplanes. This was discussed in the Sabre thread that was posted a while back.

[King O' Fools]

Yeah, it would be nice to hear from AT's Customer Service too.

King O Fools, I am sorry that our customer service has not responded. Please resend your request with a "Jason said Priority" in the subject line. I will be gone on business for the rest of the week, and most of the month; however, they "should" take care of your request. Admiral Toys is serious about their customer service. PM my account if they do not respond. (Please do not take this as an open invitation for the rest of you. I respect this board and want to be as helpful as possible, but...)

Digger, how is work? Res ipsa my friend, res ipsa.

Sabrefan, you are one of my best friends on this site. I will give you as much information as I can in the next couple of weeks. I respect your opinion.

olifant, I like where your mind is! However, you should save some money. There is a post on this site about a model. We have not mentioned anything about it, but this forum has hit the nail on the head and i think that you will want to buy one. Therefore, save some cash. I will buy you a drink. Ask Birddog, I am willing to buy a tab or two!

MOAB, look at the MTS website. They set the price, Admiral Toys will give a recommendation. I can tell you that their retail price is a lot lower then what we recommended! Great deal if you ask me.

I will return to the forum when I return from China. I hope to have a lot to discuss. If anything, I will give you one of those post where I discuss the models we are working feverishly to complete.

Regards,
Jason

Hi Jason,

Thanks for helping me out with this issue. You go out of your way for your customers, and I really appreciate that.

Sincerely,
KOF

[Birddog]

Therefore, save some cash. I will buy you a drink. Ask Birddog, I am willing to buy a tab or two!

Confirmed!!!

Thank you again for the time and work you and Admiral Toys do Jason. Can't wait to hear what you have to share with us when you return. Hope you have a safe trip.

[Quixote511]

Well Hot Dog! It has been great to hear from you. Safe trip Jason and I certainly look forward to an update.

[King O' Fools]

Yeah, it would be nice to hear from AT's Customer Service too.

King O Fools, I am sorry that our customer service has not responded. Please resend your request with a "Jason said Priority" in the subject line. I will be gone on business for the rest of the week, and most of the month; however, they "should" take care of your request. Admiral Toys is serious about their customer service. PM my account if they do not respond. (Please do not take this as an open invitation for the rest of you. I respect this board and want to be as helpful as possible, but...)

. . .

Regards,
Jason

Here's the response from AT's customer service (a full two weeks after I sent them the first of three emails). Same boilerplate BS you'd expect from their competitors:

We are very sorry for the quality problem you experienced with your first purchase of an Admiral Toy product. This Jolly Roger series, on our first manufacturing run did experience some limited quality problems and since that time tighter quality controls have been implemented. Our product line has grown and in the next 12 months many new items will be introduced and available for our customers to enjoy.

Contact the retailer you purchased the product from and advise them what your concerns are and see what can be done to correct your problem.

We are sure you will be satisfied with any future product you may purchase of our products.

"Sure. We were perfectly aware that our products were lousy in the past, but it won't happen again, honestly. Take our word for it. Oh, and we don't take any responsibility for our crappy workmanship."

Same dog, different collar.

Nope, I won't be satisfied with any future AT product because I won't purchase any.

Sorry Jason, but you just lost me as a customer.

[Quixote511]

KOF, what defect in your aircraft is so egregious?

[King O' Fools]

It's described in all its gory detail here.

[VMF115]

KOF give Jason a chance to it make it right.

[Birddog]

KOF give Jason a chance to it make it right.

Good advice...

[King O' Fools]

Sure. That plane ain't going nowhere... I'll wait as long as it takes, but won't be buying anymore of their stuff until this is solved.

[VMF115]

[King O' Fools]

See, I can do that too:

I'm sorry that you feel my comment is inappropriate, but I'm really not enthralled with the idea of having yet another worthless piece of plastic in my inventory.

[Jason of Admiral Toys]

Dear King O' Fools,

Thank you for your emails and perfect explanation of your quality control issues. I just finished reading this thread and therefore went back to our customer service email inbox to read how this situation was handled. I agree. From reading your description, you clearly have a defective model. Your description was very well written.

I am not making excuses for our company, but simply explaining the situation and our position. First, the gentleman that wrote you back is new. In my opinion, he should have explained why he said what he said. I will discuss this with our customer service personnel in the morning. It is 4:05am at this time, but, I did not want to go to sleep without offering an apology and explanation.

We are very sorry for the quality problem you experienced with your first purchase of an Admiral Toy product. This Jolly Roger series, on our first manufacturing run did experience some limited quality problems and since that time tighter quality controls have been implemented. Our product line has grown and in the next 12 months many new items will be introduced and available for our customers to enjoy.

Contact the retailer you purchased the product from and advise them what your concerns are and see what can be done to correct your problem.

We are sure you will be satisfied with any future product you may purchase of our products.

Where he should have elaborated is in this context: As you stated in your email, you live “half way around the world.” In situations where it is a long distance return we request that the customer first contact the retail from which they purchased the model. If you purchased it from a domestic (US) retailer, then this point is moot.

However, if you purchased the model from a retailer half way around the world, then please contact them first. They know that we will credit their account, send them a replacement model in a future shipment or any other means of remediation if they take care of their customer’s quality control issue from such a far distance from Admiral Toys. Here in the US if a customer has a problem we replace their model and pay for shipping. But customers living half way around the world, unfortunately, are treated a little differently because shipping of your model back to Admiral Toys would cost us over $50.00 and to send you a replacement model would cost us another $50.00 add to that the cost of the replacement model and loss of revenue for the defective model and we are in the negative well over $100.00 to a customer with whom we never dealt. This is why we first ask that you kindly talk to your retailer if you purchased it overseas.

Then, if your retailer is unwilling to assist you, by all means contact Admiral Toys. Unfortunately, the cost of replacing a model overseas is what forces us to change our customer service protocol.

Please let me know if you did not purchase it from a retailer overseas. I again apologize that you received a defect model in the first place and hope to remedy the situation. I understand if you do not wish to purchase another Admiral Toys’ product. That is your prerogative, and I am sorry to have lost a customer.

Regards,
Jason

[King O' Fools]

Dear King O' Fools,

Thank you for your emails and perfect explanation of your quality control issues. I just finished reading this thread and therefore went back to our customer service email inbox to read how this situation was handled. I agree. From reading your description, you clearly have a defective model. Your description was very well written.

I am not making excuses for our company, but simply explaining the situation and our position. First, the gentleman that wrote you back is new. In my opinion, he should have explained why he said what he said. I will discuss this with our customer service personnel in the morning. It is 4:05am at this time, but, I did not want to go to sleep without offering an apology and explanation.

We are very sorry for the quality problem you experienced with your first purchase of an Admiral Toy product. This Jolly Roger series, on our first manufacturing run did experience some limited quality problems and since that time tighter quality controls have been implemented. Our product line has grown and in the next 12 months many new items will be introduced and available for our customers to enjoy.

Contact the retailer you purchased the product from and advise them what your concerns are and see what can be done to correct your problem.

We are sure you will be satisfied with any future product you may purchase of our products.

Where he should have elaborated is in this context: As you stated in your email, you live “half way around the world.” In situations where it is a long distance return we request that the customer first contact the retail from which they purchased the model. If you purchased it from a domestic (US) retailer, then this point is moot.

However, if you purchased the model from a retailer half way around the world, then please contact them first. They know that we will credit their account, send them a replacement model in a future shipment or any other means of remediation if they take care of their customer’s quality control issue from such a far distance from Admiral Toys. Here in the US if a customer has a problem we replace their model and pay for shipping. But customers living half way around the world, unfortunately, are treated a little differently because shipping of your model back to Admiral Toys would cost us over $50.00 and to send you a replacement model would cost us another $50.00 add to that the cost of the replacement model and loss of revenue for the defective model and we are in the negative well over $100.00 to a customer with whom we never dealt. This is why we first ask that you kindly talk to your retailer if you purchased it overseas.

Then, if your retailer is unwilling to assist you, by all means contact Admiral Toys. Unfortunately, the cost of replacing a model overseas is what forces us to change our customer service protocol.

Please let me know if you did not purchase it from a retailer overseas. I again apologize that you received a defect model in the first place and hope to remedy the situation. I understand if you do not wish to purchase another Admiral Toys’ product. That is your prerogative, and I am sorry to have lost a customer.

Regards,
Jason

Dear Jason,

Thanks for taking the time to look into this issue.

I did buy my plane from a US online retailer — Aikens Airplanes. (Had I known this particular plane was available on your website, I’d have bought it there, which I guess would have saved me a lot of trouble).

Please let me know if I should contact them about this issue or if there is some other way I can get a decent (i.e. non-defective) plane. Please note that I’m open to any suggestions as to how to solve this issue and prevent this from happening again in the future. I’ll gladly buy more 1/18 scale products from AT in the months and years to come, provided I don’t get “stranded” with a defective paint job.

Again, thanks for your detailed explanation and for going out of your way to take care of this issue personally.

Best regards,
KOF

[VMF115]

Jason can I have my AT 1/18 SDB Dauntless…..ASAP please

[tankduel]

And you guys wonder why Mike from BBI doesn't come here any more?

[VMF115]

And you guys wonder why Mike from BBI doesn't come here any more?

Maybe Mike quite Bbi and we did not get the memo.

[tmanthegreat]

And you guys wonder why Mike from BBI doesn't come here any more?

Maybe Mike quite Bbi and we did not get the memo.

More likely the whining of so many boardmembers about the various BBI products drove him away. It seems that BBI cannot announce anything on this board without one member or another complaining that there is not enough detail, or that the item costs too much, or that the paint scheme is all wrong or that they want the item but won't buy it or whatever

You know who you are

[VMF115]

what ever

I would call it constructive criticism not whining, Btw it's not nice to Insult board members even if you did not mention them by name.


Back on topic I can’t wait to see what the AT SDB will look like, I just hope it comes this year.

[Sabrefan]

I'm with Tman on this one.