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Hi folks,

Just a bit of an issue I'd like to make known and have a moan over. I ordered a small amount of flats, for my arena rex arena project, from Berliner Zinnfiguren (which I will not link) around a month and a half ago, and I picked them up from the parcel delivery office today (apparently no stock).

When placing the order I was charged 13euros for P&P (Germany to UK) on a 27euro order. At the time I found it pretty expensive but paid it as it was the only place I could find what I was looking for.

When I picked up the order, my flats were inside a small box (approx 120x80x30mm). It weighs around 100g.

For reference, an Infinity starter box direct from Corvus Belli, which is a good bit bigger and heavier, costs 8.40euros. BZ use DHL, CB use Correos.

Now. What annoys me is that my nice, small BZ box, was packed into a much bigger box along with a glossy, A4 sized, 225 page, ~500g catalogue!

I did not ask for this (I have the internet), I do not need it (again, internet), I cannot use it (100% in German).

Can't help feeling that I've been taken advantage of a bit.

So that was it, just a moan. Also, I hope that this post might just attract the attention of people thinking of ordering from BZ, and searching for opinions, and, before they place that order, encourage them to type.....

"No ridiculous catalogue please, Berliner Zinnfuren!"

Thanks,

Alan

Yes, it is most annoying when a supplier adds extra stuff and drives up the postage.

I can only suggest you contact the company and ask them not to do it.

I don't know if flats are available in the UK. It has always been primarily a German format. Derek Guyler was a huge fan and had masses of them.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Yes, it is most annoying when a supplier adds extra stuff and drives up the postage.

I can only suggest you contact the company and ask them not to do it.

I don't know if flats are available in the UK. It has always been primarily a German format. Derek Guyler was a huge fan and had masses of them.

Yeah, I emailed them as well. And I'll remember if I go back there. I did find some flats in the UK, but BZ had tons, particularly the roman/gladiatorial/chariot type ones I was looking for. And they are quite nice. It's a good shop, to be fair.

Germany was the main manufacturing centre of flats and zinnfiguren for many decades.

Britains got its start in toy soldiers when someone invented a process for making a hollow 3D figure in two halves, thus saving enough lead to make them economical to produce.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Germany was the main manufacturing centre of flats and zinnfiguren for many decades.

Since 13th century, more popular since 1550 (spreading from Nuernberg, mostly in 28mm "Nuernberg scale") and major toy since 18th century (Frederic the Great), so yeah, many decades

(now waiting for GW to sue Hans Christian Andersen for leeching on GW IP in his fairy tale "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" written 1838)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Steadfast_Tin_Soldier

Plot
On his birthday, a boy receives a set of 25 toy soldiers and arrays them on a table top.(...)