Timetunnelmodels Reviews 136

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Just perfect service, from the advice pre-purchase, very prompt shipping, extremely well packed. Like I said perfect online purchase, totally flawless. Highly recommended and I will be back for sure.... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Read these reviews before I purchased and thought they were a good company to buy from but my experience has not been positive. Once ordered communication is poor and trying to get delivery updates is... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant online service that follows up on its promises. Ordered various items which when delivered some items where unavailable. So they sent out the stock items clearly stating on the invoice and... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Admittedly reviewing an ebay purchase here, but having also bought direct and experienced great service I just wanted to share. A minor problem with a rc car was quickly responded to, identified a... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Really rude and antagonistic company

Really rude and antagonistic company. A Scalextric car broke and the guy decided to blame and shame my son. It was actually while we were using the set for its intended purpose that MY car flew off the track and broke. The set claimed to have magnetic features, limiters on the speed (which were being used) and also had barriers all to prevent the cars from flying off the track. Sadly this wasn’t the case and the car broke so easily. I tried to send the item back and was told they would not give a full refund so left them negative feedback on eBay after they didn’t reply to my messages. Once negative feedback was received, they did reply but refused to replace the broken car. Instead they offered to ‘repair’ the car (which could take up to 30 days) if I removed the negative feedback. This was less than ideal when it was a Xmas present. They then sent a series of antagonistic messages then claimed I was being rude and offensive. Really low that they decided to insult my son then lie about what had happened. Saying things like ‘good luck when your son learns to drive and crashes his own car’ seemed petulant, unnecessary and really irrelevant.
Thankfully when I contacted the manufacturer of the Scalextric set, they apologised and sent out a new car plus an extra one. Maybe Time Tunnel Models can learn from this example of good customer service but I doubt they will because they don’t seem to be very interested in listening, just making assumptions and lashing out.

Update: eBay feedback was removed as it turned out that eBay were at fault here. As you stated, you didn’t receive my initial message that I showed to you in my sent folder. Not sure why you haven’t mentioned this bit. Also not sure what you mean about the review being removed as I didn’t leave a review just the negative feedback for the grumpy communication.
Making up quotes about what I said is also pretty low.

Not going to reply further after this but it’s pretty hypocritical to lie so much and call someone else a liar and fantasist. I had actually forgotten about this issue until I noticed yesterday that you had decided to add further insults as a follow up to positive feedback you had left me.

December 25, 2023
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You didn't mention the part where you admitted the car had been broken in a crash or the part where eBay told you multiple times to return the set for refund - or that you closed the return when we asked you to return just the car so that we could get Scalextric to exchange it, your only version was to return the whole set - which you admit above you didn't do when dealing with the manufacturer, yet when we offered you the exact same solution you closed your return and went silent.

There's a reason why the feedback and review you left on eBay were removed - they simply read your messages and could see the changes in "fact" as you went along.

Anyway - "my child was driving the car, it came off the track at a corner and hit something" is by anyone's definition a crash.

Buyers reading this should read "customer"'s other reviews to get a handle on the guy before he deletes them. (Edit: He's removed the interesting ones).

Updated reply: I see this is one of those fantasists who makes up a new story each time we reply. What a sad individual this must be to have been stewing over a broken toy car for four months. Just to correct him - we didn't state we would fix it, we stated that it had to be sent to Hornby to be fixed (standard procedure) - they would likely have just replaced the thing but we can't promise on their behalf so the term "fix" was used, as it was with all other customers who had any sort of issue with any Hornby product at Christmas, every one of which was resolved within days of them reopening.

Updated further: None of our reply is a lie. Pleased to hear you're not going to keep updating your false review.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic support

Admittedly reviewing an ebay purchase here, but having also bought direct and experienced great service I just wanted to share.
A minor problem with a rc car was quickly responded to, identified and a solution delivered all within two days. Absolutely brilliant.
A good range at sensible prices and great service - what more would a customer want!
Thanks again.

March 28, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great model shop

Great model shop, proper old school support, some of the best online prices you will find in UK and very quick delivery. Always great service

October 26, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great company

Great company. Very well packed my only gripe would be delivered by DPD who just left on the doorstep with no notice of delivery.

November 22, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Everything a model shop should be.

Great selection of products at some of the keenest prices anywhere. Web site is easy to use and navigate through. Delivery was exactly as promised and brilliant communication throughout. They are my go to model shop and I always check there first for whatever I need.

November 22, 2023

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