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Is Scenic Express gone?
« on: May 31, 2024, 08:45:48 AM »
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Their website says they are "temporarily closed" and they haven't posted anything to FB for 6 years. Ruh roh?

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Re: Is Scenic Express gone?
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2024, 09:05:03 AM »
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I am pretty sure they were at the Rocky Mountain train show last month and they have shut down the website once before when they moved from the east coast to Colorado.

I know that they had been not getting much of the Martin Wellberg stuff in for restocks so who knows.

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Re: Is Scenic Express gone?
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2024, 09:16:56 AM »
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I wouldn't read to much into it....yet.  They've closed for vacations before around this same time and they just finished their annual Memorial Day sale on Tuesday.  I just ordered a new batch of Super Trees back in April and they arrived without any issues.

They had a lot more then just the Martin Wellberg line, so this would be a huge surprise if they did suddenly close. 

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Re: Is Scenic Express gone?
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2024, 09:19:59 AM »
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Don't even joke about this.

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Re: Is Scenic Express gone?
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2024, 09:35:24 AM »
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I just ordered from them at the beginning of the week and my package is out for delivery today. Wonder if they ran out of a lot of products as they refunded me for some items claiming they were out of stock from the sale.
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Re: Is Scenic Express gone?
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2024, 09:51:58 AM »
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OK, thanks. The good news is that the product I'm looking for can be had via hobby shop, so I'll just go that route.

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Re: Is Scenic Express gone?
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2024, 10:20:59 AM »
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Speaking of this, is the Martin Wellburg stuff unobtanium?  Scenic Express has been out of stock for a long time... not sure if anyone else carries it. 

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Re: Is Scenic Express gone?
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2024, 10:38:52 AM »
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Mike,

We recently used some Martin Wellburg products on the new Morgan Ave module. Tom obtained it online but it shipped from the UK.

Jim
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Re: Is Scenic Express gone?
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2024, 11:01:32 AM »
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I have been sourcing all of my 1 and 2mm grass from Europe since they can’t or won’t keep a decent stock.

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Re: Is Scenic Express gone?
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2024, 03:41:15 PM »
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Their website says they are "temporarily closed" and they haven't posted anything to FB for 6 years. Ruh roh?

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-Mark

When did you see this? I just checked the website and everything looks perfectly normal.

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Re: Is Scenic Express gone?
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2024, 03:43:40 PM »
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I saw it when I clicked on a product.

I'm HOPING it just means that they're modernizing the site.

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Re: Is Scenic Express gone?
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2024, 03:47:01 PM »
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It's been opened back up just since this morning.