Glass Monkey hobbies??

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Has anybody had dealings with this company? I did order a 3 car set of C&NW heavyweights from them on the web. Before I could check the order for shipping charges, or even give my address, Pay Pal had paid the bill. That was three weeks ago and no results yet. I hope that he had stock of this item as Hornby says it has been discontinued.

I hope I am not out $110.

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Checking the WHOIS information for the site:

http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=glassmonkeyhobbies&tld=com

Revealed the following:

  Organisation Name.... blake beeler
  Organisation Address. P O Box 99800
  Organisation Address. 
  Organisation Address. EmeryVille
  Organisation Address. 94662
  Organisation Address. CA
  Organisation Address. US

 

Admin Name........... PrivateRegContact Admin
  Admin Address........ P O Box 99800
  Admin Address........ 
  Admin Address........ EmeryVille
  Admin Address........ 94662
  Admin Address........ CA
  Admin Address........ US
  Admin Email.......... contact@myprivateregistration.com
  Admin Phone.......... +1.5105952002

 

 

There's no garuntee any of that is correct, but it's better than nothing.
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Google found it right away, but you’ve got to spell it correctly. Glass Monkey Hobbies, not Mokney.

http://glassmonkeyhobbies.com/default.aspx

I try to avoid places that have trains only as an afterthought, or have only limited items from only a single manufacturer, like this place seems to be, exactly because of the problem you have encountered. I think those Rivarossi passenger cars he offers are some really old stock.

I could find no indication of when the web site was last updated.