Got the first one with the message “if you don’t like it mail it back but under postal law since we sent it to you unsolisited you can keep it for free”, I mean how lame is that, anyone send it back?
I have recieved some of the series that were pre returned and I returned a few duplicates that kept arriving. My situation was a little unique was I recieved a few of the series when they released it way back when… late 2006 I think and I had them stop issuing for a few months and then contacted them asking if they could go ahead and send me the rest of the series.
From my perspective they did good.
Will I get more in the future? It depends on the DVD and it’s contents, I have learned to be very selective in what to keep and what to return. I tend to favor Steam related items and operations of layouts in detail such as 2 and 4 cycle waybills.
Remember, if you choose to keep the DVD you might be billed for it at whatever the cost was for it. You only have like 10 days to decide.
mopman and cwclark,
30 years each as model railroaders? Maybe the two of you should be out there making dvd’s. Kalmbach’s efforts are purely a business enterprise (that’s not a slight, Kalmbach is a business whose purpose is to make money; how else could they pay their employees). From your posts you sound like you really care about other model railroaders needs and with your experience you could certainly be a great help to beginners and experienced model railroaders alike.
Some folks tend to be pretty arrogant and self absorbed. I for one do not subscribe to the theory that there is a point where I know everything there is to know about any given subject including model railroading. If I ever do get to that point, I will quit the hobby and go to watching grass grow or paint dry. It is my opinion and only mine that the Dream Plan Build DVD’s are an excellent source of information to those that do not already know every thing there is to know about the subject, and I agree with those that think people who spend money on things they don’t like or don’t have a use for are foolish. They are either foolish or have money they do not know what to do with, in which case there is a lot of good that could be done in the world with it.
We enjoy the variety of personal layouts. It is just another source of infomation.
Sue
My LHS has 1 to 7 and I have watched them all and and learn somethings that I have used and want to use.
How many are there anyway? Where do I call or go to how to get them? I will check E-bay as well. LHS said there where only 7 made, I think he just did not want to keep forking out $27.00 per DVD. When I have them I watch them over and over at the end of run time.
Cuda Ken
If you have Roxio software, you should be able to duplicate the DVD’s for your own use. My own DVD’s are backed up as allowed by owners of computer media onto the hard disk.
Heck, Im in the process of converting the old obselete VCR tapes onto DVD.