Anyone ever purchased from this guy? I placed an order 5 days ago for some track and have not heard a peep from him? I called his number and got a message that he cannot receive voice mails. I called an alternate number nothing. I sent e-mails to 2 different addresses...........nothing. Is this guy just slow in filling orders, or am I getting ripped off?

Greg is struggling at the moment, I think it was covered here or maybe over at SCI. In the main, people rate him, so give it a bit longer.

This issue was recently discussed very thoroughly, including comments from the vendor himself, Gregory Braun, on the SlotCarIllustrated forum. Gregory said he was sick over the Christmas holiday season -- the worst time possible for him to fall behind on orders. He's had some frustrated customers. It sounds like he is trying to get caught up.

From my own experience with him, you are certainly not getting "ripped off" and will eventually get your order filled and the quality will be at or above expectations. The guy's web site is a cornerstone of the hobby and I think we need to give him time to get back up to speed.

"From my own experience with him, you are certainly not getting "ripped off" and will eventually get your order filled and the quality will be at or above expectations. The guy's web site is a cornerstone of the hobby and I think we need to give him time to get back up to speed."

Greg has been more than fair with me. We all gots problems now and again. He did get behind on an order of mine over the Holidays but did get it out ASAP after I called him. That hick-up has been the only thing EVER in the many thousands of $$ I've spent with him.

I've done Biz with Greg too... no problems

Thanks. Didnt know he was ill. Dont go on the other site you mentioned much either. Ill give him time. Thanks again.

Ive bought from him and the transaction was very smooth. I even talked to him on the phone and he was extremely helpful with some questions I had.

i have spent much $ with mr braun and he always delivered the goods! sometimes it took a while but he always sent emails of the transactions. so hang in there and your stuff will come, it just might take a while. :thumbsup:

I to have dealt with Greg and never had a problem. I'm sure you order will be filled.

I've spent a good bit with Greg also.....wouldn't think twice about doing it again.

I have made 4 purchases in the last 6 weeks through Greg (two of them were VERY significant)and he has always met my expectations for service. In fact, I ordered more from him last night.

He is a top notch vendor IMHO.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Thanks
Dan

I purchased 4 parma colntrollers from Greg, his service and devotion to the hobby is incredible. Please be patient, I am sure you are safe dealing with him.

9 days and still nothing.

2 weeks today and still nothing. You guys sure this seller is legit? 2 weeks is a long time to wait for a few pieces of track dont you think?

You guys sure this seller is legit?

Absolutely.

Gregory has encountered a "perfect storm" of unanticipated events that have left him with a big backlog of orders and demands on his time. It will take him a while to attend to everything.

You have to realize that many of these online vendors are one person operations. They aren't even what you would classify as a Mom & Pop store. Many of them are doing these hobby related things on the side and still have a 9-to-5 commitment with their primary employer. The Internet can create a virtual storefront that makes anyone look like a mini-me version of Wal-Mart, but there may not be many folks scurrying around behind the scenes making things happen. If the one dude operation suffers a problem with its one dude, things can and will back up pretty quickly. That's just part of the risk that you encounter when buying anything online, whether through a one dude operation, mom & pop, or big MegaLOMart.com. If you can't physically lay your hands on it, you are at risk that any one of the myriad of things that must happen behind the scenes might not happen and you re empty handed for longer than you anticipated. I've ordered books from Amazon and had them delayed for months due to publisher and distributor issues, then I walk into a book store and see the book I ordered 7 months ago sitting there on the shelf. What? Just so happens that the distributor that Amazon was dealing with had an issue that the bookstore didn't encounter so the book store was able to stock their inventory, and I got my book. Had this been a time critical scenario I would not have been so willing to wait and would have looked for other sources. Lesson learned, if you have a hard, time critical delivery requirement make sure you get some sort of assurances from the supplier ahead of time. Otherwise, on rare occasions you may experience a lengthy delay that you were not expecting.

2 weeks today and still nothing. You guys sure this seller is legit? . . .

Not to link away from HT, but Greg himself addressed a similar concern recently HERE (http://slotcarillustrated.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?t=27639).

I may see him today at the Milwaukee Slot Car Show. If so, I'll mention this thread to him.

Thanks, just want my stuff.

I did not see him at the show.

So what would you guys do? You have a pretty heafty order in and have seen NOTHING for 2 weeks? Would you wait more or cancel?

I know it is hard to do but I would wait. You're not dealing with some unlnown ebay seller, you're dealing with a guy that is known and respected by many of the members. Look at his site, this has been up for years and has helped many dudes get back into the hobby. Give Greg time to get through what ever is slowing him done and he'll get the order to you.

You asked the question so this is my humble answer.

Russ

I got e-mail confirmation and a tracking number. My stuff shipped yesterday.

I did not see him at the show.

Maybe he was at church...

Oh for Saturday night slot car shows!

I got e-mail confirmation and a tracking number. My stuff shipped yesterday.

thats great news! enjoy it!

Also ordered from Lucky Bobs. Shipped same day. What will arrive first? LOL I can build my track now.

It's here it's here it's here.............my order is here! Thanks for pulling the reigns in on me. I was moments away from cancelling.

Don't you just love a happy ending? :drunk::hat::freak::dude: