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A customer service experience with Eduard I'd like to share.....

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  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
A customer service experience with Eduard I'd like to share.....
Posted by Greg on Monday, November 18, 2013 12:39 PM

I just opened my first resin cockpit the other day, it's the Eduard Brassin kit for Academy's 1/48th MiG-29.

Needless to say, being my first resin/PE cockpit detail kit, from my perspective it is a bit overwhelming. It got worse when I realized almost all of the PE parts were mislabeled/misnumbered on the included instructions. I promptly checked online to see if an updated pdf was avail. Nope, same.

No big deal on the majority of the PE, but for the tiny placards and other very small bits which are not identifiiable from the tech drawings, it is a huge deal.

So just for giggles, I emailed a request to Eduard. This was Saturday afternoon.

Today (Monday, less than 48 hrs later) I woke up to a reply email from Eduard, thanking me for pointing out the boo-boo, and linking me back to the product page with a corrected set of pdf instructions.

This is crazy-good customer support/service, and thought it worthy of sharing here.

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    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Monday, November 18, 2013 12:42 PM

Thanks for sharing that Greg. I had some great service from Aires early this year, seems the East Europeans are on the ball with this.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by SchattenSpartan on Monday, November 18, 2013 12:46 PM

It's nice to hear about them having a good customer service. You reminded me that I still have to ask them for a set of replacement cannon barrels for their Hellcat Royal Class kit (my kit came with one of the barrels snapped in 2 pieces...

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    March 2010
  • From: MN
Posted by Nathan T on Monday, November 18, 2013 12:49 PM

Yep. Had a warped wing on a Bf110, they sent me the whole sprue for free. Took 6 weeks though, but for free I'll wait.

 

 

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 8:41 AM

Greg :

   You are probably the umteenth person to indicate this .I too have had good luck with EDUARD .I sent them a snail mail about ME messing up some P.E for the 1/350 NORTH CAROLINA kit by TRUMPETER . I explained my mess-up and asked for the price for a replacement sprue of P.E. for those parts . Lo and  Behold six weeks later they send me the whole set , complete and well packed between cardboard .On the invoice NO CHARGE ! Now , that's my experience with them .

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    December 2006
  • From: N. Georgia
Posted by Jester75 on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 8:43 AM

I will sixth or seventh this and say also that my experience with Eduard has been nothing but top notch!

Eric

 

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  • From: Earth
Posted by DiscoStu on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 3:14 PM

Eduard just flat out rocks.  Their customer service is great and their products are awesome.  I even spent the money to join their "Bunny Fighter" club.  What I love about these guys is their sense of humor.  When my Bunny Fighter arrived it included a thank you letter pointing out that it's important to remember to have fun with a hobby, made of course to look like some sort of official document.  They also just threw in a stack of coasters from their Sptifire beer line.  From a builder/supplier relationship, these guys just get it.  They produce great kits with loads of extras at relatively reasonable price (Imagine what a Tamiya "Royal Class" would go for!).  The fact that they offer different levels for different buyers (Weekend, Profi, Royal) just seems to state that this is a model/accessory maker that also builds and knows what the average model builder would like to see in their kits.

"Ahh the Luftwaffe. The Washington Generals of the History Channel" -Homer Simpson

  

 

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:39 AM

Great to hear all of the positive reports!

I don't think I'll feel badly even though being relatively new here I didn't realise this sort of thing has been reported before. IMO, the internet can be a whining board for negative experiences. I think it is a good thing when a company doing a good job gets praised for others to see. :)

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Thursday, November 21, 2013 5:06 PM

Greg, it doesn't matter that its been mentioned before, its still nice to hear of this sort of service.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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    November 2008
  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, November 23, 2013 10:38 PM

I'm glad that Eduard has apparently changed their approach and were actually helpful. I dealt with them 4-5 years back about two missing parts and it was a nightmare. It's nice to get great customer support and service.

 GIFMaker.org_jy_Ayj_O

 

 

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Posted by Offduty on Saturday, January 11, 2014 1:43 PM

And what company is this? Web sight?

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  • From: Barrie, Ontario
Posted by Cdn Colin on Saturday, January 11, 2014 8:23 PM

I build 1/48 scale WW2 fighters.

Have fun.

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Posted by Offduty on Saturday, January 11, 2014 9:42 PM

Thanks

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