NOT solved - Hamburg Original T&A order

toutbrun · December 2009

The Copper tie is from Tomorrow Never Dies.

We need 4 buyers to be able to proceed.

I know that it is on Magnoli, but it's never exactly the same thing, and it would be great to compare them to the replica, even maybe improve them.

They charge $180 per tie.

If everything goes well, I might start other T&A ties project. Please PM me for suggestions.

Monza860 · December 2009

I'm in on the copper tie. Unsure about the Hamburg, I have it already but the small diamonds are purple instead of blue.

toutbrun · December 2009

I don't want to talk in his name, but there would also be another member on the Copper. So we would already be three. That's a good start

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Holden · December 2009

Yep, I'm in.

ke02eww · December 2009

me too...

asd007 · December 2009

I'm in.

Asp9mm · December 2009

This was my fave T&A tie. Be careful when wearing it though, the weave snags on anything and leaves a pull. Had three of these and managed to pull them all within a weeks wear. Beautifully thick and luxurious though.

toutbrun · December 2009

Asp9mm wrote:

This was my fave T&A tie. Be careful when wearing it though, the weave snags on anything and leaves a pull. Had three of these and managed to pull them all within a weeks wear. Beautifully thick and luxurious though.

A week? That's scary... Well then, maybe I should buy two..

Or we will all wear and pull our ties and come back to this thread in a few months and order again

EDIT: So at the moment, we have :

1. toutbrun
2. Holden
3. ASD007
4. Monza
5. ke02eww
6. cherokee12

I guess we should wait a little bit, so everyone has a change to get involved. Anyway, there is 6-9 weeks of delay.

Let's say that Monday Dec 28 I solve the topic and send the information to T&A, and we can pass out to another tie? Is Dec 28 too soon?

cherokee12 · December 2009

Count me in! Up for the hamburg one as well. -{

The Stinger · December 2009

Hey guys. Lurking for some time, finally decided to actively join. I would be very interested in this tie; I understand my being new may make me iffy, so just reply or pm if you want to (and yes, I also understand this may not be much reassuring, but then...).

ke02eww · December 2009

The Stinger wrote:

Hey guys. Lurking for some time, finally decided to actively join. I would be very interested in this tie; I understand my being new may make me iffy, so just reply or pm if you want to (and yes, I also understand this may not be much reassuring, but then...).

Good advice Stinger (what a name....)

I've been taken myself by the following, who ordered shirts then dissappeared without paying, leaving me to suspect the worst;

Jared Nomak
ThomasOlyphant (this one even emailed!)
Switch100

all of the above made fewer than 2 posts...

But Thomas Olyphant even emailed me and offered to paypal (strangely his paypal failed to work at the important moment)

So all I can say is be careful....

demand payment upfront!...

I'm still very much in...

cheers

toutbrun · December 2009

To avoid this scheme, I was going to ask T&A to collect the payments themselves, with all the names and email I will give them. I hope they will agree...

I email you, Stinger.

This thread will be solved on Dec 28

The Stinger · December 2009

ke02eww, I hadn't even thought about the implications of the name... must rewatch the Newman-Redford classic, though.

toutbrun, I just replied to your e-mail. Thanks for being so kind to a newbie!! Hope to be quite active and get in touch with fellow bondphiles.

toutbrun · December 2009

No problem. I forgot something, though...

Welcome, Stinger!

MB6073 · December 2009

Hey is it too late to get involved? And does that price include shipping to Canada?

ke02eww · December 2009

The Stinger wrote:

ke02eww, I hadn't even thought about the implications of the name... must rewatch the Newman-Redford classic, though.

toutbrun, I just replied to your e-mail. Thanks for being so kind to a newbie!! Hope to be quite active and get in touch with fellow bondphiles.

No disrespect intended Stinger....

But a great film...

And you'll find newbies are always made welcome on here...

welcome

toutbrun · December 2009

MB6073 wrote:

Hey is it too late to get involved? And does that price include shipping to Canada?

I emailed you and Stinger, you're in, of course.

The price does not include any shipping. I don't know what are their shipping prices, but expect also duties and taxes when it comes to our Canadian borders.

The Stinger · December 2009

ke02eww wrote:

No disrespect intended Stinger....

None taken. {[]

ke02eww wrote:

And you'll find newbies are always made welcome on here...

Been lurking long enough to know there are quite a number of decent fellas around.

Well met, all.

toutbrun · December 2009

Solved. Request sent. Will contact those involved by email when I have more details. Happy Christmas!

asd007 · January 2010

Trying to be patient, but is there any news?

toutbrun · January 2010

Should be solved within days. The person I contacted moved to another store, so someone else will take care of the order.

Shipping should be something like 15-20$. This is only their approx., please expect more if you're in Europe or something. And don't forget taxes and duties.

Thank you for waiting, I am sorry for the delay.

EDIT : They changed the guy that handled the order. I'll call again, with a mean phone-face.

MB6073 · January 2010

Any news?

toutbrun · January 2010

I am sorry for the delays, but T&A are a pain. This is the 3rd guy I am transfered but I think I should be able to have them do it soon.

Sorry again and I will call again tomorrow morning. I'll let you know.

The Stinger · January 2010

Thanks for your efforts, toutbrun. It may be worth it if we finally get an answer from them!

toutbrun · January 2010

I just learned that the 2 employees I was assigned were fired. I was given the email of the assistant manager. It should be a lot quicker.

urhash · January 2010

Yikes. Was one of them Kevin Hill? He was a great contact within T&A...

toutbrun · January 2010

You're right, I was told Kevin Hill will no longer work there. There was another person fired and the third person was not fired but he's on-call so no wonder why he did not get back.

Will get back with information as soon as I have it.

urhash · January 2010

I really dislike T&A NY sometimes. Their prices are outrageous compared to their UK counterpart, and they recently raised the prices of their entire range of items (ties 150->175, shirts 240->275, etc). And they still can't seem to get their act together to put up a working website where you can order online, even as the UK site turns down US customers from ordering due to regional issues.

It's a shame they're getting rid of people like Kevin Hill, who I always found really helpful and friendly.

toutbrun · January 2010

I heard a lot of bad comments about them. I looked on some other forum to find a good shirt maker, and everyone that went there wasn't happy. They said they had a very great selection of fabric, but one customer gave them a shirt to copy - T&A did not even have to take his mesures - and when you put one shirt on the other, you can see they were not even able to copy a shirt.

But someone on the forum (I believe it was the Mantis) wrote a very good article about his day at T&A and seemed happy.

And the 4 ties minimum is a little bit painful when you know that not that long ago it was 2 minimum.

But you know, 180 USD ain't that bad when you see the TF ties at 295 USD. I mean, that's expensive. I saw someone here some time ago get a tie from QoS on tiedeals.com for 160 USD. Lucky guy.

ke02eww · January 2010

I'm feeling all de ja vu.......

Monza860 · January 2010

Which one was Kevin?

NOT solved - Hamburg Original T&A order

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