Trainz.comReviews of trainz.com

I sold a Marklin HO collection to trainz. Com and was very impressed with their accession spreadsheet, estimates, documents and free shipping. I was somewhat disappointed at the amount I received but if I factored in my time & effort on an alternate site, it would've cost me even more.

Started buying from their ebay store, with no problems, they include a coupon to buy on their home site.. Placed an order and was told there was an adjustment because an item was out.. Get the order, the item they said wasn't in the order was in there, minus the 2 other items. I brought it too their attention and "I apologize for any confusion. It looks like I refunded the wrong item in error. The item that was oversold was the C in C Miniatures 1613 N ''80 Chevy C65 Semi-Tractor Kit. Can you please confirm that you only received the Showcase Miniatures 32 N 1:160 1953 Chevrolet Ice Cream Truck UnpaintedMetal Kit and that you did not receive the Athearn 10262 N Scale White Fire Department Fire Truck Engine Co. #51?" I replied with confirmation and have been put off since..

I want to say up front Trainz refunded my money. They have a reputation on-line of always doing that. What they also have a reputation of doing if you read a lot of train forums, wasting your time. They regularly improperly grade trains as new, functioning, excellent condition, when they are not. That is what happened to me. Sold me a $2000 train set marketed as New In Box. It was clearly used, didn't even include any manuals or original paperwork, pieces were broken off, the smoke box was a screamer, the locomotive was beyond dirty, and the station sounds dining car did not function. I was just baffled they marketed this as a new set, when they couldn't even bother to wipe the dust and dirt off the locomotive. The customer service rep states their standard line they are told to use, "we had no reason to believe it wouldn't function as new." How do I know that, others on-line have reported getting the same standard line when complaining about the train not being graded properly. Customer service was terrible! They offered me 7% off for this fiasco. No thank you! It took days of back and forth to get a return shipping label. They take about a day to respond to an email. Sent me only one return label when I needed two, so a wasted trip to Fed Ex. Took days to get another one. I tried calling while I was at Fed Ex as I obviously didn't want to make a return trip, but unfortunately I found out emailing is faster than calling. You get an answering machine, nobody ever called back. It was a few days before I could return to Fed Ex and get the train shipped back. Just an awful all around experience. At EVERY step of the buying and returning process, Trainz staff dropped the ball, and that type of failure always comes from the top. They do not value their customers.

Order several items since January and February 2025 and delivery times, even though the website said all items were in stock when placing the orders, took them one full month to deliver the first order. It took five shipping to complete the order. The second order was placed on Feb. 3 and did not ship out until Feb. 11. Same thing, needed to wait for the supplier to fullfill. They use the business model of showing the product in stock to have it order the product and then they order from their supplier. However, I must said customer support always answer emails promptly.

Item was well priced, and shipping from the US was not too expensive. It took a couple of weeks for the item to arrive, which I think is pretty good. Trainz provided tracking information. The item arrived well packed, and in great condition, certainly in line with the grading provided by Trainz.

Shipping time is a joke. While I didn't pay for expedited shipping, I was under the impression from the website, that it was 3 days to my location. Ordered on May 23rd and as of today, June 6, it has left Lockport, IL, three hours away. I originally had a June 5 expected delivery date, now I don't even have that. They use Pitney Bowes instead of just going through USPS, FedEx or UPS. I like their prices, but at this rate, if I get to use my throttle by Father's Day, I'll be surprised. Won't buy again from them.

I have purchased many parts from Trainz. Many times they shipped parts advertised as original Lionel and they were reproductions. The latest I purchased 3 Lionel original boxes. They were graded as per TCA Standards VG very Good. Yes there were water stains. One box had so much tape it was ridicules. Another box had water damage I had to rebuild the corner. That was not mentioned in the ad. Iris said it was graded as good. I told her to read the listing it was graded as VG very good and to stop protecting the incomputant graders they have at Trainz. On another note their Private car club is a waste of money.

Ordered train track pieces and paid for expedited shipping. Customer service wouldn’t ship to my address and forced the shipment to go to Walgreens after delaying the shipment multiple days because they were too lazy to ship. Absolutely do not recommend them.,,,”Frankie” in customer service there to make your experience horrible!