Minichamps Model.

["therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

Looking at the Minichamps model, I'd like to purchase one that has 
the same # as my car's VIN. I know that Houston does not have it, and 
I have asked a couple of sellers of eBay who have the model. None had 
it either. I'm quite content with the Sunstar model, so the 
Minichamps one with a matching VIN would be more for the purpose of 
owning it to say I do, rather than for enjoying it (just being 
honest). I'm also quite turned off the the model when I called the 
company Minichamps directly. Thinking that this is a company that 
deals in models of classic cars, maybe there was someone else out 
there like me who may want a model that matches their particular car, 
for whatever type of model they make. But I guess I was wrong because 
they have never done anything like this before. A man who barely 
spoke any english answered the phone, and was quite rude. When I 
inquired about purchasing a model with a specific #, the man 
replied "That's impossible, you can't." Now I realize that when they 
distribute product, they don't nessisarily know where it will end up. 
Let alone one with a specific serial #. Now I deal with broadband 
products, so I've seen when we recieve bulk shipments of modems in, 
and they have sequencial #'s. So thinking upon these lines, I realize 
that my higer VIN would be in a later shipment, and I might be able 
to track it from there. So when I asked the guy when the shipments 
were sent, and who they were sent to so I could track them down. The 
guy then immediately snapped back "WHY!". So I then explain to him so 
that I could track them down. He then says "I told you, that's 
impossible!" And then continues to mumble incoherently. I'm not a 
rude person, but seeing that I was dealing with a severe case of 
incompetence, I just said "Thanks", and ended the call there.

I'd like to get my particular VIN # in the sun star model, but I can 
see now that isn't going to happen. But for those that may be 
interested, I have discovered that the person targetopeat (AT) 
aol.com has VIN #'s 500-1400. So I help that information helps 
someone out there. Other than that, I only hope that Minichamps put's 
more effort into their models then they do their customer service...

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"