Meccano enthusiasts in Canada are all too familiar with the difficulties of finding and purchasing the materials necessary to carry out our hobby. To help ease these difficulties, the CMAMAS executive continuously seeks opportunities to place bulk orders of Meccano and reproduction parts and sets for redistribution to club members. Due, among other things, to legal restrictions, sales are to club members only. New club members are always welcome; for information on becoming a member, click here.
Note
Paper copies of the price lists are mailed to those who ordered
them, the electronic price lists, which can be submitted by
e-mail, are now available in the "Reproduction Parts" section (see link below).
Price lists and product descriptions
How to Order
As a general guideline, $15 within Canada and $39 to the USA will
sufficiently cover a typical order, while $6 to ON and QC, $8 elsewhere
within Canada, and $11 to the USA are absolute minimums to cover tiny orders
consisting of just a very few small parts. Two or three 4.5" Strips
would be an example of such an order. A 12.5" Angle Girder is not a
small part, and would require more than the minimum S&H.
Large orders with a value upwards of around $500 will typically have to
be shipped in at least two parcels, so for such orders it is a good idea
to send an S&H allowance of at least $30 for Canadian addresses, and $78
for USA addresses.
Please double-check your order and your arithmetic. We get lots of orders
which are incomplete or unclear, or where payment is incorrect due to
arithmetic errors. This causes extra costs to the club (that's all of
us!) and delays in processing these orders.
Please note that Reproduction Part orders are normally placed with our
suppliers once every six months. This allows time to accumulate a
significant number of individual orders from our members which can
submitted together, and which helps reduce the shipping costs.
When your order is completed and double-checked, please send a paper
copy of it, along with a money order, cheque or Interac Email Money
Transfer for the full amount payable to C.M.A.M.A.S., to:
The "Interac Email Money Transfer"
is a newer payment option that you should check out with your bank,
more details are available on your bank's website.
All prices and S&H guidelines are in Canadian funds. You may submit
payment in US funds, whereby it is your responsibility to allow for
fluctuations in the exchange rate, and for a bank fee of CA$5 per
cheque or money order. Any surpluses due to exchange rate fluctuation
will be credited to you.
Account Balances
Who Can Order?
New members may submit their first order together with their
membership application
and dues.
Similarly, members who have not renewed for the current calendar year may
submit their first order of the year together with their renewal form and
dues.
Payment for dues and order may be combined in one single payment.
Orders from non-members or from members not in good standing will
be returned along with a membership application form.
General Terms and Conditions
Please allow 4-6 weeks processing time for all orders. Processing begins when
complete and clear order and correct payment arrive at the address named above.
To avoid delays and inconvenience to you, please double-check the following
before submitting your order:
If the answer to any of the above questions is no, we will contact you, and
processing of your order will be suspended until the open points are worked
out.
Please examine the contents of your parcels when they arrive. Damaged or
missing items must be reported within 15 calendar days of the postmark of
the parcel.
For deletions or changes made to orders after being submitted,
but before shipping,
there is a handling surcharge in the amount of
$15 for orders within Canada, and $30 for orders to the USA.
Items can be added to pending orders without additional charge,
but we may require further S&H funds.
All sales are final.
Prices are subject to change without notice.
Printed versions of the CMAMAS price lists are available at cost to club members.
Details are provided on the membership renewal form.
Contact
Copyright 2008-10 by CMAMAS.
Click on the links below to view the individual price lists. All prices in the
lists are in Canadian dollars.
First, compile a list of your requirements. This can be done using the
printable order forms provided under the various categories, or it can
be handwritten or typed. Please be sure to specify colours, finishes,
sizes, motor speeds etc where appropriate.
C.M.A.M.A.S.
c/o Colin Hoare
18 Tweedle Street
Glen Williams, Ontario L7G 3S5
CANADA
For all Meccano France Sets a minimum of $25.00 is required for
all shipping/handling and insurance.
Club sales are available only to club members in good standing.
Orders are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. In order
to give everyone a fair chance, the CMAMAS executive reserves the right to
limit quantities.
If we are unable to decipher your order, we will be unable to fill it.
Please be sure to include all relevant information such as
manufacturer/supplier, colour/finish, size, motor speed, and any other
variants which may apply. If we lack this information we will be unable
to know your requirements, and therefore unable to fill your order.
We cannot ship any orders without sufficient S&H.
If the remitted S&H is insufficient, we will contact you requesting
additional S&H funds, and further processing of your order will be
suspended pending arrival of suffient S&H funds.
Guidelines are given in the
ordering instructions above. If in doubt,
please send at least the standard guideline amount, or contact us.
All surpluses over the actual cost of getting your order to you
will be credited to your account.
Please double-check your arithmetic and make sure you have correctly
summed the amounts for the items ordered and for S&H.
Factory sealed current Meccano sets are forwarded to club members as is.
There appears to be a disturbing new trend of current Meccano sets with
missing or faulty parts. So far we've been able to organize replacements,
but only with considerable effort, and although we will continue to make
every effort to do so, we regret that we cannot guarantee that we will
be successful in every case.
Enquiries can be directed to the
CMAMAS Sales Team.