Lancia Motor Club

Has anyone received their copy of the book yet ?

Bob

Still waiting with bated breath ::)

Brian
8227 8)

Same here!

we'll put an announcement sticky topic up once we get it .... (i haven't)

Received my copy this morning.

Great job - Thank you all who participated in the venture!

Hi Sebastien

Are you sure this is not a windup for the rest of us?

Peter

What book?

It's made it all the way down here to the sunburnt country.
Noel

I'm still waiting for mine in the wide brown land, but it sounds like it won't be long...  Might be here before the latest albums by Elbow and Metronomy, anyway...

I think Sebastien was just having a little European joke! - but I'm sure it will be worth it when it comes.....

Bookless here, but don't mind, as look as the long lead in time doesn't mean I've been forgotten about or my order lost


P

Adrian,

Swiss do not play jokes too much, especially no "european" jokes!
(Although I am not swiss, I live there!)

Here is the proof!

And I must say, it provides for addictive reading! I have been an LMC member since 1984, and the book brings many persons I either then knew or heard about, to vivid life again! Most enjoyable, and well worth the wait - it wont be long now....

Just to clarify, the UK post is much slower than international post. All should be dropping through doors in a few days. (well may be literally due to size).

Patience is a virtue possessed by many Lancisti!!

Tim

Guys , as it's finally here I will create a NEW topic for book reviews / thoughts and any other bits to discuss - this can be the official "it's arrived" topic ... thanks for the proof :)

Link is here : http://www.lancia.myzen.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6952.0

I must move to Switzerland then! I am assuming there are members literally a few miles away from dispatch point and they haven't received theirs yet......incredible!


P

Don't worry P - it hasn't made it to the Languedoc either !

Isn't the Languedoc part of Switzerland.....;)


Am sure you'll spend a pleasant warm afternoon reading it very soon


P

What is the front cover's lower most photograph?

Mine hasn't arrived yet but I'd reckon it's the service area of the '85 RAC rally. Went to see the Donington stages, debut of the S4, ferocious!

Yep, quick google and Toivonen's winning car is #6 on the left.

Hello Sebastien - thank you for the photo - that gives me great encouragement!

Like Parisien I still haven`t got mine, and am worried about the time it has taken as I can`t remember how or when I paid for it due to it being so long ago.

I took a photocopy of the cheque and had it witnessed by my solicitor......................;)

Am sure none of us will be let down


P

how can it be ordered?

If you didn't order it by last September (the last form in VL) it will be £40. Details of how to order books not from the 'original batch' will be issued after initial orders have been fulfilled I think.

Still bookless here - when do I start to panic that my order was missed????

....yesterday would have been better.....;)


P

Bookless here, too. Where was it sent from? Africa?, India?, China?, The South Pole?
Regards, John

John, don't let the delay get to you....keep using the worry beads, single shots of malt whiskey are always better than doubles in this sort of situation......;)


P

Frank, I agree about the whisky ............. you just forgot to advise that single shots should be taken at twice the rate of doubles !!!!

To complete the picture, I am without book and running out of whisky !!!

For me it is always the same, the anticipation of a book or a magazine is all part of the enjoyment, it will come soon enough ...

                                                  Andy

Spent ages checking bank statements - finally found it - YES! paid on 21 June 2012.  Expectation of delivery still alive!

.....I will do the same, but I think the cheques were cashed before the 6 month expiry date ran out!


P

I am not entirely sure when I checked as our window cleaner charges us £10 and we pay him by cheque......anyways, fingers Xed


P

It does exist !!   I was reading a copy only last Saturday. Belonging to a friend in the Club over here, his copy arrived a short while ago.
Regarding delivery of stuff (and apologies for going off topic, but this may be relevant)
We here in Ireland (apart from the 6 counties), don't use postcodes (although I believe they are on the way). We depend on postmen/women who basically know everybody. And the mail rarely fails to arrive (specially bills !!)
I recently ordered a part from Cavalitto. I gave my home address, rather than my work. No sign of the parcel after a week, so I tried the tracking (UPS) number. It stated that they could not find my address, as it was not on the 'building register'. I never even knew something like that existed. Anyway, I contacted UPS by phone, and spoke to firstly a nice polite woman (who had a distinct 'eastern' tone to her voice, and who could not pronounce any one word of my name or my address. She informed me that they would be unable to deliver the package, as my address 'did not exist'. Despite me assuring her that it did (I was in it at the time), she transferred me to an equally polite man (mid European accent) who would let me change the delivery address, to my place of work (which was on this 'building register'). Delivery promised within 3 days.
It, at this stage would have been quicker for me to fly to Italy to pick up the part personally.
Anyways.....the following day I got a postcard....from UPS....informing me that they were sorry, but they could not deliver my package to my home address, and for me to contact them by phone. Obviously the postcard had been sent before I rang them re the tracking number.
I simply could not resist....so I rang them back, and asked to speak to a supervisor (a UK accent) and I asked him how was it possible, for UPS to send me a postcard to an address that did not exist, informing me that they could not deliver a package to the same address on the postcard (as it did not exist).
He apologised and ordered the possible excuse that the Irish Postal Service were simply better at knowing local addresses. So, I asked him, why didn't they simply post me the package, after all, the name of your company is The United Postal Service........at least he saw the funny side of it.

I had dealt with UPS only the once Kevin, it was an important letter to the USA.

They had obviously consulted the OED to ensure they got the meaning of the word ineptness exactly right and then made sure to put it into practice on each leg of its journey, its cost me a couple of hundred quid (20 yrs ago) but they compensated me reluctantly in the end after a letter to their CEO.

Anyways, good to see you exist in the real world if not the virtual!


P

PS Does Royal mail still operates down south because it doesn't seem to operate up here!

Checked my bank account today and saw a mysterious debit of £10 to LMC  ;D  ???  >:(

Must mean the book has been paid for.....

The Treasurer has asked me to post the following

"there has been a problem getting the appropriate postal service for UK mail added to the Club’s Royal Mail account.

Treasurer believed this had been resolved this week but will investigate."


Diana

Thank you for that Diana, we must hope it will be sorted quickly. These things often take a disproportionate amount of time to resolve, but we will get there in the end.

                                          Andy

Arrived  ;D

Back cover, top left, Jason Kennedy in his Beta leads Louise in "my" (ok - her's the last decade) B20 at a Goodwood track day.

More on "the other" thread:

http://www.lancia.myzen.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6952.0

David  

Brilliant ! Please use the other thread for REVIEWS ( http://www.lancia.myzen.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6952.0 ) - if your book HASN'T ARRIVED then please continue to use this one ! ( but just give the P.O a couple of days :) )

Mine has arrived.

Mine has landed on the doorstep today! Hope to start reading it this weekend!

Thanks to everyone involved in this project!

Guy

mine too :)

My copy arrived today. Many thanks to all involved, and what a bargain !

Mine's here  ;D

Mine too - looks very good.

Mine came today, but I have yet to open it ......... I am off to Wales for an extended weekend so it will be mowing lawns by day and reading 'the book' in the evening. Round that off with a visit to Demon Tweeks and young Mr Parry aka Chugga Boom on the way back to Essex and that good friends is living!!!!!!!!

                              Andy

Mine might have arrived.....will have to check with Royal mail depot tomorrow


P

Its here......delivered by my friendly postman whose a bit of a car buff, doubly nice as it arrived with this months VL which is the best edition for a year!

P

Mine arri9ved yesterday and looks well worth the wait, VL has just this minute dropped through the letter box ;D

Brian
8227 8)

......we'll shortly have to change the title of this thread to ........."Book received....still haven't read it!"

;)


P

My son Alex tells me that our 2 books have arrived. Quite exciting really. I cant wait to get stuck in when we are back for the Goodwood Members meeting - perhaps I should show a copy to Aurelia owner  Lord March?
Chris

Huh...you lucky lot. I'm still bookless here .....but Viva Lancia arrived this morning, so I'll have to make do with that.....

.........is his B20 featured at all? Am sure his Lordship could afford one as either a new member at £40, or even flash the dosh and fork out the full RRP! Get him on the hook Chris and reel him in....:)

P

P, The committee is already on the case....

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As per this thread....hoping hes brushed up on the marque before we let him join....;).....;)


http://www.lancia.myzen.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6771.0

P

I suggest Lord March personally has to fill in a long and complicated application form which is then presented to the LMC committee. He also has to provide at least twelve relevant features he personally has written in the last twelve months about the LMC along with images, these must have been published by international life-style magazines. And I suggest his membership fee should be, if elected, lets say £500 pa. Or maybe more.

Peter.....the LMC is getting more exclusive by the day..........even Lords of the realm don't get special treatment!


P

Ha

Would it be a case of 'Free to those who can afford it, very expensive for everyone else'.....

Kevin, you should have stayed at your studies...........and perhaps Ireland wouldn't be in the mess its in!

Love it!

P

HYope it isn't given to him as a Freebee :D

Brian
8227 8)

It's arrived!! - a pity the deliveries have been so spread out - but that will soon be forgotten that now we have such a wonderful book

Is there anybody out there still to receive their book?  Or is it just me waiting now?   :-\

Not got mine yet , but somehow it was sent to my brother in law .... so he's read it !

Mine is to be shipped to my son in the UK and as of last night he hadn't received it.
Who can confirm if all copies have now been shipped or is there a list held by someone of copies "still to be shipped"
Regards
Tim