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  1. Back in 2001, the forum was just starting out. The members mainly were customers of the Modelsport shop, and had a real interest and passion for the hobby. As the forum had aimed to be a community to bring together enthusiasts of RC cars, there was a sense of friendship and people didn't mind helping out others with advice, knowledge or even free parts. As the forum grew, our membership shot up as the reputation the MSUK-forum built became known as THE place to go if you wanted to find something out about your RC car. However, with this increase in forum traffic, naturally, it brought an element of life that we never like to see - the scammer trying to make quick cash. Case in point, was 2007, a young man who decided that our 13,000 members were a prime target to make money. Due to the legal/court involvement on our part, we cannot use his real name or identify the member, so we'll refer to him as "Tom". Now, the easiest way to scam someone is to sell something you don't actually have. So, Tom realized that he could do his deed by jumping on the idea of the most popular RC car of recent times, a HoBao Hyper 7. He spent around....oooooh....10secs on Google images to find some pics of a Hyper 7 in decent condition, and then listed it for sale on the forum. He threw together a vague description and story about how he'd bought it, loved it, took care of it, but as times were tough, it needed to be sold, and he was asking a mere
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  2. My only piece of advice I can offer to anyone with the intentions of running a business.... The customer may not always be right, but they will always be the customer.
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  3. brilliant game, well worth the money. premium cars are absolutly stunning and the 3d works amazing. realy realy happy with this, im not disapointed at all. As for the servers, as you can imaging the world and his wife have been playing onlinetoday, and the sony servers cant actualy cope with the amount of traffic at the moment. the update is to enable the online gaming section of the game its about 140mb.
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  4. i've had enough of this bloody comment, its only a money pit if you want it to be, if you want a good looking car then yes it is, if like me your only fixing or modding then it most certainly is not. also mesh mod while good, a outterwares cover is much better.
    1 point
  5. What about a Rustler or Stampede VXl. Both are very competant bashers The Mini Revo is a seriously tough truck as well
    1 point
  6. Different people say different rate. I would charge my nimhs at 1.0 amp if im not in a rush but if im in a rush i pump it up to 2.0 amp
    1 point
  7. SIMON BURROWS! stick the capital monster on the top of the list!
    1 point
  8. for what you guys are spending on steerign wheels you could bu ya Clio Phase 1 172, Strip it and race for real
    1 point
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