(03 Mar 2015, 4:31 pm)leestransportphotos wrote Exactly! At the end of the day, if one train enthusiast brags to others about some VTEC merchandise he has, then they are going to want some, so on so on.... That's generally why they don't give it away. Obviously they have Pens etc but they don't give them away for many reasons. One of them being security, people like to walk around pretending they are employees.
What's the point giving free stuff away anyway? I can't exactly go around with my East Coast bag or EC pen pretending to be staff?
The only stuff that they're not allowed to give away are:
- Lanyards, a recent "incident" involving either an enthusiast or employee of EC/VTEC on eBay, resulting in the item being removed. The last time I checked it was £30+.
- Uniform, EC have only gave one set away for special reasons. Previous companies i.e. East Coast (not currently allowed until VTEC uniforms are received and cleared to wear), NXEC and GNER, staff are allowed to sell them.
- Documents, staff only documents, i.e. diversions, changes to trains etc.