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Local Hobby Shops Price Themselves Out of Business!
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Matt, those LHS prices are about the same as the store I go to here in the boondocks of Indiana. But the local guy has advantages: <br /> <br />1) He can take the hassle out of ordering anything I want, and I mean ANYTHING having to do with trains. <br />2) He usually gets anything I want delivered in only a few days if it's not in store stock. <br />2) If he has in stock exactly what I want, it's in my hands this very minute, as in the Saturday afternoon of my scheduled 'train night' in the basement. <br />3) The shipping and handling charges are already paid when I buy from him. <br />4) I have talked him down on some things (A Kato N scale diesel I convinced him had been sitting under his glass countertop for three years!). <br />5) He is a heck of a nice guy who knows trains, planes, boats, and RC race cars like the back of his hand. <br />6) A bunch of familiar characters with model railroadin' stories can be counted on to be there on any given Saturday when I shop. <br />7) When I shop there, I am supporting a local business in a gloomy midwestern town. <br />I guess I could think of more reasons, but that's it for now. I'm not saying your point is not well taken. I have also shopped mail order, and will do that on big ticket things, but I also ordered 8 IHM streamliner cars from the LHS, got them in a few days, and paid no more than mail order. You never know. Sometimes it works out better for you to stay in town. <br />George
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