Login
or
Register
Subscriber & Member Login
Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!
Login
Register
Home
»
Model Railroader
»
Forums
»
Layouts and layout building
»
Local Hobby Shops Price Themselves Out of Business!
Edit topic
Updated your discussion topic below.
Subject
Enter a subject for your topic. Maximum 150 characters.
Post Body
Enter your post below.
Maybe it's just my area (Central Jersey), but it seems that my two local hobby shops are VERY overpriced. Case in point: I received a $200 gift certificate from my father-in-law for Christmas. I went to spend it Saturday. With my March MRR in hand, I was ready to haggle a bit, knowing this guy's prices are crazy. <br /> <br />Example: case of Atlas Code 100 Superflex track Internet (Trainworld) price: $56.25 Local Guy: $9 5!!!!!!!!! That's Ninety-five dollars!!!! <br /> <br />Atlas remote Snap Switch: Trainworld: $9.99 Local Guy: $14.95! <br /> <br />Case o' cork roadbed: T.W: $20 Local: $30 <br /> <br /> <br />You get the picture. I'm not asking (nor did I) for the local hobby shops to match Internet pricing - they can't. BUT to charge nearly double is suicide and, I think, unreasonable. <br /> <br />I ended up getting $1.50 off each switch and $5.00 off the case of flex track. I ended up spending $50 more than my $200 gift certificate to help get my new layout started. <br /> <br />I'm going to DCC. I sure won't buy it from the locals, unless I get a $500 gift certificate! He wants $300 for the new MRC Prodigy Advanced!!! Ha! OOOOOOOOkkkkkk (I'm going w/ Digitrax Zephyr from Tony's Train Xchange). <br /> <br />Matt <br /> <br />
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag
E-mail Subscribe
Check the box below if you want to receive e-mail notifications when replies are made to this thread.
Receive notifications
Update Discussion Topic
Subscriber & Member Login
Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!
Login
Register
Users Online
There are no community member online
Search the Community
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Model Railroader Newsletter
See all
Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter
and get model railroad news in your inbox!
Sign up