4merroad4man wrote: ... if places like Tony's and Loys begin to stumble. Doing mail order for some time has taught me to keep reliable backup sources available.Thanks
... if places like Tony's and Loys begin to stumble. Doing mail order for some time has taught me to keep reliable backup sources available.
Thanks
Scratch one all ready, Loy's Toys. Mr. Spurlock retired.
4merroad4man wrote: Has anyone done any business with a firm by the name of Acculites? They seem to have outstanding prices on Soundtraxx decoders and such, but I have never heard of them, and do not know if they are a dealer or simply a clearing house for older products. Anyone with info?http://www.acculites.com/
Has anyone done any business with a firm by the name of Acculites? They seem to have outstanding prices on Soundtraxx decoders and such, but I have never heard of them, and do not know if they are a dealer or simply a clearing house for older products. Anyone with info?
http://www.acculites.com/
I've been real happy buying from these guys.
http://www.dcctrain.com/shop/category.asp?catid=311
... if you are comparison shopping.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Outstanding is relative.....their prices, and Tony's are outstanding compared to what the LHS can sell them for.
I know about Tony's....thanks. But I am looking for a secondary source, or even primary some day, if places like Tony's and Loys begin to stumble. Doing mail order for some time has taught me to keep reliable backup sources available.
I compared the web prices on a few items to http://www.tonystrains.com/. No difference in pricing. Outstanding prices ?... not. As mentionned above they do not seem to be a clearing house.
Shipping is on par with Tony's. Nothing special here.
Maybe the support ?... I have no complaints with Tony's. Tony's has a monitored support forum.
They do not list the recent Tsunami micro, Tony's does. But that is more or less relevant, They will certainly order one on request.
If Acculites.com are in your neck of the woods, go for it. If not they are nothing special web wise.
They're actually my DCC dealer of choice. I usually do business with them in person at the GMTS and would not hesitate to recommend them. Their prices are competitive and the service I've received has always been very good.
But I'm not sure where you got the idea they might be "a clearing house for older products". That certainly isn't the case with the inventory they bring to GMTS, and since their Web site lists the latest products, it doesn't seem to give that impression either. At least not to me it doesn't.
The bottom line is that my experiences with them, and the merchandise I've bought from them, have all been first-rate.
Steve