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[quote user="CAZEPHYR"][quote user="Safety Valve"] <p>I dont mind waiting a few years more. I think it took me 2 years to acquire some of the engines and those were pre-ordered with a hard commitment to buy them when they finally got released.</p><p>I just would like the BLI engines to be a more steady supply as much as shipping can make it. I just wonder why we have to have them made overseas when there is alot of potential willing and motivated labor here in the usa.</p><p>I think they are very good engines that will get better once they recieve the upgrades that call for softer steam sounds (Example) when drifting.</p><p>[/quote]</p><p> </p><p>There is a lot of talk on forums in general about the distributors not taking BLI/PCM products unless they have valid hard orders from dealers. If this keeps up, BLI/PCM will have to lower prices or sell directly to the model trains customers. </p><p>I am aware of one very large shop that has cancelled any future orders, after being stuck again with BLI/PCM products while FDT is selling ( Blowing out) out the shelves from BLI/PCM. </p><p> </p><p>Time will tell. . </p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Indeed. Both of my LHS's have already been loud and explained "KLEERLY" that they will not get BLI/PCM Products. They are willing however to get those for customers who will pay the price on the counter.</p><p>As a customer, I already adapted to the changes with a VISA card that can handle engine purchases online. I dont expect to stop buying new engines from the Hobby Shop. Just that there will be fewer engines to buy.</p><p>This BLI engine is just one of several others that have been "Blown out" by ATLAS, BLI and others over the years. When they are gone, they are gone.</p><p>I still have not heard anything coming out of the Distributors, me thinks they just shrugged it off and moved to replace the BLI product orders with something else that they know will sell.</p><p>Customers who are not happy in a time of pre-orders, blowouts and other limited availiblty of items to the point of not being able to get what they want, when they want. There is something WRONG with the hobby overall with these slash and burn type of pricing.</p><p>Let's say I have 1000 dollars ready to go today. (An example) I will buy engines with this money. But these engines (About three or 4 in total) cannot be bought because no retail copies exist at any price. Ultimately Ebay gets income and the seller gets what is left over after shipping and bidding is done with.</p><p>Dont you think that BLI, Atlas and all the other manufactors will be HAPPY to know that there is 1000 dollars in business ready to go from ONE customer but that they will NEVER see this money because they blew out all of their products and shot themselves in the foot risking pernament future unavailibility of the product.</p><p>I would hate for BLI to sit down and add up the number of people who bought a 4-4-4-4 Duplex and think there is only... 500? 1000? People in the entire hobby (How many are we anyway?) who will buy similar engines or a second run in the future? Then they think about the profit and if it is not sufficiently attractive, they nix it and we all lose out.</p>
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