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Now to turn the tables and play devil's advocate. How many $10 list price box cars must a hobby shop sell a day to be profitable? 10, 50, 100 a day? Let's say at 40% profit . Then figure what the manufacture makes off their wholesale to the middlemen and hobby shops. Makes the $410 BLI F unit seem ok..... But then wait I still can't afford 1 little lone the 4 I really want to buy. Add to this a shrinking customer base , the I model this or that road and boom compound the problem. I bet the hobby shop I frequent doesn't sell 100 Athearn anythings a month. They have had the same inventory since the middle ages. So here is the fine line of how to keep happy customers with out killing their pocket book and still putting food on the table. <br /> <br />RMax
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