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During my student days in the 1970´s, I earned some extra money helping out in a large toy store, which sported a huge train department ( afterall, our beloved and precious models are toys). In those days, we spent quite some time and natural intelligence (artificial one wasn´t around in those days) to monitor sales and stock development, just to ensure we´d never be out of stock. Inventory was tremendous, although the market did not offer the great variety of manufacturers and models we have today. Anyone coming to the store could be sure he left with the product he wanted to have. On top of that, we offered something precious, especially for newbies - advice and help! Long gone are these days. There is no way any business could stock all the products available these days. In another thread, Sheldon said his ideal LHS would cost 10 million $ to set up, a figure I don´t dare to challenge. Aside from that, quite a lot of what we desire is subjected to pre-orders, limited runs, product announcements years before the actual release and other nuisances. If I had not been into this hobby for over 50 years now, would I take it up the way business is done today? Most likely not. We tend to forget, that any business is finally people business.
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