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Mr. Gibson You are a very naive person to say the least, neither Hobbytown USA nor Kato could careless about this dealer. All they know is some dumb *** owning stores in Wisconsin is stacking their shelves with their product and they could care less what happens. Furthermore if you investigated other threads I have written you will find I have traveled to Green Bay and Milwaukee to buy train equipment in various gauges. I do not buy from this store anymore given his policies. Like I also said Mr. Gibson that you edited out, when I started buying the Kato engines I thought they were slickest engine around. I had 4 Kato's. Three out of four are dead in the water with tow of them dead out of the box. The oldest Kato engine now of 2 years still runs well. I am quite glad that there are many happy Kato customers not getting screwed like I did, and I will not pay someone else to fix something that shouldn't have been broke in the first place. If you will investigate a number threads over time there are also a number of problems experienced with Kato engines by other owners. By far if you buy a Kato engine that will run or run for awhile, it is a smoother, quieter engine than Athearn, but my personal failure rate in the models I have purchased will keep me from buying them again, as it is MY money. I have about a half dozen athearns when I started in HO, they are all still running. When I pay $40 for an engine I expect problems. When I pay $140 for an engine I expect more, I got less, and less three times. Mr. Gibson since you are a self appointed spokesperson for Kato, you can tell your company when someone contacts them with a complaint (KATO) don't ignore it, try to fix it, or you will find someone (me) bitching about them where ever I go. Mr. Gibson before you align your personal name with a product, make sure you know all the facts, I can believe you lived in Wisconsin, as your lack of knowledge of the facts shows before you open your BIG MOUTH. As for Kato USA, if you don't like me bitching then you should have taken and fixed the problem. Sell your Jap junk in Japan where you belong. End of story!
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